Minimalism vs Steampunk

ミニマリズム / スチームパンク

Minimalism comes from Functionalism and Steampunk from Visions of the Future. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with different intent, which is the fastest way to tell them apart.

Minimalism

Minimalism — Agnes Martin 作品, SFMOMA 展示 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0Minimalism — Agnes Martin 作品群, SFMOMA 展示 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0Minimalism — Dan Flavin《Untitled (to Don Judd, Colorist) 1–5》1987, Tate Modern — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0

Removes elements to maximize the meaning and tension of what remains.

Steampunk

Steampunk — 『Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition』1854 の機械展示図版 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainSteampunk — 1851年ロンドン万国博覧会に出品された揺動機関 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0Steampunk — Scheidler Machine Works の機械 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Extends steam-age materials and machinery into a tangible alternate history.

MinimalismSteampunk
Era1960s–Victorian retrofuture
FamilyFunctionalismVisions of the Future
KindStyleStyle
CuesVast white space / Few elements / Quiet color / Precise spacingBrass / Gears / Leather / Gauges
Best used forFocusing attention on a single value · Letting quality speak quietlyThe romance of invention for stories and games · Centering the feel of machinery
TypeA light sans-serif or a well-cut serifVictorian serifs plus technical monospace
CompositionOne message, one focal point, wide marginsLayer machine drawings, labels, frames
MaterialNearly achromatic; texture in exactly one placeBrass, dark brown, soot, old paper
CautionMissing information is not minimal. Decide priorities before you cut.Don't just paste gears on. Keep the world's technology and society coherent.

Put these two together

Functionalism ／ Visions of the Future

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