Most studios sell hours. We wanted to sell outcomes you could measure, so we built Polaris to put its name on the number, not the timesheet.
Mara Okonkwo
Founder & Creative Director
2017
Founded in Oslo
120+
Brands shipped
9
Senior people
About built around a dark founder portrait card with a pull-quote, signature, and supporting stats.
A single dark card split into a founder portrait on one side and a pull-quote with a signature line, stat trio, and CTA on the other, all inside one bg-foreground panel rather than a plain section background.
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npx shadcn add "https://ui.beste.co/r/about49?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"Base UI flavor
npx shadcn add "https://ui.beste.co/r-base/about49?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"This installs the block to components/beste/block/about49.tsx, the badge6 and button1 components it uses for the eyebrow label and CTA button, and its dependencies.
The installed file exports about49Demo alongside the block: the exact props behind the preview above. Spread it to get a working section in one line.
import { About49, about49Demo } from "@/components/beste/block/about49";
export default function AboutPage() {
return <About49 {...about49Demo} />;
}Then replace the demo with your own props. Written out, the same setup looks like this:
import { About49 } from "@/components/beste/block/about49";
export default function AboutPage() {
return (
<About49
label="Why we started"
quote="Most companies sell hours. We wanted to sell outcomes you could measure."
founder={{ name: "Amara Boateng", role: "Founder & CEO" }}
image={{
src: "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1617791291756-582b2dce0b3e?w=800&h=1000&fit=crop",
alt: "Amara Boateng, founder, in the office",
}}
button={{ label: "Read the story", href: "https://beste.co" }}
stats={[
{ value: "2019", label: "Founded in Lagos" },
{ value: "80+", label: "Products shipped" },
{ value: "6", label: "Senior people" },
]}
/>
);
}| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
label | string | – | Eyebrow badge text above the quote |
quote | string | – | Pull-quote, rendered as plain text |
founder | Founder | – | Name and role shown under the quote with a short accent line |
image | ImageItem | – | Founder portrait filling the left/first column |
button | ActionLink | – | CTA rendered as a Button1 at the bottom of the panel |
stats | StatItem[] | [] | Three-column stat row above the button |
className | string | – | Extra classes for the outer <section> |
type Founder = { name: string; role: string };
type ImageItem = { src: string; alt: string };
type ActionLink = { label: string; href: string };
type StatItem = { value: string; label: string };bg-foreground text-background, so Badge6 is given labelClassName="text-background/70" and Button1 is given tone="primary" to stay legible against the dark fill, rather than relying on the components' light-surface defaults.lg:grid-cols-[0.85fr_1.15fr] with the portrait as a flush-bleed image column (min-h-full on lg) and the quote/stats column carrying the panel's padding; the portrait scales up slightly on hover (group-hover/about49:scale-105).h-px w-10 bg-primary) instead of an avatar or icon.grid-cols-3; passing fewer than three stats leaves empty grid tracks rather than the columns re-flowing, and more than three wraps to a second row.justify-between so the quote/founder block anchors to the top and the stats/button block anchors to the bottom of the panel, independent of quote length.about45
A founder-led pull-quote about with a portrait, signature and a facts strip.
about67
Founder statement with a large blockquote followed by an avatar, name, role, and a monospace signature line.
about4
Founder blockquote with avatar, followed by a horizontal team member row. Ideal for leadership pages and company introductions.
about79
An about section written as a letter: a portrait drifting inside its frame on the left, and on the right a serif opening line that settles in word by word, three paragraphs, a ruled signature with the founder's name and role, and a sliding-marker pill.