diff --git a/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md b/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md
index 6aa05b57..e33c02ab 100644
--- a/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md
+++ b/docs/CODEX_EXECUTION_LOG.md
@@ -11274,3 +11274,18 @@ Validation:
 - frontend production build: passed;
 - frontend dependency audit: zero vulnerabilities at the high threshold;
 - dedicated tests verify readiness derivation and workspace navigation.
+## 2026-07-26 - Workspace identity and calm recovery states
+
+Implemented:
+
+- added a compact code-native signal illustration to every non-map workspace heading, with distinct restrained accents for data, assistant, quality, image analysis, downloads, status and administration;
+- added topographic/radar depth to shared empty-result surfaces without changing their meaning or action hierarchy;
+- suppressed the global floating error notice in the map workspace because the map already renders the same error with contextual recovery guidance;
+- retained decorative semantics, keyboard behavior and reduced-motion fallbacks.
+
+Validation:
+
+- frontend unit tests: 38 passed across 11 files;
+- frontend TypeScript check and production build: passed;
+- frontend dependency audit: zero vulnerabilities at the high threshold;
+- React review: named isolated component, derived configuration, no new state/effects, decorative content hidden from assistive technology.
diff --git a/docs/TODO.md b/docs/TODO.md
index 13a01efb..0c2a5034 100644
--- a/docs/TODO.md
+++ b/docs/TODO.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Actieve post-RC datadekkingsfase
 
 - [x] Voeg een interactieve, data-gedreven projectatlas toe aan de statuswerkruimte met toegankelijke navigatie, echte readiness-toestanden en reduced-motion ondersteuning.
+- [x] Geef alle primaire werkruimtes een eigen geanimeerde signaalillustratie, verbeter lege toestanden en verwijder de dubbele kaartfoutmelding bij sessieverval.
 
 - [x] Implementeer de aangeleverde Stitch-landingspagina als echte React-
   toegangspoort en bescherm de workbench met één veilig geconfigureerd
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index c2ce8e1b..12d18106 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   type WorkspaceNavigationGroup,
   type WorkspaceNavigationItem,
 } from './components/shell/WorkbenchNavigation'
+import { WorkspaceSignal } from './components/shell/WorkspaceSignal'
 import { useChangeDetectionWorkflow } from './hooks/useChangeDetectionWorkflow'
 import { useDemoWorkflow } from './hooks/useDemoWorkflow'
 import { useCoverageResolver } from './hooks/useCoverageResolver'
@@ -790,7 +791,7 @@ function WorkbenchApp({ username, loggingOut, onLogout }: WorkbenchAppProps): JS
         Ga naar de werkruimte
       </a>
       <p className="sr-only" role="status" aria-live="polite">{workspaceStatusMessage}</p>
-      {errorMessage ? (
+      {errorMessage && activeWorkspace !== 'map' ? (
         <div className="workspace-notice" role="alert">
           <CircleAlert aria-hidden="true" />
           <div>
@@ -862,6 +863,7 @@ function WorkbenchApp({ username, loggingOut, onLogout }: WorkbenchAppProps): JS
               <p className="eyebrow">{selectedProject?.region ?? 'Belgie en Belgische Noordzee'}</p>
               <h2>{activeWorkspaceItem.label}</h2>
             </div>
+            <WorkspaceSignal workspace={activeWorkspace} />
             <div className="workspace-heading-actions">
               <p>{activeWorkspaceItem.description}</p>
               {activeWorkspace !== 'overview' ? (
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/shell/WorkspaceSignal.tsx b/frontend/src/components/shell/WorkspaceSignal.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec0f4211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/shell/WorkspaceSignal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import {
+  Bot,
+  Database,
+  Download,
+  Gauge,
+  MapPinned,
+  ScanLine,
+  Settings2,
+  ShieldCheck,
+} from 'lucide-react'
+import type { WorkspaceKey } from '../overview/OverviewWorkspace'
+
+interface WorkspaceSignalProps {
+  workspace: WorkspaceKey
+}
+
+const workspaceIcons = {
+  overview: Gauge,
+  data: Database,
+  map: MapPinned,
+  assistant: Bot,
+  analysis: ShieldCheck,
+  ai: ScanLine,
+  exports: Download,
+  system: Settings2,
+} as const
+
+export function WorkspaceSignal({ workspace }: WorkspaceSignalProps): JSX.Element {
+  const Icon = workspaceIcons[workspace]
+
+  return (
+    <div className={`workspace-signal workspace-signal-${workspace}`} aria-hidden="true">
+      <span className="workspace-signal-grid" />
+      <span className="workspace-signal-orbit workspace-signal-orbit-a" />
+      <span className="workspace-signal-orbit workspace-signal-orbit-b" />
+      <span className="workspace-signal-beam" />
+      <span className="workspace-signal-icon"><Icon /></span>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/atlas-premium-v2.css b/frontend/src/styles/atlas-premium-v2.css
index dbab2af3..f7e35847 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/atlas-premium-v2.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/atlas-premium-v2.css
@@ -965,6 +965,232 @@ body {
   }
 }
 
+/* Workspace identity illustrations */
+
+.workspace-heading {
+  position: relative;
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(12rem, auto) 8.5rem minmax(18rem, 1fr);
+  gap: 1.25rem;
+  align-items: center;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  min-height: 7.25rem;
+  padding: 0.9rem 1.15rem;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(194, 210, 205, 0.72);
+  border-radius: var(--atlas-radius-lg);
+  background:
+    radial-gradient(circle at 45% 0%, rgba(44, 163, 141, 0.09), transparent 12rem),
+    rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.76);
+  box-shadow: var(--atlas-shadow-xs);
+}
+
+.workspace-heading::after {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: auto 0 0;
+  height: 1px;
+  background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(13, 102, 91, 0.35), transparent);
+  content: "";
+}
+
+.workspace-heading-copy,
+.workspace-heading-actions {
+  position: relative;
+  z-index: 2;
+}
+
+.workspace-heading-actions {
+  justify-self: end;
+}
+
+.workspace-signal {
+  --signal-accent: #2b9a86;
+  position: relative;
+  justify-self: center;
+  width: 7.25rem;
+  height: 5.25rem;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(13, 102, 91, 0.14);
+  border-radius: 1.1rem;
+  background:
+    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 45%, color-mix(in srgb, var(--signal-accent) 18%, transparent), transparent 2.6rem),
+    linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.92), rgba(235, 245, 242, 0.82));
+  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 #fff, 0 12px 25px rgba(8, 42, 38, 0.08);
+}
+
+.workspace-signal-data { --signal-accent: #298873; }
+.workspace-signal-assistant { --signal-accent: #7467bd; }
+.workspace-signal-analysis { --signal-accent: #c18031; }
+.workspace-signal-ai { --signal-accent: #397dae; }
+.workspace-signal-exports { --signal-accent: #ad6d43; }
+.workspace-signal-system { --signal-accent: #62766f; }
+
+.workspace-signal-grid {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
+  opacity: 0.5;
+  background-image:
+    linear-gradient(rgba(18, 79, 70, 0.08) 1px, transparent 1px),
+    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(18, 79, 70, 0.08) 1px, transparent 1px);
+  background-size: 15px 15px;
+  mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, black, transparent 92%);
+}
+
+.workspace-signal-icon {
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: 3;
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  display: grid;
+  width: 2.5rem;
+  height: 2.5rem;
+  place-items: center;
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--signal-accent) 28%, white);
+  border-radius: 0.8rem;
+  color: #fff;
+  background: linear-gradient(145deg, color-mix(in srgb, var(--signal-accent) 85%, white), var(--signal-accent));
+  box-shadow: 0 8px 20px color-mix(in srgb, var(--signal-accent) 25%, transparent);
+  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
+}
+
+.workspace-signal-icon svg {
+  width: 1.18rem;
+  height: 1.18rem;
+}
+
+.workspace-signal-orbit {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 50%;
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--signal-accent) 24%, transparent);
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(-18deg);
+}
+
+.workspace-signal-orbit::after {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: -0.2rem;
+  left: 50%;
+  width: 0.38rem;
+  height: 0.38rem;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: var(--signal-accent);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.22rem color-mix(in srgb, var(--signal-accent) 12%, transparent);
+  content: "";
+}
+
+.workspace-signal-orbit-a {
+  width: 5.4rem;
+  height: 2.35rem;
+  animation: workspace-orbit 8s linear infinite;
+}
+
+.workspace-signal-orbit-b {
+  width: 3.8rem;
+  height: 4.4rem;
+  animation: workspace-orbit-reverse 11s linear infinite;
+}
+
+.workspace-signal-beam {
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: 1;
+  top: -1rem;
+  left: 50%;
+  width: 1px;
+  height: 7rem;
+  background: linear-gradient(transparent, color-mix(in srgb, var(--signal-accent) 50%, transparent), transparent);
+  transform: rotate(28deg);
+  animation: workspace-beam 5s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+
+.result-state-empty,
+.map-empty-state,
+.empty-state {
+  position: relative;
+  isolation: isolate;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.result-state-empty::after,
+.map-empty-state::after,
+.empty-state::after {
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: -1;
+  right: -1.25rem;
+  bottom: -1.35rem;
+  width: 7.5rem;
+  height: 7.5rem;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(13, 102, 91, 0.11);
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background:
+    radial-gradient(circle, rgba(13, 102, 91, 0.16) 0 3px, transparent 4px),
+    repeating-radial-gradient(circle, transparent 0 12px, rgba(13, 102, 91, 0.075) 13px 14px);
+  content: "";
+  transform: rotate(-14deg);
+  transition: transform 400ms ease;
+}
+
+.result-state-empty:hover::after,
+.map-empty-state:hover::after,
+.empty-state:hover::after {
+  transform: rotate(-4deg) scale(1.06);
+}
+
+@keyframes workspace-orbit {
+  to { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(342deg); }
+}
+
+@keyframes workspace-orbit-reverse {
+  to { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(-378deg); }
+}
+
+@keyframes workspace-beam {
+  0%, 100% { opacity: 0.15; transform: translateX(-2.4rem) rotate(28deg); }
+  50% { opacity: 0.65; transform: translateX(2.4rem) rotate(28deg); }
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 1040px) {
+  .workspace-heading {
+    grid-template-columns: minmax(12rem, 1fr) 7.25rem;
+  }
+
+  .workspace-heading-actions {
+    grid-column: 1 / -1;
+    justify-self: stretch;
+  }
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 680px) {
+  .workspace-heading {
+    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 4.75rem;
+    gap: 0.75rem;
+    min-height: 6rem;
+    padding: 0.8rem;
+  }
+
+  .workspace-signal {
+    width: 4.7rem;
+    height: 4.1rem;
+    border-radius: 0.85rem;
+  }
+
+  .workspace-signal-icon {
+    width: 2.1rem;
+    height: 2.1rem;
+  }
+
+  .workspace-heading-actions {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+  }
+}
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .workspace-signal-orbit,
+  .workspace-signal-beam {
+    animation: none !important;
+  }
+}
+
 /* Interactive project atlas */
 
 .project-atlas {