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  "brief": "**Philosophy and fit.** Present a small collection as familiar, named tools and folders. Suitable for portfolios, digital exhibitions, personal project collections, and compact creative utilities.\n\n**Visual grammar.** A desktop, icon labels, bevelled window frames, title bars, and a task strip organise content into discrete applications. Use a neutral grey interface, one selected-state colour, compact system-like typography, and restrained bitmap accents. Windows have explicit open, close, minimise, and maximise controls; their content uses semantic document structure.\n\n**Specimen and flow.** *Parcel OS* is a fictional designer’s portfolio with only Projects, Contact, and Help windows. Open Projects, select a case study, then open its contact form. Supporting states are an application switcher and a help view explaining the controls. Window positioning is optional; a general desktop framework is outside the specimen's scope.\n\n**Mobile and motion.** Show one full-width application at a time, with a clear back control and application list. Keyboard focus follows the active window and returns to its launcher when closed.\n\n**Identity and effort.** Preserve the desktop’s task model; avoid decorative windows that obscure navigation or pretend to access the visitor’s filesystem. **Effort: high.**",
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      "Retro computing"
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      "Explore a workspace"
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      "Culture",
      "Three named tools with actual states",
      "Window focus follows activation",
      "A mobile application list"
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    "A mobile application list"
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