Inkwell Longform
Blog App UI Design Template
Quire is a longform reading-and-writing blog app design for founders and designers who want the unhurried feel of a well-set printed page.
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About the Blog App
Quire is a blog app UI design template built on an "Inkwell Longform" aesthetic: a warm paper-cream canvas, near-black ink for body text, muted sepia for metadata and hairline rules, and a single oxblood red reserved for links, the active tab, and the publish button. There are no cards and no shadows here. Content sits directly on the page, divided only by thin sepia rules, with a high-contrast serif for headlines and body and a tracked-out grotesque for kickers and bylines.
The template ships six connected screens that form a complete reading-and-writing flow: a Feed led by a "Quire" serif masthead and a full-width lead story, a full-bleed Article with a drop-capped opening and a sticky progress rule, a Discover screen with serif topic chips and a staggered two-column list, a Bookmarks reading list with per-article progress, a distraction-free Compose canvas, and an author Profile. The signature "editorial kicker", a tracked uppercase eyebrow of category and reading time above an oversized headline, recurs as the spine of every screen.
Use it in Sleek and make it yours: restyle the palette, edit any screen with AI by describing the change, and add the flows your product needs. Then export it to code, copy it into Figma with no plugin, or hand a prompt to an AI agent to build it for real, far faster than starting from a blank canvas.
Screens included
Feed
A serif "Quire" masthead over a lead story with a full-width letterbox photo, an oversized headline, a dek, and a category-and-reading-time kicker. The home screen that sets the literary tone.
Article
A full-bleed hero photo, an "ESSAYS · 9 MIN READ" kicker, a large headline, and a byline with a small round avatar and date, opening into a drop-capped body set in long measure. A sticky progress rule sits at the very top.
Discover
Underlined serif topic chips like Culture, Tech, Food, and Travel sit above a staggered two-column list of trending pieces with editorial photography. The browse-and-explore surface.
Bookmarks
A saved reading list where each entry shows category, reading time, author, and progress like "halfway · 6 min left" with an oxblood progress line. Lets readers pick up where they left off.
Compose
A distraction-free writing canvas with a faint serif "Title" placeholder, a "Begin your story..." prompt, a minimal bold/italic/quote/link/image bar, and an oxblood "Publish" button. Built for unhurried writing.
Profile
An author header with avatar, name, role line, italic serif bio, follower and published counts, and a rule-separated list of their latest pieces. The writer's home base.
Key features
- Inkwell Longform aesthetic: paper cream, ink black, one oxblood accent
- Signature editorial kicker: tracked uppercase category and reading time
- No cards or shadows, content on hairline-ruled cream pages
- High-contrast transitional serif paired with a tracked grotesque
- Drop-capped article opening in long measure
- Flat serif-label bottom nav with an oxblood underlined active tab
- Bookmarks with per-article reading progress
- Distraction-free Compose canvas with a minimal formatting bar
Who it's for
What you can build
- Launch an MVP for a longform reading-and-writing app
- Mock up screens for an editorial product pitch
- Hand a consistent, type-led UI off to developers
- Explore a redesign of an existing blog or magazine app
How to use this template
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Open the template
Browse the screens and preview the full design to see if it fits your idea.
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Use this template
Open your own fully editable copy in Sleek with one click.
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Edit with AI
Restyle the palette, change layouts, and add or remove screens just by describing what you want.
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Export and ship
Export your design or hand it to developers, and keep building toward launch.
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