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 Vienna Secession: Build on the square and a central axis; gather imagery at the top
- Type
- Set in Vienna Secession's manner (Tall serifs or geometric hand-lettering), and let Wiener Werkstätte's lettering (Geometric letterforms drawn from the square for this use alone) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Vienna Secession's material (Off-white, black, gold; control fine repetition with large margins); bring in exactly one thing from Wiener Werkstätte (Black and white as the ground, with silver, wood and leather in small doses).
- Colour
- Build on #e7dcc0, #9a7a32, #17150f 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
- Vienna Secession Don't lump it with Art Nouveau's plant curves. Keep the straight line, the grid, the flatness.
- Wiener Werkstätte Reproducing the grid and the black and white by machine alone, where the absence of hand precision leaves nothing but stiff decoration.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Vienna Secession (Style, 1897–1910s) and its accent from Wiener Werkstätte (Style, 1903–1932). Structural cues: Square skeletons; Repeating pattern; Gold and black; Flattened figures and plants. Accent cues, used sparingly: Squares and grids; Black-and-white contrast; Luxurious handcraft; Whole lives designed. Composition: Build on the square and a central axis; gather imagery at the top. Type and lettering: Tall serifs or geometric hand-lettering. Let one material quality come from the second style: Black and white as the ground, with silver, wood and leather in small doses. Mood: Luxury, Calm, Trust, Intimacy. Color: build on #e7dcc0, #9a7a32, #17150f 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
- Vienna Secession 1897–1910s / Style / Fin de Siècle Art
Tightens organic ornament with geometry and flat composition, erasing the border between art and design.
- Wiener Werkstätte 1903–1932 / Style / Modern Design Movements
The workshop founded by Hoffmann and Moser designed buildings, furniture, tableware and clothing to a single geometry and a single standard of handwork. It practiced the total work of art, treating all of daily life as one piece, inside a commercial enterprise.
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