Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Brutalist Architecture: Divide large masses into repeated units and expose circulation outside
- Type
- Set in Brutalist Architecture's manner (Cast or incise signage into the same surface as the concrete), and let Web Brutalism's lettering (Keep the default face and push only the headings to full page width) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Brutalist Architecture's material (Leave board marks, tie holes and joints as the finish); bring in exactly one thing from Web Brutalism (White or one flat ground, images left compressed and placed at actual size).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #ffffff, #0000ee, #000000.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Brutalist Architecture Applying a rough grey surface without designing drips and water paths leaves black streaks within a few years and the building simply reads as damaged.
- Web Brutalism Tidying only the margins and line lengths while posing as the browser default makes the plainness read as staging, and readers quit while still hunting for a reason behind the mess.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Brutalist Architecture (Style, 1950s–1970s) and its accent from Web Brutalism (Style, 2014–). Structural cues: Raw exposed concrete; Massive volumes; Exposed structure; Repeating units. Accent cues, used sparingly: Default headings and links; Blue underlined links; Extreme jumps in size; Rules and white space without ornament. Composition: Divide large masses into repeated units and expose circulation outside. Type and lettering: Cast or incise signage into the same surface as the concrete. Let one material quality come from the second style: White or one flat ground, images left compressed and placed at actual size. Mood: Rebellion, Trust, Calm. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #ffffff, #0000ee, #000000. 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.
Related entries
- Brutalist Architecture 1950s–1970s / Style / Modern Architecture
A postwar ethic of public building that leaves béton brut exposed and hides neither structure nor services. Bound up with the ideals of the welfare state, it is now the subject of preservation campaigns.
- Web Brutalism 2014– / Style / UI Expression
Puts the browser's default rendering straight on screen and refuses the finished look of templates. The bare structure of the HTML becomes the style itself.
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