diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a80445c..8f50d62 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "7.12.3",
-    "@forensic-architecture/design-system": "0.6.2",
     "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "0.4.2",
     "@svgr/webpack": "5.4.0",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.11.6",
diff --git a/src/common/utilities.js b/src/common/utilities.js
index 8315cb9..bfc3035 100644
--- a/src/common/utilities.js
+++ b/src/common/utilities.js
@@ -484,13 +484,8 @@ export function makeNiceDate(datetime) {
     month: "long",
     day: "2-digit",
   });
-  const [
-    { value: month },
-    ,
-    { value: day },
-    ,
-    { value: year },
-  ] = dateTimeFormat.formatToParts(datetime);
+  const [{ value: month }, , { value: day }, , { value: year }] =
+    dateTimeFormat.formatToParts(datetime);
 
   return `${day} ${month}, ${year}`;
 }
@@ -573,3 +568,5 @@ export function getFilterIdx(
   else if (narrativesExist && categoriesExist) return numCategoryPanels + 1;
   else return 0;
 }
+
+export const isEmptyString = (s) => s.length === 0;
diff --git a/src/components/controls/Card.js b/src/components/controls/Card.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93f1407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/controls/Card.js
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+import React, { useState } from "react";
+import CardText from "./atoms/Text";
+import CardTime from "./atoms/Time";
+import CardButton from "./atoms/Button";
+import CardCaret from "./atoms/Caret";
+import CardCustom from "./atoms/CustomField";
+import CardMedia from "./atoms/Media";
+
+import { makeNiceDate, isEmptyString } from "../../common/utilities";
+import hash from "object-hash";
+
+export const generateCardLayout = {
+  basic: ({ event }) => {
+    return [
+      [
+        {
+          kind: "date",
+          title: "Incident Date",
+          value: event.datetime || event.date || ``,
+        },
+        {
+          kind: "text",
+          title: "Location",
+          value: event.location || `—`,
+        },
+      ],
+      [{ kind: "line-break", times: 0.4 }],
+      [
+        {
+          kind: "text",
+          title: "Summary",
+          value: event.description || ``,
+          scaleFont: 1.1,
+        },
+      ],
+    ];
+  },
+  sourced: ({ event }) => {
+    return [
+      [
+        {
+          kind: "date",
+          title: "Incident Date",
+          value: event.datetime || event.date || ``,
+        },
+        {
+          kind: "text",
+          title: "Location",
+          value: event.location || `—`,
+        },
+      ],
+      [
+        {
+          kind: "text",
+          title: "Summary",
+          value: event.description || ``,
+          scaleFont: 1.1,
+        },
+      ],
+      ...event.sources.flatMap((source, idx) => [
+        [
+          {
+            kind: "text",
+            title: `Source ${idx}`,
+            value: source.description || ``,
+            scaleFont: 1.1,
+          },
+        ],
+        source.paths.map((p) => ({
+          kind: "media",
+          title: "Media",
+          value: [{ src: p, title: null }],
+        })),
+      ]),
+    ];
+  },
+};
+
+export const Card = ({
+  content = [],
+  isLoading = true,
+  onSelect = () => {},
+  sources = [],
+  isSelected = false,
+  language = "en-US",
+}) => {
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
+  const toggle = () => setIsOpen(!isOpen);
+
+  // NB: should be internationalized.
+  const renderTime = (field) => (
+    <CardTime
+      language={language}
+      timelabel={makeNiceDate(field.value)}
+      {...field}
+    />
+  );
+
+  const renderCaret = () =>
+    sources.length === 0 && (
+      <CardCaret toggle={() => toggle()} isOpen={isOpen} />
+    );
+
+  const renderMedia = ({ media, idx }) => {
+    return <CardMedia key={idx} src={media.src} title={media.title} />;
+  };
+
+  function renderField(field) {
+    switch (field.kind) {
+      case "media":
+        return (
+          <div className="card-cell">
+            {field.value.map((media, idx) => {
+              return renderMedia({ media, idx });
+            })}
+          </div>
+        );
+      case "line":
+        return (
+          <div style={{ height: `1rem`, width: `100%` }}>
+            <hr />
+          </div>
+        );
+      case "line-break":
+        return (
+          <div style={{ height: `${field.times || 1}rem`, width: `100%` }} />
+        );
+      case "item":
+        // this is like a span
+        return null;
+      case "markdown":
+        return <CardCustom {...field} />;
+      case "tag":
+        return (
+          <div
+            className="card-cell m0"
+            style={{
+              textTransform: `uppercase`,
+              fontSize: `.8em`,
+              lineHeight: `.8em`,
+            }}
+          >
+            <div
+              style={{
+                display: "flex",
+                justifyContent: `flex-${field.align || `start`}`,
+              }}
+            >
+              {field.value}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        );
+      case "button":
+        return (
+          <div className="card-cell">
+            {field.title && <h4>{field.title}</h4>}
+            {/* <div className="card-row"> */}
+            {field.value.map((t, idx) => (
+              <CardButton key={`card-button-${idx}`} {...t} />
+            ))}
+            {/* </div> */}
+          </div>
+        );
+      case "text":
+        return !isEmptyString(field.value) && <CardText {...field} />;
+      case "date":
+        return renderTime(field);
+      case "links":
+        return (
+          <div className="card-cell">
+            {field.title && <h4>{field.title}</h4>}
+            <div className="card-row m0">
+              {field.value.map(({ text, href }, idx) => (
+                <a href={href} key={`card-links-url-${idx}`}>
+                  {text}
+                </a>
+              ))}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        );
+      case "list":
+        // Only render if some of the list's strings are non-empty
+        const shouldFieldRender =
+          !!field.value.length &&
+          !!field.value.filter((s) => !isEmptyString(s)).length;
+        return shouldFieldRender ? (
+          // <div className="card-cell">
+          <div>
+            {field.title && <h4>{field.title}</h4>}
+            <div className="card-row m0">
+              {field.value.map((t, idx) => (
+                <CardText key={`card-list-text-${idx}`} value={t} {...t} />
+              ))}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        ) : null;
+      default:
+        return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  function renderRow(row) {
+    return (
+      <div className="card-row" key={hash(row)}>
+        {row.map((field) => (
+          <span key={hash(field)}>{renderField(field)}</span>
+        ))}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  // TODO: render afterCaret appropriately from props
+  sources = [];
+
+  return (
+    <li
+      key={hash(content)}
+      className={`event-card ${isSelected ? "selected" : ""}`}
+      onClick={onSelect}
+    >
+      {content.map((row) => renderRow(row))}
+      {isOpen && (
+        <div className="card-bottomhalf">
+          {sources.map(() => (
+            <div className="card-row"></div>
+          ))}
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {sources.length > 0 ? renderCaret() : null}
+    </li>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/components/controls/CardStack.js b/src/components/controls/CardStack.js
index f5faab5..a6d5ad0 100644
--- a/src/components/controls/CardStack.js
+++ b/src/components/controls/CardStack.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { connect } from "react-redux";
-import {
-  generateCardLayout,
-  Card,
-} from "@forensic-architecture/design-system/dist/react";
+import { generateCardLayout, Card } from "./Card";
 
 import * as selectors from "../../selectors";
 import { getFilterIdxFromColorSet } from "../../common/utilities";
@@ -70,6 +67,7 @@ class CardStack extends React.Component {
     return events.map((event, idx) => {
       const thisRef = React.createRef();
       this.refs[idx] = thisRef;
+      console.log(event);
 
       const content = generateTemplate({
         event,
diff --git a/src/components/controls/atoms/Button.js b/src/components/controls/atoms/Button.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12703c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/controls/atoms/Button.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import React from "react";
+import PropTypes from "prop-types";
+
+/**
+ * Primary UI component for user interaction
+ */
+export const Button = ({
+  primary,
+  backgroundColor,
+  borderRadius,
+  size,
+  label,
+  normalCursor,
+  ...props
+}) => {
+  const mode = primary ? "button--primary" : "button--secondary";
+  return (
+    <button
+      type="button"
+      className={[
+        "button",
+        `button--${size}`,
+        mode,
+        normalCursor ? "no-hover" : "",
+      ].join(" ")}
+      style={{ backgroundColor: backgroundColor, borderRadius: borderRadius }}
+      {...props}
+    >
+      {label}
+    </button>
+  );
+};
+
+Button.propTypes = {
+  /**
+   * Is this the principal call to action on the page?
+   */
+  primary: PropTypes.bool,
+  /**
+   * What background color to use
+   */
+  backgroundColor: PropTypes.string,
+  /**
+   * How much rounded are they?
+   */
+  borderRadius: PropTypes.string,
+  /**
+   * How large should the button be?
+   */
+  size: PropTypes.oneOf(["small", "medium", "large"]),
+  /**
+   * Button contents
+   */
+  label: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+  /**
+   * Optional click handler
+   */
+  onClick: PropTypes.func,
+};
+
+Button.defaultProps = {
+  backgroundColor: "red",
+  borderRadius: "0%",
+  primary: false,
+  size: "medium",
+  onClick: undefined,
+};
+
+const CardButton = ({
+  text,
+  color = "#000",
+  onClick = () => {},
+  normalCursor,
+}) => (
+  <Button
+    size={"small"}
+    backgroundColor={color}
+    borderRadius={"12px"}
+    primary={false}
+    label={text}
+    onClick={onClick}
+    normalCursor={normalCursor}
+  />
+);
+
+export default CardButton;
diff --git a/src/components/controls/atoms/Caret.js b/src/components/controls/atoms/Caret.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5931b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/controls/atoms/Caret.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import React from "react";
+
+const CardCaret = ({ isOpen, toggle }) => {
+  let classes = isOpen ? "arrow-down" : "arrow-down folded";
+
+  return (
+    <div className="card-toggle" onClick={toggle}>
+      <p>
+        <i className={classes} />
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default CardCaret;
diff --git a/src/components/controls/atoms/CustomField.js b/src/components/controls/atoms/CustomField.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50b847e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/controls/atoms/CustomField.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import React from "react";
+import marked from "marked";
+
+// TODO could this be a security vulnerability?
+const CardCustomField = ({ title, value }) => (
+  <div className="card-cell">
+    {title ? <h4>{title}</h4> : null}
+    <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: marked(`${value}`) }} />
+  </div>
+);
+
+export default CardCustomField;
diff --git a/src/components/controls/atoms/Media.js b/src/components/controls/atoms/Media.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d8d776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/controls/atoms/Media.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import React, { useRef } from "react";
+import { useCallback } from "react";
+import { typeForPath } from "../../../common/utilities";
+
+const TITLE_LENGTH = 50;
+// TODO should videos
+//    - play inline
+//    - appear zoomed out/in
+//    - only show cover image and then lightbox when clicked
+//    - show video control plane?
+// TODO landscape image doesn't fit in box properly
+const Media = ({ src, title }) => {
+  const videoRef = useRef();
+  const onVideoStart = useCallback(() => {
+    return videoRef.current?.play();
+  }, []);
+  const onVideoStop = useCallback(() => {
+    return videoRef.current?.pause();
+  }, []);
+
+  const type = typeForPath(src);
+  const formattedTitle =
+    title && title.length > TITLE_LENGTH
+      ? `${title.slice(0, TITLE_LENGTH + 1)}...`
+      : title;
+
+  switch (type) {
+    case "Video":
+      return (
+        <div className="card-cell media">
+          {title && <h4 title={title}>{formattedTitle}</h4>}
+          <video
+            onMouseEnter={onVideoStart}
+            onMouseLeave={onVideoStop}
+            ref={videoRef}
+            // controls
+            // controlsList="nodownload noremoteplayback"
+            disablePictureInPicture
+          >
+            <source src={src} />
+          </video>
+        </div>
+      );
+    case "Image":
+      return (
+        <div className="card-cell media">
+          {title && <h4 title={title}>{formattedTitle}</h4>}
+          <div className="img-wrapper">
+            <img
+              src={src}
+              alt="an inline photograph for the event card component"
+            />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      );
+    default:
+      return null;
+  }
+};
+
+export default Media;
diff --git a/src/components/controls/atoms/Text.js b/src/components/controls/atoms/Text.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aedf0cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/controls/atoms/Text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import React, { useState } from "react";
+
+const CardText = ({ title, value, hoverValue = null }) => {
+  const [showHover, setShowHover] = useState(false);
+
+  return (
+    <div className="card-cell">
+      {title ? <h4>{title}</h4> : null}
+      <div
+        style={{
+          width: `fit-content`,
+        }}
+      >
+        <div
+          onMouseOver={() => hoverValue && setShowHover(true)}
+          onMouseOut={() => hoverValue && setShowHover(false)}
+        >
+          {showHover ? (
+            <span
+              style={{
+                pointerEvents: `none`,
+                opacity: 0.8,
+              }}
+            >
+              <em>{hoverValue}</em>
+            </span>
+          ) : (
+            <div
+              style={{
+                pointerEvents: `none`,
+                display: `inline-block`,
+                height: `1.1rem`,
+                borderBottom: hoverValue && `1px rgb(235, 68, 62) dashed`,
+              }}
+            >
+              {value}
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </div>
+        {/* {!showHover && value} */}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default CardText;
diff --git a/src/components/controls/atoms/Time.js b/src/components/controls/atoms/Time.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59a8224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/controls/atoms/Time.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import React from "react";
+
+import copy from "../../../common/data/copy.json";
+import { isNotNullNorUndefined } from "../../../common/utilities";
+
+const CardTime = ({ title = "Timestamp", timelabel, language, precision }) => {
+  const unknownLang = copy[language].cardstack.unknown_time;
+
+  if (isNotNullNorUndefined(timelabel)) {
+    return (
+      <div className="card-cell">
+        {/* <i className="material-icons left">today</i> */}
+        <h4>{title}</h4>
+        {timelabel}
+        {precision && precision !== "" ? ` - ${precision}` : null}
+      </div>
+    );
+  } else {
+    return (
+      <div className="card-cell">
+        {/* <i className="material-icons left">today</i> */}
+        <h4>{title}</h4>
+        {unknownLang}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+};
+
+export default CardTime;
diff --git a/src/components/time/Axis.js b/src/components/time/Axis.js
index 1d2b89a..7390626 100644
--- a/src/components/time/Axis.js
+++ b/src/components/time/Axis.js
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ class TimelineAxis extends React.Component {
     if (this.props.scaleX) {
       this.x0 = d3
         .axisBottom(this.props.scaleX)
-        .ticks(10)
+        .ticks(5)
         .tickPadding(0)
         .tickSize(contentHeight - TEXT_HEIGHT - marginTop)
         .tickFormat(d3.timeFormat(fstFmt));
 
       this.x1 = d3
         .axisBottom(this.props.scaleX)
-        .ticks(10)
+        .ticks(5)
         .tickPadding(marginTop)
         .tickSize(0)
         .tickFormat(d3.timeFormat(sndFmt));
diff --git a/src/scss/button.scss b/src/scss/button.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fb225b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scss/button.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+.button {
+  font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
+  font-weight: normal;
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 0em;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  display: inline-block;
+  line-height: 1;
+  outline: none;
+  text-align: left;
+}
+.button--primary {
+  color: $offwhite;
+  background-color: $default;
+}
+.button--secondary {
+  color: #333;
+  background-color: transparent;
+  box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 0px 0px 2px inset;
+}
+.button--small {
+  font-size: 12px;
+  padding: 10px 16px;
+  margin: 0.6em 0.3em 0 0;
+}
+.button--medium {
+  font-size: 14px;
+  padding: 11px 20px;
+}
+.button--large {
+  font-size: 16px;
+  padding: 12px 24px;
+}
+
+.no-hover {
+  cursor: auto !important;
+}
diff --git a/src/scss/card.scss b/src/scss/card.scss
index 4005dd0..8ba11a1 100644
--- a/src/scss/card.scss
+++ b/src/scss/card.scss
@@ -1,31 +1,35 @@
 .event-card {
   box-sizing: border-box;
-  margin: 1px 0 0 0;
+  margin: 2px 0;
   padding: 15px;
-  border: 1px solid $black;
   transition: 0.2 ease;
   background: $midwhite;
+  opacity: 0.92;
   color: $darkgrey;
-  box-shadow: 0 19px 19px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 15px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.22);
+  list-style-type: none;
   font-size: $large;
   line-height: $xxlarge;
-  height: auto;
-  opacity: 0.9;
+  // height: auto;
+  // opacity: 0.9;
   transition: background-color 0.4s;
+  text-align: left;
+  overflow-y: scroll;
+  height: 100%;
+  max-width: 400px;
 
   &:hover {
     background: $lightwhite;
     transition: background-color 0.4s;
-    cursor: pointer;
+    // cursor: pointer;
   }
 
   h4 {
     margin-bottom: 0;
     margin-right: 5px;
     text-transform: uppercase;
-    font-size: $xsmall;
+    font-size: $small;
     color: $darkwhite;
-    font-weight: 100;
+    font-weight: 800;
 
     &:first-child {
       margin-top: 0;
@@ -36,27 +40,23 @@
     margin: 0;
   }
 
-  .material-icons {
-    font-size: $normal;
-    color: $darkwhite;
-    margin-right: 5px;
+  .card-row,
+  .card-col,
+  .card-cell {
+    margin: 5px 3px 5px 0px;
+    &.m0 {
+      margin: 0;
+    }
   }
 
   .card-row,
   .card-col {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: row;
-    margin: 5px 0 10px 0;
-    padding-bottom: 10px;
 
     .card-cell {
       flex: 1;
     }
-
-    h4 {
-      min-width: 80px;
-      max-width: 80px;
-    }
   }
 
   .card-col {
@@ -72,23 +72,19 @@
       display: flex;
       flex-direction: row;
       align-items: flex-start;
-      padding: 8px 15px;
-      border-left: 5px solid $darkgrey;
+      padding: 5px 10px;
+      border-left: 3px solid $darkgrey;
       background: linear-gradient(to right, $darkgrey 50%, transparent 50%);
       background-size: 200% 100%;
       background-position: right bottom;
-      margin-left: -16px;
-      margin-right: -16px;
 
       &:hover {
         background-color: $darkgrey;
         color: white;
         cursor: pointer;
-        .material-icons {
-          color: white;
-        }
+
         background-position: left bottom;
-        transition: all 2s ease;
+        transition: all 1s ease-in;
       }
     }
 
@@ -98,6 +94,13 @@
       font-size: 24px;
       margin-right: 15px;
     }
+
+    .source-type {
+      display: inline-block;
+      margin-right: 5px;
+      text-transform: uppercase;
+      font-weight: bold;
+    }
   }
 
   .card-cell {
@@ -177,6 +180,57 @@
     }
   }
 
+  .media {
+    display: flex;
+    max-height: 350px;
+    // justify-content: center;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    cursor: pointer;
+
+    .img-wrapper {
+      width: 100%;
+      display: flex;
+      img {
+        // width: auto;
+        // height: 100%;
+
+        max-width: 100%;
+        height: auto;
+        object-fit: cover;
+        // width: 100%;
+        // height: 250px;
+      }
+    }
+
+    video {
+      width: 100%;
+      padding-bottom: 10px;
+      user-select: none;
+      &:focus {
+        outline: 0 !important;
+      }
+    }
+
+    video::-webkit-media-controls-panel {
+      // remove Chrome's gradient
+      background-image: none !important;
+      filter: brightness(0.9);
+      display: flex;
+      align-self: flex-end;
+      // flex-basis: 35px;
+      background-color: rgba($red, 0.6);
+    }
+
+    /* Could Use thise as well for Individual Controls */
+    video::-webkit-media-controls-play-button {
+      align-self: center;
+    }
+
+    video::-webkit-media-controls-timeline {
+      display: none;
+    }
+  }
+
   .category {
     margin-bottom: 5px;
 
diff --git a/src/scss/cardstack.scss b/src/scss/cardstack.scss
index 87bbfc8..f850775 100644
--- a/src/scss/cardstack.scss
+++ b/src/scss/cardstack.scss
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // @import 'burger';
-// @import 'card';
+@import "card";
 
 .card-stack {
   position: absolute;
   top: $card-right;
   right: $card-right;
-  max-height: calc(100% - 180px);
+  max-height: calc(100% - 260px);
   height: auto;
   width: $card-width;
   overflow-y: scroll;