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The Material Study section is a two-column reference layout pairing a product or editorial image with structured fact grids on both the left and right. It’s designed to present material provenance, technical specifications, and craftsmanship details in an organized, reference-quality layout — ideal for brand story pages, material pages, or product deep-dives.
Material Study

How to Add the Section

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes and click Customize.
  2. Navigate to the page where you want to add this section.
  3. Click Add section and select Material study.
  4. Add Fact left and Fact right blocks to populate the data grids on each side.
  5. Click Save.

Section Settings

Layout

  • Full width: When enabled, the section stretches edge-to-edge across the viewport.

Image

  • Product: Select a product to use its media as the central image panel.
  • Image: Upload a custom image to use instead of the product media. If both are set, the image takes priority.
  • Image caption: A small caption displayed below the image.
  • Image ratio: Aspect ratio for the image — Portrait, Square, Landscape, or Adapt.
  • Tag top-left: A label displayed in the top-left corner of the image (e.g., “18k Au”).
  • Tag bottom-right: A label displayed in the bottom-right corner of the image (e.g., “Recycled gold”).

Left Column

  • Eyebrow: Small label above the left column heading.
  • Heading: Main heading for the left column. Supports rich text and italic emphasis.
  • Heading typography: Select the typographic style for the left heading.
  • CTA primary: Primary CTA button label.
  • CTA secondary label / URL: Secondary CTA link label and destination.

Right Column

  • Eyebrow right: Small label above the right column heading.
  • Heading right: Heading for the right column. Supports rich text.
  • Heading right typography: Typographic style for the right heading.

Alignment

  • Desktop left / right alignment: Horizontal alignment of content in the left and right columns (Start, Center, or End).
  • Mobile left / right alignment: Horizontal alignment on mobile.

Style

  • Color scheme: Choose a color scheme for the section.

Spacing

  • Padding top / Padding bottom: Control vertical spacing around the section.

Fact Left Block Settings

Each Fact Left block adds one data cell to the left column’s fact grid.
  • Label: The category or key label (e.g., “Origin”).
  • Value: The primary value. Displayed in italic or number style depending on the Value display setting.
  • Value display: Choose between Italic (editorial style) or Number (tabular/data style).
  • Sub: A sub-label displayed below the value (e.g., a qualifier or unit).

Fact Right Block Settings

Each Fact Right block adds one data cell to the right column’s fact grid. Uses the same settings as Fact Left.
  • Label / Value / Value display / Sub: Same fields as the Fact Left block.
Material Study Settings