THESIS: Billable work becomes a filed record, rejecting generic glass dashboard cards. OWN-WORLD: archival ivory, carbon ink, dusty mauve, registry magenta, ruled ledgers, index labels, sharp paper panels. STORY: start work, verify elapsed time, review entries, file a trusted report. FIRST VIEWPORT: indexed rail, compact masthead, active record, daily ledger, weekly register. FORM: Ledger Desk, approved comp filed-time-ledger-desk.png, seed 91fcb873. FINISH: unreviewed and undocumented is unfinished; this build ends with the finish review, the verdict, and DESIGN.md