Kiln Studio Template

Editorial Agency Template

Created by: Heat Bureau

Free

A portfolio template for design studios to present client work through flexible CMS-powered case studies, project cards, and editable service groups. It includes art-directed AI placeholder imagery and a guide with prompts for creating demo content.

About this template

Kiln: a studio portfolio template with a flexible CMS and art-directed AI placeholders

Kiln began as the real website of Heat Bureau, a design studio. It ran for almost two years before we turned it into a template. Every layout was built to sell real client work: big imagery, editorial type, and nothing left over from a generic template.

Built around your work

Project CMS that fits any case study. Each project has 6 flexible sections. Choose 1, 2 or 3 image columns per section, add a video, or both, with no carousels or fixed layouts to fight.

Wide and video cards. Make a project stand out on the Work page with a wide card or an animated video preview.

Related projects, client, location, credits and services fields, all optional and all handled automatically.

Services you can actually edit

An accordion driven by the CMS, so you can add as many service groups as you need

Tag lists, bullet points and a hover image for each group

A CMS toggle that chooses which group opens by default

A design system that respects your time

Colors grouped into Neutral and Accent folders

Text styles grouped into Heading, Body, Label and UI folders, with sizes set per breakpoint

Free fonts: Inter Display and Fragment Mono

Fully responsive Desktop, Tablet and Phone layouts

Placeholder images that don’t look like stock

All demo imagery was generated with two FLORA techniques: Late-90s Editorial and Crimson Editorial. The template includes a step-by-step guide page with 10 ready-to-use prompts, so your demo content matches your new site from day one.

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