Testimonials Wall
Wall of quote cards in alternating solid colors with hard shadows, initials avatars and optional rotated metric stickers ("2× adoption").
brutalist/section/testimonials-wallSource
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
export interface TestimonialsWallItem {
quote: string;
name: string;
role: string;
company: string;
/** Optional metric shown as a sticker, e.g. "−6h / week". */
metric?: string;
}
export interface TestimonialsWallProps {
kicker?: string;
title?: string;
testimonials?: TestimonialsWallItem[];
className?: string;
}
const DEFAULT_TESTIMONIALS: TestimonialsWallItem[] = [
{
quote: "We used to spend Friday afternoons writing release notes nobody read. Now they write themselves from our PR labels and our churn survey stopped mentioning “missing features” that already existed.",
name: "Maya Okafor",
role: "Head of Product",
company: "Ledgerline",
metric: "−6h / week",
},
{
quote: "The in-app widget doubled the adoption of our new reporting module in two weeks. Same feature, people just finally knew it was there.",
name: "Tomás Varga",
role: "Growth PM",
company: "Parcelo",
metric: "2× adoption",
},
{
quote: "Our changelog is now the third most visited page on the marketing site. Sales sends it to prospects instead of a deck.",
name: "Priya Raman",
role: "VP Marketing",
company: "Kitewire",
},
{
quote: "Setup took eleven minutes, including the custom domain. The Slack digest alone was worth the switch.",
name: "Jonas Lindqvist",
role: "Staff Engineer",
company: "Northdesk",
},
{
quote: "Localized release notes in German and Japanese without a translation agency. Our support tickets after launches dropped by a third.",
name: "Aiko Tanaka",
role: "Customer Success Lead",
company: "Formbase",
metric: "−33% tickets",
},
{
quote: "Finally a tool engineers don't hate. It's just labels on PRs — no new workflow to learn.",
name: "Sam Whitfield",
role: "CTO",
company: "Queuebird",
},
];
const CARD_TONES = [
"bg-da-surface text-da-surface-fg",
"bg-da-primary text-da-primary-fg",
"bg-da-surface text-da-surface-fg",
"bg-da-accent text-da-accent-fg",
"bg-da-secondary text-da-secondary-fg",
"bg-da-surface text-da-surface-fg",
];
function initials(name: string): string {
return name
.split(" ")
.map((p) => p[0])
.join("")
.slice(0, 2)
.toUpperCase();
}
export function TestimonialsWall({
kicker = "[ 05 ] Receipts",
title = "Teams that stopped writing release notes by hand.",
testimonials = DEFAULT_TESTIMONIALS,
className,
}: TestimonialsWallProps) {
return (
<section className={cn("da-section da-stroke-b bg-da-bg text-da-fg", className)} aria-labelledby="testimonials-wall-title">
<div className="da-container">
<p className="font-da-mono text-xs font-bold tracking-da-label text-da-muted-fg uppercase">{kicker}</p>
<h2
id="testimonials-wall-title"
className="mt-3 max-w-3xl font-da-display text-[clamp(2rem,5vw,3.5rem)] leading-[0.95] tracking-da-display uppercase"
>
{title}
</h2>
<ul className="mt-12 grid items-start gap-6 sm:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3">
{testimonials.map((t, i) => (
<li key={t.name}>
<figure className={cn("da-stroke relative p-6 shadow-da-md", CARD_TONES[i % CARD_TONES.length])}>
{t.metric && (
<p className="da-stroke absolute -top-3 right-4 rotate-3 bg-da-fg px-2 py-0.5 font-da-mono text-[11px] font-bold tracking-da-label text-da-bg uppercase">
{t.metric}
</p>
)}
<span aria-hidden className="block font-da-display text-5xl leading-none">
“
</span>
<blockquote className="mt-1 text-base leading-relaxed font-medium">{t.quote}</blockquote>
<figcaption className="mt-6 flex items-center gap-3 border-t-[length:var(--da-border-width)] border-current pt-4">
<span aria-hidden className="da-stroke grid size-10 shrink-0 place-items-center bg-da-bg font-da-mono text-xs font-bold text-da-fg">
{initials(t.name)}
</span>
<span className="text-sm">
<span className="block font-bold">{t.name}</span>
<span className="block opacity-80">
{t.role}, {t.company}
</span>
</span>
</figcaption>
</figure>
</li>
))}
</ul>
</div>
</section>
);
}
export default TestimonialsWall;
modules/brutalist/section/testimonials-wall/index.tsx
Props
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| kicker | string | "[ 05 ] Receipts" | Mono label above the title. |
| title | string | — | Section title (h2). |
| testimonials | TestimonialsWallItem[] | 6 customer quotes | { quote, name, role, company, metric? }. |
| className | string | — | Extra classes on the <section>. |
Other testimonials variants in Brutalist
Testimonials Big Quote
Full-bleed blue section showing one giant uppercase quote at a time with a tilted yellow metric card, author row, pressable prev/next buttons and bar-shaped pagination.
Testimonials Logos
Case-study strip: four ruled cells, each with a company wordmark, a giant result number, its label and a one-line quote, alternating solid and paper tones.
Testimonials Posts
Social-post wall: ruled cards styled like timeline posts (square colored avatar, handle, date, casual copy, reply/repost/like counts) in a 3-column grid with a 'see more' CTA.
Testimonials in other art directions
Testimonials Deck
Stacked deck of glass testimonial cards offset in depth; a ‘Next story’ button sends the top card to the back and the others slide forward, with a live counter.
Testimonials Marquee
Two rows of frosted testimonial cards scrolling infinitely in opposite directions with faded edges, pause on hover, star rating summary above. A static sr-only list carries the content for assistive tech.
Testimonials Masonry
Rating summary pill (stars, 4.9/5, review count) above a masonry wall of glass quote cards with star ratings; one highlight card is filled with the brand gradient.
Testimonials Video
Three video-testimonial glass cards with gradient posters, initials, play button and duration; opening one expands a glass player panel above with headline, quote and author.
Testimonials Carousel
One large quote at a time with initials avatar and role, cross-fading between slides; progress dots, a 01 / 04 counter and round prev/next buttons, arrow-key navigation.
Testimonials Case Studies
Three case-study cards led by an oversized mono metric in indigo (−71% pages), a short quote, author and a Read the story link that makes the whole card clickable.
Testimonials Grid
Asymmetric testimonial grid: one large featured quote with a headline metric, flanked by two compact quotes, then a second row. Hairline cards, initials avatars, no logos needed.
Testimonials Posts
Masonry wall of social-post cards in 1–3 CSS columns: initials avatar, name and handle, post text, date and like count. Hairline cards, centered header.
Testimonials Grid
Hairline grid of short quotes (gap-px on a border-colored background) — 3 columns desktop, each cell with the quote and mono attribution; no cards, no shadows.
Testimonials List
Testimonials as an editorial ruled list: each row pairs a mono index + name/studio/city on the left with the quote on the right in a larger size; rows separated by hairlines.
Testimonials Marquee
Slow horizontal ticker of short quotes in large display type, separated by signal dots, between two ink rules; pauses on hover, static and wrapped with reduced motion. Pure CSS.
Testimonials Quote
One oversized pull quote set in the display face with a hanging opening quote mark, mono attribution under a short ink rule; lots of whitespace.
Testimonials Cards
Clean 3-column grid of bordered quote cards with company name header, quote, and initials avatar + role footer divided by a hairline.
Testimonials Case Study
Featured customer story: bordered card split into a company quote (logo wordmark, quote, author) and a tinted column of three big result metrics with a “Read the case study” link.
Testimonials Logos
Row of customer wordmark buttons acting as tabs; selecting one swaps the quote, author and key metric below.
Testimonials Ratings
Review-site proof: rating tiles per platform (score + stars + review count), a row of award badges, and two review excerpts.
Testimonials Carousel
Gentle one-at-a-time carousel on a sage band: serif quote cross-fades, round prev/next buttons, leaf-shaped position dots; no autoplay.
Testimonials Notes
Kind words as handwritten-feeling notes: slightly tilted paper/sage/clay cards with italic serif quotes and a small “pinned” dot, straightening on hover.
Testimonials Portrait
Single large testimonial: an arch-shaped sage “portrait” with big initials and a leaf, next to a large serif quote, attribution and a clay result chip.
Testimonials Wall
Masonry wall of soft rounded quote cards in mixed tints (CSS columns), each with a small leaf-dot avatar, name and role.
Testimonials Bubbles
Testimonials as a friendly group chat: alternating pastel speech bubbles with round avatars and names inside a big white phone-like card, next to the section title.
Testimonials Notes
Wall of pastel sticky notes, slightly rotated with a round periwinkle pin on top, each holding a bold short quote and author; notes straighten on hover.
Testimonials Slider
Horizontal slider of pastel testimonial cards with star ratings; round prev/next buttons move one card at a time and pill dots show the position.
Testimonials Spotlight
One big quote on a mint block with a giant quote mark, a flat shape avatar, three white stat bubbles and a row of customer wordmarks below.