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 Mingei: Favor forms that line up together and avoid one piece standing out
- Type
- Set in Mingei's manner (Minimal marking, wording that states the use rather than the maker), and let Scandinavian Modern's lettering (Quiet sans at modest size that never competes with the object) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Mingei's material (Local materials and standing glazes, the same form made many times); bring in exactly one thing from Scandinavian Modern (Pale wood, teak, bent plywood, wool, and milky opal glass).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #ece6d8, #9a8b73, #3c514d.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Mingei The moment individual authorship is asserted the premise of anonymity collapses, and what remains is expensive craft merely performing plainness.
- Scandinavian Modern Copying only the warmth of materials leaves a Nordic surface, so resolve comfort and manufacturing, and check the climate, the welfare state, the craft and industry link, and differences between countries.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Mingei (Style, 1926–) and its accent from Scandinavian Modern (Style, late 1940s–1960s). Structural cues: Anonymous craftsmanship; Form following use; The steadiness born of repetition; Local materials and hand habits. Accent cues, used sparingly: Lucid function; Natural materials; Body-following curves; Restrained color. Composition: Favor forms that line up together and avoid one piece standing out. Type and lettering: Minimal marking, wording that states the use rather than the maker. Let one material quality come from the second style: Pale wood, teak, bent plywood, wool, and milky opal glass. Mood: Calm, Intimacy, Trust. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #ece6d8, #9a8b73, #3c514d. 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
- Mingei 1926– / Style / Craft Movements
Yanagi Sōetsu and his circle found 'the beauty of use' in the everyday wares of unnamed craftsmen. By making anonymity, repetition and utility the measure of healthy form, the movement became the bedrock of Japanese design thought.
- Scandinavian Modern late 1940s–1960s / Style / Scandinavian Design
Joins function and mass production to the warmth of natural materials, curves that follow the body, and clear usable form.
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