.materials-section {
    background: var(--theme-footer-bg);
    padding: var(--section-v) var(--gutter);
    color: var(--theme-footer-newsletter-button-bg);
    padding: 140px 80px;
  }
  
  .materials-inner {
    max-width: var(--container);
    margin: 0 auto;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
    gap: clamp(48px, 6vw, 96px);
    align-items: start;
  }
  
  /* ── Left text panel ── */
  .materials-text {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    padding-top: 8px;
  }
  
  /* Short gold rule above eyebrow */
  .mat-rule {
    display: block;
    width: 36px;
    height: 1px;
    background: var(--theme-footer-newsletter-button-bg);
    opacity: 0.7;
    margin-bottom: 22px;
    flex-shrink: 0;
  }
  .eyebrow--light{
    color: var(--theme-footer-link);
  }
  .eyebrow {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 12px;
    font-family: var(--font-ui);
    font-size: 10px;
    font-weight: 500;
    letter-spacing: 0.24em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--theme-footer-link);
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}
  .materials-text h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 3.2vw, 3.8rem);
    color: var(--theme-header-bg);
    margin-bottom: 0;
    line-height: 1.12;
    letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  }
  
  .materials-text h2 em {
    font-style: italic;
    color: var(--theme-footer-newsletter-button-bg);
  }
  
  /* Full-width hairline between h2 and body */
  .mat-divider {
    border: none;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(196, 184, 160, 0.18);
    margin: 28px 0;
  }
  
  /* Body copy */
  .mat-body {
    margin-bottom: 36px;
  }
  
  .mat-body p {
    font-family: var(--theme-font-serif);
    font-size: clamp(0.93rem, 1vw, 1.04rem);
    font-weight: 300;
    color: var(--theme-footer-link);
    line-height: 1.9;
    margin-bottom: 18px;
  }
  
  .mat-body p:last-child {
    margin-bottom: 0;
  }
  
  /* Text-link CTA */
  .mat-cta {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 7px;
    font-family: var(--font-ui);
    font-size: 10px;
    font-weight: 500;
    letter-spacing: 0.2em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--theme-footer-link);
    text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(196, 184, 160, 0.35);
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    margin-bottom: 40px;
    transition: color 0.3s var(--ease), border-color 0.3s var(--ease);
  }
  
  .mat-cta:hover {
    color: var(--theme-footer-newsletter-button-bg);
    border-color:var(--theme-footer-newsletter-button-bg);
  }
  
  /* Origin stamp */
  .mat-origin {
    font-family: var(--font-ui);
    font-size: 11px;
    letter-spacing: 0.22em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--color-muted, #9b8e7a);
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(196, 184, 160, 0.12);
    padding-top: 20px;
    margin: 0;
  }
  
  /* ── Right image panel ── */
  .materials-visual {
    position: sticky;
    top: 96px;
  }
  
  /* 3×3 image grid */
  .mat-grid {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
    grid-template-rows: repeat(3, 1fr);
    gap: 3px;
    background: rgba(18, 14, 10, 0.75);
    height: clamp(460px, 60vh, 660px);
  }
  
  .mat-grid-cell {
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
  }
  
  .mat-grid-cell img {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    object-fit: cover;
    object-position: center 28%;
    display: block;
    transition: transform 0.65s var(--ease);
  }
  
  .mat-grid-cell:hover img {
    transform: scale(1.07);
  }
  
  /* Footer label strip below grid */
  .mat-grid-footer {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: space-between;
    padding: 14px 0 0;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(196, 184, 160, 0.14);
    margin-top: 4px;
  }
  
  .mat-grid-footer-label {
    font-family: var(--font-display);
    font-size: 12.5px;
    font-weight: 500;
    color: var(--theme-header-bg);
    letter-spacing: 0.01em;
  }
  
  .mat-grid-footer-origin {
    font-family: var(--font-ui);
    font-size: 11px;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--theme-difference-eyebrow, var(--theme-muted, #9b8e7a));
  }

  /* Mobile: single column — copy block first, 3×3 grid + labels below (matches narrow mockups). */
  @media (max-width: 767px) {
    .materials-section {
      padding-left: clamp(16px, 5vw, 22px);
      padding-right: clamp(16px, 5vw, 22px);
      padding-top: clamp(56px, 12vw, 88px);
      padding-bottom: clamp(56px, 12vw, 88px);
    }

    .materials-inner {
      grid-template-columns: 1fr;
      gap: clamp(28px, 7vw, 40px);
    }

    .materials-text {
      padding-top: 0;
      min-width: 0;
    }

    .materials-visual {
      position: static;
      top: auto;
      min-width: 0;
    }

    .mat-grid {
      height: auto;
      aspect-ratio: 1;
      max-width: 100%;
    }

    .mat-grid-footer {
      flex-direction: column;
      align-items: flex-start;
      gap: 8px;
    }
  }