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 Memphis: Scatter small motifs, anchor with one large shape
- Type
- Set in Memphis's manner (A chunky geometric sans), and let Post-Modernism's lettering (Mix two or three faces from different eras) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Memphis's material (Pink, yellow, teal, black speckles); bring in exactly one thing from Post-Modernism (Quoted images, patterns, vivid color; meaningful collisions).
- Colour
- Build on #f5cfda, #f4c62f, #2a9e9a and admit one accent from #f2dbb6, #ee5b78, #2f61a7.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Memphis Don't stop at background pattern. Map the figures to navigation and units of meaning.
- Post-Modernism Random is not plural. Mix only what you can justify aloud.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Memphis (Style, 1980s) and its accent from Post-Modernism (Style, 1970s–1990s). Structural cues: Zigzags; Small figures; Pastel plus primary; Speckles. Accent cues, used sparingly: Mixed styles; Irony; Ornament reclaimed; Unexpected color. Composition: Scatter small motifs, anchor with one large shape. Type and lettering: A chunky geometric sans. Let one material quality come from the second style: Quoted images, patterns, vivid color; meaningful collisions. Mood: Play, Exhilaration, Rebellion. Color: build on #f5cfda, #f4c62f, #2a9e9a with a single accent drawn from #f2dbb6, #ee5b78, #2f61a7. 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
- Memphis 1980s / Style / Pop
Laughs off functionalism and enjoys the dissonance of shape and color.
- Post-Modernism 1970s–1990s / Style / Avant-garde
Doubts the single right answer and mixes quotation, irony and ornament as play.
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