# Swiss × U.S. Web Design System — composed image prompt
# IndexStyle — https://indexstyle.org/compose?ids=swiss+uswds
# Swiss carries the structure and U.S. Web Design System 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 Swiss (style, 1950s–) and their accent from U.S. Web Design System (style, 2015–).

## What to make

Make the kind of thing Swiss exists for: making complex information fast to read, or giving an organization rationality and transparency. Choose one subject and hold it across all four.

## Structure comes from Swiss

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

Composition: 12-column grid, left-aligned, asymmetric. Type and lettering: Neutral sans-serif; be bold with size contrast.

## Accent comes from U.S. Web Design System, used sparingly

- White, navy and restrained federal red
- Large plain headings and readable body text
- Official-site banner
- Clear forms, alerts and step indicators

Let one material quality come from it: Use white and navy as the base, blue for links and red only for warning.

## Colour and feeling

Build the ground on #f1efe8, carry the structure in #ed3b22 and #121210, and let a single accent come from #005EA8. These are read off real works, so a direction rather than a fixed palette.
Feeling to carry: trust, calm, intimacy.

## What goes wrong

- Swiss: Too much tidiness turns anonymous. Keep one strong jump in scale.
- U.S. Web Design System: Borrowing patriotic colors is not public-service design. Accessibility and tested task flows must come with them.

## 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/swiss/design.md · https://indexstyle.org/styles/uswds/design.md