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 Factory Records Style: One unrelated plate at the center with the surround left silent
- Type
- Set in Factory Records Style's manner (Set small at the edge so neither title nor artist takes the stage), and let New Wave's lettering (Mix condensed, geometric and vertical setting) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Factory Records Style's material (Industrial color charts and special finishes borrowed, the print spec treated as work); bring in exactly one thing from New Wave (Yellow, red, blue, dots, thin rules).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #f1dfca, #f03d51, #3156af.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Factory Records Style An unrelated plate chosen without necessity reads as mere suggestiveness and leaves the listener with nothing to remember.
- New Wave Don't multiply small decorations. Choose one starring deviation.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Factory Records Style (Style, 1978–1992) and its accent from New Wave (Style, 1970s–1980s). Structural cues: Refusal to explain; Borrowed imagery from other fields; Restrained typography; Catalogue numbers as institution. Accent cues, used sparingly: Irregular grid; Dots; High chroma; Rotated type. Composition: One unrelated plate at the center with the surround left silent. Type and lettering: Set small at the edge so neither title nor artist takes the stage. Let one material quality come from the second style: Yellow, red, blue, dots, thin rules. Mood: Rebellion, Calm, Luxury, Play, Exhilaration. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #f1dfca, #f03d51, #3156af. 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
- Factory Records Style 1978–1992 / Style / Music Graphics
At the Manchester label Saville made sleeves that refuse to explain the music. Borrowed industrial color charts, classical paintings and waveform diagrams turned post-punk's intelligent void into a style.
- New Wave 1970s–1980s / Style / Counterculture
Keeps punk's freedom while re-editing color and grid with urban polish.
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