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 Flowchart: Main path down one column, branches right and always rejoining
- Type
- Set in Flowchart's manner (A question inside every diamond, a verb first sentence in rectangles), and let Schematic Transit Diagram's lettering (Set station names at one constant angle in a single face and size) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Flowchart's material (Each branch labeled with its answer, terminals only at both ends); bring in exactly one thing from Schematic Transit Diagram (One color per line, white circles for interchanges, plain background behind).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 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
- Flowchart Mixing diamonds and rectangles without respecting their meanings erases the line between decision and process, and readers guess.
- Schematic Transit Diagram Trying to keep a little geographic accuracy breaks the angle rule, and the diagram ends up neither accurate nor easy to read.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Flowchart (Layout, 1921–) and its accent from Schematic Transit Diagram (Layout, 1933–). Structural cues: A grammar of shapes; The decision diamond; Arrows of flow; Start and end terminals. Accent cues, used sparingly: Lines limited to 45 degrees; Evenly spaced stations; Color-coded lines; Independence from geography. Composition: Main path down one column, branches right and always rejoining. Type and lettering: A question inside every diamond, a verb first sentence in rectangles. Let one material quality come from the second style: One color per line, white circles for interchanges, plain background behind. Mood: Technology, Trust, Play, Calm. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 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
- Flowchart 1921– / Layout / Diagrammatic Expression
The Gilbreths invented this process diagram for work analysis. Its grammar of shapes gives a diamond to every decision and a rectangle to every process, and by way of programming it became the common language for thinking in steps.
- Schematic Transit Diagram 1933– / Layout / Information Design
Discards geographic accuracy for horizontal, vertical and 45-degree lines with evenly spaced stations. Beck's 1933 London Underground diagram established it as the common language of transit maps worldwide.
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