ShipUI's Fifth Theme: LAB // NEXT
The fifth ShipUI theme is out. If RETRO is loud, ALOHA is warm, NOIR is sharp, GLASS is soft, and LAB is precise.
LAB // NEXT is a scientific laboratory aesthetic. Dark backgrounds with grid texture and scanlines, JetBrains Mono as the body font, Oxanium for display headings, cyan and green accents. It fits developer tools, research products, and technical SaaS.
What's Included
A complete design system built around the lab palette. Everything is wired up and ready to customize.
Components:
- Buttons (primary, secondary, ghost) with parallelogram clip-path shape
- Cards with EXP-00X experiment labels and SVG icons
- Badges in two variants: blue and green
- Text component with body, caption, label, and code variants
Page sections:
- Hero with animated atom SVG, orbiting electrons, and live readout panel
- Features grid
- About and stats section with benzene ring molecular illustration
- Newsletter CTA
Layout and auth:
- Header with blinking status dot
- Footer
- Login page
- Sign up page
- 404 and error boundary pages
Tech stack:
- Next.js 15 with App Router
- React 19
- TypeScript 5 strict mode
- Tailwind v4
No broken imports. No manual wiring. Install dependencies and it works.
Works with ShipKit
LAB // NEXT pairs with ShipKit if you use it. If you're wondering why ShipKit exists, Why We Built ShipKit explains the problem it solves.
The bundle adds ShipKit AI conventions for $10 on top of the base theme: cursor rules, project structure docs, and a CLAUDE.md ready to go.
The theme also works standalone. No ShipKit dependency, no lock-in.
Pricing
$29 for the theme. $39 for the theme with ShipKit conventions. One-time purchase, instant download, permanent link.
No subscriptions.
What's Next
Five themes are now live: RETRO // NEXT, ALOHA // NEXT, NOIR // NEXT, GLASS // NEXT, and LAB // NEXT. More are in progress. The goal is the same across all of them: a real design system, a modern stack, and nothing left for you to wire up yourself.