Glitch
グリッチ / digital / Style / UI Expression
Refuses to hide error and corruption, exposing the fragility of the digital medium itself.
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At a glance
Visual cues
- Channel shift
- Block noise
- Scanlines
- Dropout
Best used for
- Expressing uncertainty and system failure
- A jolt of tension in music and video
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Dictionary entry
- Type
- Partially corrupt a monospace or plain sans
- Composition
- Build the healthy composition first, then break part of it
- Material
- RGB shift, compression noise, missing pieces
- Caution
- Perpetual glitch loses meaning. Stage the difference between normal and broken.
- Further study
- Rosa Menkman / Joshua Davis
Related entries
- Minimalism (ミニマリズム)Editorially linked for a useful contrast.Compare Glitch and Minimalism
- Web 1.0 (ウェブ1.0)Shared effects: Rebellion.Compare Glitch and Web 1.0
Often confused with
More from UI Expression
Continue through styles in the same UI Expression family, prioritised by shared effects.
- Metalheart (メタルハート)Shared effects: Futurity / Technique / Rebellion.
- Terminal UI (ターミナルUI)Shared effects: Technique / Rebellion.
- FUI (Fantasy User Interface) (架空ユーザーインターフェース)Shared effects: Futurity / Technique.
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