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 Flat Design / Vector Minimalism: Simple silhouettes and clear hierarchy
- Type
- Set in Flat Design / Vector Minimalism's manner (A rounded sans-serif), and let Metro's lettering (Headings five times body size, kept in a light weight) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Flat Design / Vector Minimalism's material (Three to five colors; shadows only when they mean something); bring in exactly one thing from Metro (No shadows or borders, black or white ground, saturated flat panels).
- Colour
- Build on #e9f1e4, #ef6651, #3a68a8 and admit one accent from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Flat Design / Vector Minimalism Figures easily become generic. Define your own ratios, lines and color rules.
- Metro Stripping every border and shadow erases the difference between a tappable tile and a plain heading, leaving people guessing where to touch.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Flat Design / Vector Minimalism (Style, 2010s–) and its accent from Metro (Style, 2010–2015). Structural cues: Uniform planes; Simple shapes; Few shadows; Clear color. Accent cues, used sparingly: Type as the hero; Flat-color tiles; Compositions running off-screen; Chrome eliminated. Composition: Simple silhouettes and clear hierarchy. Type and lettering: A rounded sans-serif. Let one material quality come from the second style: No shadows or borders, black or white ground, saturated flat panels. Mood: Trust, Intimacy, Play, Technology, Rebellion. Color: build on #e9f1e4, #ef6651, #3a68a8 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. 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
- Flat Design / Vector Minimalism 2010s– / Style / UI Expression
Reduces information to plain planes and color, portable across screens and media.
- Metro 2010–2015 / Style / Microsoft UI
Windows Phone's flat language, which cast type rather than icons in the lead role. Large typography, flat-color live tiles and layouts that run off the edge of the screen transplanted the clarity of transit signage into UI, opening the flat era ahead of iOS 7.
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