# Design — FreightOps Control

## Direction

Dense utilitarian operations UI: stable sidebar, compact tables, status hierarchy, restrained charts, and low-noise surfaces.

## System

- Use semantic status tokens and tabular numerals; never encode state by color alone.
- Prefer tables and aligned detail panels over decorative card mosaics.
- Keep loading, empty, stale, partial, and error states explicit.
- Motion is limited to state transitions and attention routing; reduced motion must preserve all information.
- Mobile uses task-focused views rather than shrinking the desktop dashboard.