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 Material Design: Place elements on a grid of multiples of 8 and standardize the spacing.
- Type
- Set in Material Design's manner (Build the hierarchy from one type family and separate levels by weight and size.), and let Material You / Material 3's lettering (Assign text colors by role and keep raw values out of screen code.) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Material Design's material (Give surfaces elevation and show front and back by the density of the shadow.); bring in exactly one thing from Material You / Material 3 (Verify contrast in both light and dark for every wallpaper derived palette.).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #e9e2f3, #7b6a9e, #2f283a.
Where they fight
- Both belong to Google UI, so the difference is small. Push the roles further apart than feels comfortable.
Caution
- Material Design Do not add shadow as decoration. The moment the elevation rules break, the hierarchy is telling a lie.
- Material You / Material 3 Pale tints and big radii are not the system, so design color roles, states, accessibility and user driven variation, and keep a brand hue so the app stays recognizable.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Material Design (Style, 2014–) and its accent from Material You / Material 3 (Style, 2021–). Structural cues: Hierarchy and shadow expressed by elevation; Surfaces overlapping like sheets of paper; Motion that shows cause and effect; A standardized unit of spacing. Accent cues, used sparingly: Dynamic color; Large corner radii; Personalized themes; Adaptive components. Composition: Place elements on a grid of multiples of 8 and standardize the spacing.. Type and lettering: Build the hierarchy from one type family and separate levels by weight and size.. Let one material quality come from the second style: Verify contrast in both light and dark for every wallpaper derived palette.. Mood: Trust, Technology, Play, Intimacy. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e9e2f3, #7b6a9e, #2f283a. 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
- Material Design 2014– / Style / Google UI
A design system that reduces the physical metaphor of paper and ink to rules of shadow and overlap. Elements are given elevation, shadow states the hierarchy, and motion carries physical cause and effect. It became the model for UI design being distributed as a system.
- Material You / Material 3 2021– / Style / Google UI
Derives a color system from the user's wallpaper and choices, adapting shape, color, motion and components to the individual.
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