diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer.html
index 7ba4632..094dc71 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -2,29 +2,73 @@
                grid gap-10 font-sans text-[12px] leading-[1.5] text-ink-soft
                [grid-template-columns:2fr_1fr_1fr_1fr]
                max-[820px]:[grid-template-columns:1fr_1fr]">
+
+  {{/* ── Brand column ── */}}
   <div>
     <h4 class="font-sans font-medium text-[10px] leading-none tracking-[.22em] uppercase text-ink m-0 mb-[14px]">Roux</h4>
-    <h2 class="font-display font-normal text-[clamp(60px,8vw,110px)] leading-[0.92] text-ink m-0 mb-[14px]">
-      R<em class="font-serif italic text-roux font-light">o</em>ux<sup class="font-mono text-[11px] tracking-[.14em] text-ink-soft align-top ml-2">№{{ .Site.Params.issueNumber }}</sup>
-    </h2>
+
+    {{/* Mark only — no wordmark */}}
+    <svg class="block w-[42px] h-[42px] mb-[14px]" viewBox="0 0 64 64" aria-hidden="true">
+      <defs>
+        <radialGradient id="fBloom" cx="50%" cy="46%" r="58%">
+          <stop offset="0"  stop-color="#b34a30"/>
+          <stop offset=".6" stop-color="#8a3322"/>
+          <stop offset="1"  stop-color="#5a1d15"/>
+        </radialGradient>
+      </defs>
+      <g fill="#6e2519" transform="translate(32 32)">
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-16" rx="10.5" ry="14"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-16" rx="10.5" ry="14" transform="rotate(60)"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-16" rx="10.5" ry="14" transform="rotate(120)"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-16" rx="10.5" ry="14" transform="rotate(180)"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-16" rx="10.5" ry="14" transform="rotate(240)"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-16" rx="10.5" ry="14" transform="rotate(300)"/>
+      </g>
+      <g fill="url(#fBloom)" transform="translate(32 32) rotate(30)">
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-11" rx="8" ry="11"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-11" rx="8" ry="11" transform="rotate(60)"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-11" rx="8" ry="11" transform="rotate(120)"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-11" rx="8" ry="11" transform="rotate(180)"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-11" rx="8" ry="11" transform="rotate(240)"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-11" rx="8" ry="11" transform="rotate(300)"/>
+      </g>
+      <g fill="#9a3a26" transform="translate(32 32)">
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-6" rx="5" ry="7.5"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-6" rx="5" ry="7.5" transform="rotate(72)"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-6" rx="5" ry="7.5" transform="rotate(144)"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-6" rx="5" ry="7.5" transform="rotate(216)"/>
+        <ellipse cx="0" cy="-6" rx="5" ry="7.5" transform="rotate(288)"/>
+      </g>
+      <circle cx="32" cy="32" r="3.2" fill="#3a120c"/>
+      <circle cx="32" cy="31.4" r="1.2" fill="#c0573c" opacity=".7"/>
+    </svg>
+
     <p>A slow-publishing fashion journal, gathered in Paris. One hundred photographs at a time, printed and unprinted.<br/>roux.pivoine.art</p>
   </div>
+
+  {{/* ── Categories (top 5 by count) ── */}}
   <div>
     <h4 class="font-sans font-medium text-[10px] leading-none tracking-[.22em] uppercase text-ink m-0 mb-[14px]">Categories</h4>
-    <p><a class="hover:text-ink" href="/categories/gothic/">Gothic</a></p>
-    <p><a class="hover:text-ink" href="/categories/cyberpunk/">Cyberpunk</a></p>
-    <p><a class="hover:text-ink" href="/categories/dark-fantasy/">Dark Fantasy</a></p>
-    <p><a class="hover:text-ink" href="/categories/sci-fi/">Sci-Fi</a></p>
-    <p><a class="hover:text-ink" href="/categories/cultural/">Cultural</a></p>
+    {{- range first 5 $.Site.Taxonomies.categories.ByCount }}
+      {{- $tp := $.Site.GetPage (printf "/categories/%s" .Name) }}
+      {{- if $tp }}
+      <p><a class="hover:text-ink" href="{{ $tp.RelPermalink }}">{{ $tp.Title }}</a></p>
+      {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
   </div>
+
+  {{/* ── Tags (top 5 by count) ── */}}
   <div>
     <h4 class="font-sans font-medium text-[10px] leading-none tracking-[.22em] uppercase text-ink m-0 mb-[14px]">Index</h4>
-    <p><a class="hover:text-ink" href="/tags/cape/">Cape</a></p>
-    <p><a class="hover:text-ink" href="/tags/neon/">Neon</a></p>
-    <p><a class="hover:text-ink" href="/tags/rain/">Rain</a></p>
-    <p><a class="hover:text-ink" href="/tags/gothic/">Gothic</a></p>
-    <p><a class="hover:text-ink" href="/tags/warrior/">Warrior</a></p>
+    {{- range first 5 $.Site.Taxonomies.tags.ByCount }}
+      {{- $tp := $.Site.GetPage (printf "/tags/%s" .Name) }}
+      {{- if $tp }}
+      <p><a class="hover:text-ink" href="{{ $tp.RelPermalink }}">{{ $tp.Title }}</a></p>
+      {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
   </div>
+
+  {{/* ── Colophon ── */}}
   <div>
     <h4 class="font-sans font-medium text-[10px] leading-none tracking-[.22em] uppercase text-ink m-0 mb-[14px]">Colophon</h4>
     <p>Set in Italiana &amp; Cormorant Garamond, with Outfit for typographic furniture. © Roux MMXXVI.</p>