# Carbon Design System × Swiss — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=carbon-design-system+swiss
# Carbon Design System carries the structure and Swiss appears as the accent.
# Style descriptors only. This prompt names no artist, studio, brand or work.

Produce four original images that take their structure from Carbon Design System (style, 2015–) and their accent from Swiss (style, 1950s–).

## What to make

Make the kind of thing Carbon Design System exists for: enterprise software with many states and permissions, or keeping analytics, operations and forms coherent across products. Choose one subject and hold it across all four.

## Structure comes from Carbon Design System

- IBM Plex and strong type hierarchy
- White or deep-gray work surfaces
- Dense tables, filters and side navigation
- Blue reserved for action and focus

Composition: Anchor dense modules to a 2x grid and keep navigation, work and detail zones distinct. Type and lettering: Use IBM Plex with compact labels and a clearly stepped hierarchy.

## Accent comes from Swiss, used sparingly

- Strict grid
- Sans-serif type
- Asymmetry
- Objective photography

Let one material quality come from it: White space and objective photographs; almost no ornament.

## Colour and feeling

Build the ground on #F4F4F4, carry the structure in #0F62FE and #161616, and let a single accent come from #ed3b22. These are read off real works, so a direction rather than a fixed palette.
Feeling to carry: technique, trust, calm.

## What goes wrong

- Carbon Design System: Plex and blue do not make a product Carbon. Density, states and grid behavior must follow the same system.
- Swiss: Too much tidiness turns anonymous. Keep one strong jump in scale.

## Across the four

Keep the roles fixed in all four. Vary the framing, the scale and the arrangement so the set shows what this pairing can do rather than four versions of one picture.

## Constraints

- Do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work.
- Do not reproduce the composition of an existing work.
- Produce original compositions in the general period languages described above.

Design specs for each entry: https://indexstyle.org/styles/carbon-design-system/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/swiss/design.md