diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 16ff87f3dac774c2162ac01d35d039399732e7a6..599bfd5a2ed2b66637ba9bc9fdcf67048861104a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "collections",
  "editor",
  "gpui",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "language",
  "outline",
  "project",
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cranelift-codegen",
  "cranelift-entity",
  "cranelift-frontend",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "log",
  "smallvec",
  "wasmparser",
@@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "git",
  "gpui",
  "indoc",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "language",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
@@ -3135,7 +3135,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.28",
  "gpui_macros",
  "image",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "media",
@@ -3749,6 +3749,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b1c173a5686ce8bfa551b3563d0c2170bf24ca44da99c7ca4bfdab5418c3fe57"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.9"
@@ -5478,7 +5487,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "globset",
  "gpui",
  "ignore",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "language",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
@@ -5602,7 +5611,7 @@ checksum = "62941722fb675d463659e49c4f3fe1fe792ff24fe5bbaa9c08cd3b98a1c354f5"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.4.0",
  "heck 0.3.3",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "multimap",
@@ -5621,7 +5630,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "600d2f334aa05acb02a755e217ef1ab6dea4d51b58b7846588b747edec04efba"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.109",
@@ -5634,7 +5643,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f9cc1a3263e07e0bf68e96268f37665207b49560d98739662cdfaae215c720fe"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.109",
@@ -7252,7 +7261,7 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0c12bc9199d1db8234678b7051747c07f517cdcf019262d1847b94ec8b1aee3e"
 dependencies = [
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "nom",
  "unicode_categories",
 ]
@@ -7378,6 +7387,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "derive_more",
  "gpui2",
+ "itertools 0.11.0",
  "log",
  "refineable",
  "rust-embed",
@@ -7656,7 +7666,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dirs 4.0.0",
  "futures 0.3.28",
  "gpui",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "mio-extras",
@@ -7687,7 +7697,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "editor",
  "futures 0.3.28",
  "gpui",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "language",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
@@ -8863,7 +8873,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.28",
  "gpui",
  "indoc",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "language",
  "language_selector",
  "log",
@@ -9696,7 +9706,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gpui",
  "indoc",
  "install_cli",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "language",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
diff --git a/crates/storybook/Cargo.toml b/crates/storybook/Cargo.toml
index 32b0b989e39ddb6e33a4a14913982afa05d67ce2..69801a94863779d25fdc1a5d53d7d501790f722b 100644
--- a/crates/storybook/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storybook/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ path = "src/storybook.rs"
 anyhow.workspace = true
 derive_more.workspace = true
 gpui2 = { path = "../gpui2" }
+itertools = "0.11.0"
 log.workspace = true
 refineable = { path = "../refineable" }
 rust-embed.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/storybook/src/gpui3/mod.rs b/crates/storybook/src/gpui3/mod.rs
index 9f32b8abf383c241fd169a46da7c2462bc8060d1..b17f45e6173c0d99c6d88bdd6314a77e2c005111 100644
--- a/crates/storybook/src/gpui3/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/storybook/src/gpui3/mod.rs
@@ -3,26 +3,28 @@ mod color;
 mod element;
 mod elements;
 mod geometry;
+mod ordered;
+mod scene;
 mod style;
 mod taffy;
 mod window;
 
+use self::editor::Editor;
 use anyhow::Result;
-pub use gpui2::ArcCow;
-use gpui2::Reference;
-
 pub use app::*;
 pub use color::*;
 pub use element::*;
 pub use elements::*;
 pub use geometry::*;
+pub use gpui2::ArcCow;
+use gpui2::Reference;
+use ordered::*;
+pub use scene::*;
 pub use style::*;
 pub use taffy::LayoutId;
 use taffy::TaffyLayoutEngine;
 pub use window::*;
 
-use self::editor::Editor;
-
 pub trait Context {
     type EntityContext<'a, 'w, T: 'static>;
 
diff --git a/crates/storybook/src/gpui3/ordered.rs b/crates/storybook/src/gpui3/ordered.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..934a8d1c63310344f401b1693dd56cdf03184baa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/storybook/src/gpui3/ordered.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+pub struct Ordered<P> {
+    pub order: u32,
+    pub primitive: P,
+}
+
+impl<P> Ord for Ordered<P> {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
+        self.order.cmp(&other.order)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<P> PartialOrd for Ordered<P> {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    }
+}
+
+impl<P> Eq for Ordered<P> {}
+
+impl<P> PartialEq for Ordered<P> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.order == other.order
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/storybook/src/gpui3/scene.rs b/crates/storybook/src/gpui3/scene.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50184ef03b7d56b5d0e2ba7678f63d4af0d78cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/storybook/src/gpui3/scene.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+use super::Ordered;
+
+/// A platform neutral representation of all geometry to be drawn for the current frame.
+pub struct Scene {
+    quads: Vec<Ordered<Quad>>,
+    glyphs: Vec<Ordered<Glyph>>,
+}
+
+impl Scene {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Scene {
+            quads: Vec::new(),
+            glyphs: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn add(&mut self, order: u32, primitive: impl Into<Primitive>) {
+        match primitive.into() {
+            Primitive::Quad(primitive) => self.quads.push(Ordered { order, primitive }),
+            Primitive::Glyph(primitive) => self.glyphs.push(Ordered { order, primitive }),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn draw(&mut self) {
+        self.quads.sort_unstable();
+        self.glyphs.sort_unstable();
+    }
+}
+
+pub enum Primitive {
+    Quad(Quad),
+    Glyph(Glyph),
+    // Icon(Icon),
+    // Image(Image),
+    // Shadow(Shadow),
+    // Curve(Curve),
+}
+
+#[derive(Eq, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
+pub struct Quad {}
+pub struct Glyph {}
+// pub struct Icon {}
+// pub struct Image {}
+// pub struct Shadow {}
+// pub struct Curve {}