Tidepool — audio community lounge

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<main>
  <header>
    <b>tidepool <span>◌</span></b>
    <nav><a href="#rooms">Rooms</a><a href="#notes">From the community</a></nav>
  </header>
  <section class="lounge-title">
    <small>A QUIETER KIND OF CONNECTION.</small>
    <h1>Come as you are.<br /><i>Stay for the conversation.</i></h1>
    <p>Thoughtful rooms for people with things to share.<br />Listening counts as being here.</p>
  </section>
  <section id="rooms">
    <div class="room-head">
      <h2>Around the pool</h2>
      <span>ILLUSTRATIVE ROOMS</span>
    </div>
    <div class="rooms">
      <article style="background: #d2e1d9">
        <span class="room-orbit">◌</span>
        <h3>The making room</h3>
        <p>What are you working on today?</p>
        <div>
          <span>12 sample listeners</span
          ><button id="change" data-room="The making room" aria-pressed="false">ENTER ↗</button>
        </div>
      </article>
      <article style="background: #e6ded1">
        <span class="room-orbit">☼</span>
        <h3>Slow Sunday</h3>
        <p>A little space to think out loud.</p>
        <div>
          <span>8 sample listeners</span
          ><button data-room="Slow Sunday" aria-pressed="false">ENTER ↗</button>
        </div>
      </article>
      <article style="background: #d9dceb">
        <span class="room-orbit">≈</span>
        <h3>The listening corner</h3>
        <p>Music, memories and the spaces between.</p>
        <div>
          <span>16 sample listeners</span
          ><button data-room="The listening corner" aria-pressed="false">ENTER ↗</button>
        </div>
      </article>
    </div>
  </section>
  <aside id="notes">
    <span>FROM THE COMMUNITY</span>
    <blockquote>“Sometimes the most useful thing is a conversation without an agenda.”</blockquote>
    <p>— a fictional member note</p>
  </aside>
  <output data-status aria-live="polite"></output>
  <footer class="demo-note">Fictional brand · local interface demo · no information is sent</footer>
</main>

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