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 Mexico 68 Identity: Waves of line carried surface to surface, crossing the boundaries between elements
Type
Set in Mexico 68 Identity's manner (Concentric lines from the mark reused as the skeleton of a custom alphabet), and let Pictogram System's lettering (Draw every mark on one grid and stroke weight, human proportions shared) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
Material
Ground in Mexico 68 Identity's material (A few high-chroma colors including fluorescents, repeated at large outdoor scale); bring in exactly one thing from Pictogram System (Single color silhouettes, minimum size and viewing distance decided first).
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

  • Mexico 68 Identity Pasting concentric lines on as decoration produces no vibration and leaves a scatter of unrelated patterns across the pieces.
  • Pictogram System Drawing each mark as a picture lets stroke and proportion drift, the set stops reading as a system, and meanings swap at a distance.

Image prompt

An original image that takes its structure from Mexico 68 Identity (Style, 1966–1968) and its accent from Pictogram System (Style, 1964–). Structural cues: Radiating concentric lines; Op-art vibration; Fusion with folk art; City-scale deployment. Accent cues, used sparingly: Geometrized human figures; Uniform stroke weight; Consistency as a system; Independence from language. Composition: Waves of line carried surface to surface, crossing the boundaries between elements. Type and lettering: Concentric lines from the mark reused as the skeleton of a custom alphabet. Let one material quality come from the second style: Single color silhouettes, minimum size and viewing distance decided first. Mood: Exhilaration, Play, Technology, Trust, Intimacy. 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

  • Mexico 68 Identity 1966–1968 / Style / Public Design

    The Olympic identity Wyman built for Mexico City: concentric lines radiating from the logotype into venues, uniforms and stamps, fusing Op art with folk art and wrapping a whole city in pulsing imagery.

  • Pictogram System 1964– / Style / Information Design

    Unified symbol systems that name facilities and actions without language. Tokyo 1964 systematized sport and wayfinding symbols; the AIGA/DOT transportation set became the public-domain world standard.

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