# Designerman

> Decorative sprite-sheet mascot animation that adds site personality; not for use inside task flows.

- Status: beta
- Group: marketing
- Page: https://www.digitaltableteur.com/design-system/components/designerman
- Contract: https://www.digitaltableteur.com/contracts/v1/Designerman.contract.json

## When to use

Sprite-sheet mascot animation; pure site personality. Decorative only; keep it out of task flows.

## When not to use

The contract records no forbidden uses.

## Look-alikes

The contract names no look-alike with a deciding condition.

## Props

| Prop | Type | Default | Description | Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `spriteSheet` | `string` | none | Sprite sheet path (e.g. /sprites/designerman.png) | Yes |
| `frameWidth` | `number` | `64` | Frame width in px. | No |
| `frameHeight` | `number` | `64` | Frame height in px. | No |
| `columns` | `number` | `4` | Number of columns in the sheet. | No |
| `animations` | `Partial<Record<AnimationName, AnimationConfig>>` | `{}` | Optional custom animations. | No |
| `scale` | `number` | `3` | Scale multiplier for the sprite. | No |
| `audioSrc` | `string` | `/designerman.mp3` | Optional looping audio track. | No |

## Variants

No variant dimensions and no props with a fixed set of values.

## Invalid combinations

The contract records no invalid combinations.

## Keyboard

The contract records no keyboard interaction.

## Rules

Every item under When not to use is a MUST NOT. MUST and SHOULD follow RFC 2119.

| Level | Rule | How it is checked |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MUST | Required stories produce no axe violations at the configured severity. | Automated by `npm run test:stories:matrix:ci`. WCAG 2.5.8. |
| MUST | The accessibility tree (role, name, state) matches the committed snapshot for every required story. | Automated by `npm run test:stories:matrix:ci`. WCAG 1.3.1, 4.1.2. |
| MUST | The component remains legible and operable under a real browser forced-colors: active pass. | Automated by `npm run test:stories:hc`. |
| MUST | A human completed an end-to-end accessibility review of this component. | Manual review, last on 2026-05-28. |
| MUST NOT | Maintainers: Do not bypass design tokens or skip forced-colors verification at beta. | Release review; not machine-checked. |

## Install and import

- In-repo only. Designerman is not exported from `@digitaltableteur/react`, so there is no public import path.

## Links

- Machine-readable contract (Design System Contract 1.0): https://www.digitaltableteur.com/contracts/v1/Designerman.contract.json
- Markdown version of this page: https://www.digitaltableteur.com/design-system/components/designerman.md
- Component index as JSON: https://www.digitaltableteur.com/design-system/components.json
- All components: https://www.digitaltableteur.com/design-system/components
- Source: The implementation lives in a private repository. This page, its Markdown twin and the contract are generated from it at build time and are the public source of truth.