:root {
  --yellow: #ffea00;
  --white: #ffffff;
  --black: #000000;
  --line: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18);
  --body-line: 1.6842125;
  --ease: cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}
* { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { background: var(--black); }
body { margin: 0; color: var(--white); background: var(--black); font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 300; line-height: var(--body-line); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; }
button, a { -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; }
button { font-family: inherit; }
a { color: inherit; }
button:focus-visible, a:focus-visible, [tabindex]:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--yellow); outline-offset: 7px; }
::selection { background: var(--yellow); color: var(--black); }
p { margin: 0 0 20px; text-wrap: pretty; }
p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
h1, h2 { margin: 0; text-wrap: pretty; }
h1 { color: var(--yellow); font-size: 30px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.35; }
h2 { color: var(--white); font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.4; }
.container { width: min(1140px, calc(100% - 96px)); margin-inline: auto; }
.section { padding-block: 104px; position: relative; }
.chapter { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 14px; color: var(--yellow); font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 30px; }
.chapter > span { width: 46px; height: 1px; background: var(--yellow); opacity: 0.7; }
.outline-button { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 24px; border: 1px solid var(--white); padding: 10px 20px; color: var(--white); text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 14px; min-height: 44px; transition: color 220ms, background 220ms, border-color 220ms; }
.outline-button > span { font-size: 22px; line-height: 1; transition: transform 220ms var(--ease); }
.outline-button:hover { background: var(--yellow); color: var(--black); border-color: var(--yellow); }
.outline-button:hover > span { transform: translate(2px, -2px); }
.outline-button:active { transform: translateY(1px); }
.sr-only { position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; padding: 0; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0,0,0,0); white-space: nowrap; border: 0; }
.skip-link { position: fixed; z-index: 100; top: 12px; left: 12px; padding: 10px 20px; color: var(--black); background: var(--yellow); transform: translateY(-150%); }
.skip-link:focus { transform: translateY(0); }

/* HERO — the supplied photograph remains the sole hero artwork. */
.hero { position: relative; min-height: 760px; min-height: min(900px, 100svh); display: flex; align-items: center; isolation: isolate; padding-block: 110px; background: var(--black) var(--hero-image) center / cover no-repeat; }
.hero::before { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: -1; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.58) 40%, rgba(0,0,0,0.12) 100%); }
.hero::after { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: -1; background: linear-gradient(0deg, #000 0%, transparent 35%); }
.hero-content { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.eyebrow { margin: 0 0 29px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.14em; line-height: 1; }
.hero h1 { font-size: 40px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.15; max-width: 720px; margin-bottom: 30px; }
.hero-intro { font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.4; max-width: 590px; margin-bottom: 22px; }
.hero-description { max-width: 570px; margin-bottom: 36px; }
.hero-grid { position: absolute; width: 22%; right: 6%; top: 18%; bottom: 20%; border-left: 1px solid rgba(255,234,0,0.13); border-right: 1px solid rgba(255,234,0,0.13); pointer-events: none; }
.hero-grid::after { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 34% -20% auto; height: 1px; background: rgba(255,234,0,0.17); }
.hero-rule { position: absolute; left: max(48px, calc((100vw - 1140px)/2)); right: max(48px, calc((100vw - 1140px)/2)); bottom: 36px; height: 1px; background: var(--line); }
.hero-rule > span { display: block; width: 80px; height: 1px; background: var(--yellow); }

/* Editorial chapters and people-led imagery. */
.vision { min-height: 650px; display: flex; align-items: center; isolation: isolate; background: var(--black) var(--vision-image) center / cover no-repeat; }
.vision::before { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: -1; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.12) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.2) 33%, rgba(0,0,0,0.84) 56%, rgba(0,0,0,0.94) 100%); }
.vision-content { display: flex; justify-content: flex-end; }
.vision .editorial-copy { width: 100%; max-width: 500px; }
.editorial-copy h1 { margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 460px; }
.people { min-height: 600px; display: flex; align-items: center; isolation: isolate; background: var(--black) var(--people-image) center / cover no-repeat; }
.people::before { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: -1; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.94) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.86) 28%, rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 54%, rgba(0,0,0,0.05) 80%); }
.people-copy { max-width: 460px; }
.people h1 { margin-bottom: 27px; }
.people-question { font-style: italic; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.5; }
.pillars { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
.pillars h1 { margin-bottom: 36px; }
.pillar-line { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 12px; font-size: 26px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 40px; }
.pillar { font-weight: 700; }
.pillar-separator { color: rgba(255,255,255,0.38); font-weight: 300; }
.yellow { color: var(--yellow); }
.white { color: var(--white); }
.pillar-copy { max-width: 820px; }

/* Stories: images are crossfaded, controls remain on a high-contrast rail. */
.experience-heading { padding-top: 84px; padding-bottom: 36px; }
.experience-heading .chapter { margin-bottom: 22px; }
.story-carousel { position: relative; isolation: isolate; touch-action: pan-y; }
.slides { position: relative; min-height: 600px; }
.story-slide { position: absolute; inset: 0; opacity: 0; visibility: hidden; transition: opacity 600ms var(--ease), visibility 600ms; background: var(--black) var(--slide-image) center / cover no-repeat; }
.story-slide::before { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.9) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.74) 42%, rgba(0,0,0,0.15) 100%); }
.story-slide::after { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(0deg, #000 0%, transparent 36%); }
.story-slide.is-active { opacity: 1; visibility: visible; z-index: 1; }
.story-content { position: relative; height: 100%; z-index: 2; display: flex; align-items: center; padding-top: 50px; padding-bottom: 110px; }
.story-copy { max-width: 530px; }
.story-copy h2 { font-size: 26px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.25; margin: 25px 0 22px; }
.story-copy p { max-width: 510px; }
.logo-frame { width: 190px; height: 100px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; padding: 12px; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.18); }
.logo-frame--light { background: #fff; }
.logo-frame--dark { background: rgba(0,0,0,0.55); }
.logo-frame img { display: block; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 166px; max-height: 72px; object-fit: contain; }
.carousel-controls { position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 35px; z-index: 5; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; gap: 22px; }
.carousel-dots { display: flex; gap: 6px; }
.carousel-dot { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; background: none; border: none; height: 44px; width: 30px; padding: 0; cursor: pointer; }
.carousel-dot::before { content: ''; width: 6px; height: 6px; border-radius: 50%; border: 1px solid #fff; transition: background 180ms, transform 180ms; }
.carousel-dot.is-active::before { border-color: var(--yellow); background: var(--yellow); transform: scale(1.3); }
.carousel-actions { display: flex; gap: 14px; align-items: center; margin-left: auto; }
.arrow-button, .autoplay-toggle { width: 44px; height: 44px; padding: 0; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; background: transparent; color: #fff; border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.4); cursor: pointer; transition: background 220ms, border-color 220ms; }
.arrow-button:hover, .autoplay-toggle:hover { background: rgba(255,255,255,0.12); border-color: #fff; }
.arrow-button svg { width: 25px; height: 21px; fill: none; stroke: #fff; stroke-width: 1.4; stroke-linecap: round; stroke-linejoin: round; }
.autoplay-toggle { font-size: 17px; border-color: transparent; }
.autoplay-toggle:disabled { opacity: 0.5; cursor: default; }

/* Investment focus: perspective-driven, keyboard-operable flip cards. */
.focus { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
.focus-heading { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: flex-end; gap: 40px; margin-bottom: 42px; }
.focus-heading h1 { max-width: 600px; }
.interaction-note { font-size: 13px; margin: 0; white-space: nowrap; }
.flip-cards { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 22px; }
.flip-card { position: relative; min-width: 0; min-height: 420px; perspective: 1400px; cursor: pointer; touch-action: manipulation; }
.flip-card-trigger { position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 5; width: 100%; height: 100%; padding: 0; background: transparent; border: 0; cursor: pointer; }
.flip-card-inner { position: relative; height: 100%; min-height: 420px; transform-style: preserve-3d; transition: transform 650ms var(--ease); }
.flip-card.is-flipped .flip-card-inner { transform: rotateY(180deg); }
.card-front, .card-back { position: absolute; inset: 0; padding: 30px; backface-visibility: hidden; -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; border: 1px solid var(--line); display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
.card-front { background: var(--black) var(--card-image) center / cover no-repeat; isolation: isolate; }
.card-front::before { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: -1; background: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.95), rgba(0,0,0,0.22)); }
.card-front h2 { margin-top: auto; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.25; max-width: 250px; }
.flip-affordance { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 23px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); padding-top: 16px; }
.flip-affordance > span { font-size: 22px; line-height: 1; }
.card-back { background: #000; transform: rotateY(180deg); border-color: var(--yellow); }
.card-back p { margin-top: auto; margin-bottom: auto; padding-block: 20px; }
.card-back .flip-affordance { color: var(--yellow); margin-top: 0; }

/* A geographic projection, rather than an invented world silhouette. */
.global { min-height: 750px; padding-bottom: 420px; overflow: hidden; isolation: isolate; }
.global-content { position: relative; z-index: 2; pointer-events: none; }
.global h1 { margin-bottom: 30px; }
.global-copy { max-width: 790px; }
.global-map { position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; height: 540px; opacity: 0.9; z-index: -1; }
.global-map::after { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; background: linear-gradient(180deg, #000, transparent 28%, transparent 90%, #000); pointer-events: none; }
.global-map svg { width: 100%; height: 100%; display: block; }
.map-land { fill: rgba(255,255,255,0.07); stroke: rgba(255,255,255,0.18); stroke-width: 0.6; }
.map-germany { fill: rgba(255,234,0,0.25); stroke: var(--yellow); stroke-width: 0.8; }
.map-grid { fill: none; stroke: rgba(255,255,255,0.045); stroke-width: 0.5; }
.map-connection { fill: none; stroke: #ffea00; stroke-width: 1.15; opacity: 0.7; }
.map-flow { fill: none; stroke: #ffea00; stroke-width: 2; stroke-dasharray: 2 80; animation: connection-flow 18s linear infinite; opacity: 0.9; }
.map-point { fill: #ffea00; }
.map-label { fill: #fff; font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; }
.map-berlin-label { fill: #ffea00; font-weight: 700; font-size: 14px; }
.map-pulse { fill: none; stroke: #ffea00; stroke-width: 1; animation: berlin-pulse 3.6s ease-out infinite; transform-box: fill-box; transform-origin: center; }
@keyframes connection-flow { to { stroke-dashoffset: -700; } }
@keyframes berlin-pulse { 0% { opacity: 0.8; transform: scale(0.75); } 100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(2.4); } }

/* Final chapter; this is page content, not a footer. */
.closing { isolation: isolate; background: var(--black) var(--closing-image) center / cover no-repeat; padding-block: 110px; }
.closing::before { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: -1; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.88); }
.closing-layout { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.4fr 0.6fr; gap: 100px; align-items: center; }
.closing h1 { margin-bottom: 30px; }
.closing-copy > p { max-width: 580px; }
.closing .outline-button { margin: 18px 0 22px; }
.contact { font-size: 14px; }
.contact a { text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-underline-offset: 4px; }
.contact a:hover { color: var(--yellow); }
.closing-identity { display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 30px; }
.closing-logo { display: block; width: 180px; height: auto; object-fit: contain; }
.identity-line { width: 70px; height: 1px; background: var(--yellow); }

@media (max-width: 1024px) {
  .container { width: calc(100% - 64px); }
  .section { padding-block: 80px; }
  .hero { min-height: 700px; }
  .vision .editorial-copy { max-width: 46%; }
  .people { background-position: 63% center; }
  .people-copy { max-width: 410px; }
  .people::before { background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.96), rgba(0,0,0,0.84) 36%, rgba(0,0,0,0.25) 80%); }
  .focus-heading { display: block; }
  .interaction-note { margin-top: 18px; white-space: normal; }
  .flip-cards { gap: 14px; }
  .card-front, .card-back { padding: 24px; }
  .flip-card, .flip-card-inner { min-height: 490px; }
  .global { padding-bottom: 380px; }
  .global-map { height: 470px; }
  .closing-layout { gap: 50px; grid-template-columns: 1.4fr 0.6fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 767px) {
  .container { width: calc(100% - 40px); }
  .section { padding-block: 64px; }
  .chapter { margin-bottom: 24px; }
  .hero { min-height: 760px; padding-block: 82px; background-position: 60% center; }
  .hero::before { background: rgba(0,0,0,0.63); }
  .hero h1 { line-height: 1.13; max-width: 550px; }
  .hero-intro { line-height: 1.4; }
  .hero-grid { display: none; }
  .hero-rule { left: 20px; right: 20px; bottom: 28px; }
  .vision { min-height: 700px; background-position: 38% center; }
  .vision::before { background: rgba(0,0,0,0.8); }
  .vision .editorial-copy { max-width: none; }
  .editorial-copy h1 { max-width: none; }
  .people { min-height: 700px; padding-top: 315px; background-position: 65% top; background-size: auto 420px; }
  .people::before { background: linear-gradient(0deg, #000 35%, rgba(0,0,0,0.88) 49%, rgba(0,0,0,0.04) 89%); }
  .people-copy { max-width: none; }
  .pillar-line { gap: 9px; font-size: 26px; line-height: 1.5; }
  .pillars h1 { margin-bottom: 26px; }
  .experience-heading { padding-top: 64px; padding-bottom: 30px; }
  .slides { min-height: 650px; }
  .story-slide { background-position: 60% center; }
  .story-slide::before { background: rgba(0,0,0,0.68); }
  .story-content { padding-top: 35px; padding-bottom: 120px; align-items: center; }
  .logo-frame { width: 180px; height: 92px; }
  .logo-frame img { max-width: 156px; max-height: 68px; }
  .story-copy h2 { margin-top: 24px; }
  .carousel-controls { flex-wrap: wrap; bottom: 24px; gap: 9px; }
  .carousel-dots { order: 3; justify-content: center; width: 100%; }
  .carousel-dot { height: 30px; }
  .carousel-actions { gap: 9px; }
  .flip-cards { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 20px; }
  .flip-card, .flip-card-inner { min-height: 370px; }
  .card-front, .card-back { padding: 30px; }
  .card-front h2 { max-width: none; }
  .global { min-height: 790px; padding-bottom: 340px; }
  .global-map { left: 0; right: 0; height: 400px; }
  .global-map::after { background: linear-gradient(180deg, #000, transparent 35%, transparent 90%, #000); }
  .closing-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 42px; }
  .closing-identity { align-items: flex-start; gap: 20px; }
  .closing-logo { width: 180px; }
}
@media (max-width: 380px) {
  .hero { min-height: 820px; }
  .slides { min-height: 720px; }
  .flip-card, .flip-card-inner { min-height: 410px; }
  .card-front, .card-back { padding: 25px; }
  .outline-button { gap: 15px; padding-inline: 16px; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  *, *::before, *::after { animation-duration: 0.01ms !important; animation-iteration-count: 1 !important; transition-duration: 0.01ms !important; }
}