# Festival of Britain Style × Mid-Century Modern — composed image prompt # IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=festival-of-britain+mid-century # Festival of Britain Style carries the structure. Mid-Century Modern appear as accents, each further back than the last. # Style descriptors only. Never imitates a specific artist, studio, brand or work. An original image that takes its structure from Festival of Britain Style (Style, 1951–1950s) and its accent from Mid-Century Modern (Style, 1940s–1960s). Structural cues: Thin legs, light structures; Molecule and crystal patterns; Light script lettering; Festive color. Accent cues, used sparingly: Organic shapes; Calm warm colors; Succinct illustration; Diagonal movement. Composition: Elements hung from slender lines, placed as if in air rather than on ground. Type and lettering: A light script for headings supported by a thin sans for text. Let one material quality come from the second style: Mustard, teal, textures of wood and paper. Mood: Exhilaration, Intimacy, Futurism, Trust, Nostalgia. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #efe2c5, #d15b3b, #35655c. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above. # Cautions carried from each entry # - Festival of Britain Style: Gathering only bright colors and thin legs loses the one-off festival occasion and settles into furniture-catalogue nostalgia. # - Mid-Century Modern: Don't pile up retro props. Fit the forms to today's information structure. # Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/festival-of-britain/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/mid-century/design.md