# NeXTSTEP Interface × Swiss — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=nextstep-ui+swiss
# NeXTSTEP Interface carries the structure. Swiss 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 NeXTSTEP Interface (Style, 1988–1997) and its accent from Swiss (Style, 1950s–). Structural cues: A menu standing as a vertical column at the upper left, submenus attaching to its right; Square application icons docked in a vertical strip along the right edge of the screen; Thick bevels carved entirely from gray values, with no hue anywhere in them; A black title bar on the window taking keystrokes, dark gray on a window that is merely frontmost. Accent cues, used sparingly: Strict grid; Sans-serif type; Asymmetry; Objective photography. Composition: Fix a vertical menu column at the upper left and a vertical icon strip at the right edge, and give the space between them to the work. Windows are meant to overlap, so a black title bar is the only marker of the one in hand.. Type and lettering: Run one Helvetica style face throughout and build hierarchy from weight and size alone. Leave unavailable commands in place in dark gray instead of removing them.. Let one material quality come from the second style: White space and objective photographs; almost no ornament. Mood: Technology, Calm, Luxury, Trust. Color: build on #AAAAAA, #555555, #000000 with a single accent drawn from #f1efe8, #ed3b22, #121210. 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
# - NeXTSTEP Interface: Reproduce the grays and then add one saturated accent, and the premise that value carries hierarchy fails, taking the reading order of the whole screen with it.
# - Swiss: Too much tidiness turns anonymous. Keep one strong jump in scale.

# Design specs: https://indexstyle.org/styles/nextstep-ui/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/swiss/design.md