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Skew box exploration

by mzilverberg

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/normalize/7.0.0/normalize.min.css">
<div class="c-box">

  <figure class="c-box__figure">
    <div class="c-box__img">
      <img src="https://picsum.photos/480/320/?gravity=east" />
    </div>
  </figure>
  
  <div class="c-box__text">
    <h2>
      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
    </h2>
    <p>
      Maecenas faucibus mollis interdum. Maecenas sed diam eget risus varius blandit sit amet non magna. Nullam quis risus eget urna mollis ornare vel eu leo.
    </p>
  </div>
  
</div>

SCSS

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,400i,800i');

@mixin sizing($sizing: border-box) {
  -webkit-box-sizing: $sizing;
  -moz-box-sizing: $sizing;
  box-sizing: $sizing;
}

@mixin skewX($deg) {
  transform: skewX($deg);
}

* {
  &,
  &:before,
  &:after {
    @include sizing();
  }
}

html { padding: 2em; overflow: scroll; }

h2 {
  font: 900 33px/1.09 "Open Sans", sans-serif;
  font-style: italic;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  margin-top: 0;
}

.c-box {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  align-items: stretch;
  align-content: flex-start;
  position: relative;
  background: #000;
  color: #fff;
  margin-bottom: 18px;
  
  &:before {
    display: block;
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 0;
    right: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 18px;
    background: #1f1f1f;
  }
  
  &__figure,
  &__text {
    /**/
  }
  
  &__figure {
    display: flex;
    align-items: stretch;
    width: 50%;
    margin: -18px 0 0;
    vertical-align: top;
    background: #fff;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
    
    @media (min-width: 544px) {
      max-width: 80%;
    }
  }
  
  &__img {
    position: relative;
    padding-bottom: 18px;
  
    & img {
      display: block;
      height: 100%;
    }
    
    &:before {
      display: block;
      position: absolute;
      content: "";
      top: 0;
      right: -23%;
      bottom: 0;
      width: 75%;
      background: #000;
      border-top: 18px solid #fff;
      border-bottom: 18px solid #1f1f1f;
      z-index: 1;
      @include skewX(-15deg);
    }
  }
  
  &__text {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 2;
    width: 100%;
    padding: 24px;
    font: 16px/1.4 Arial, sans-serif;
    
    @media (min-width: 544px) {
      padding: 42px;
    }
    
    @media (min-width: 768px) {
      padding: 54px 84px;
    }
    
    
  }
  
}