Stylogeny combining Streamline Moderne × Y2K Futurism

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Streamline Moderne × Y2K Futurism

Y2K chrome and gloss rhyme with Streamline airbrush; blend them for a retro-futurist tech brand.

From the research on Streamline Moderne

Mix them and make something Streamline Moderne Y2K Futurism

FutureStreamline Moderne × Y2K Futurism1930 · 1997
A sample layout drawn from the recipe: shapes from Streamline Moderne, their arrangement from Streamline Moderne, the finish from Y2K Futurism. Not a real work, and not an image of either style.

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What each style brings

Each part of the design comes from the style with the stronger say in it, and each style gives at least two.

Streamline Moderne Y2K Futurism

Type from Y2K Futurism
Colour from Streamline Moderne
Form from Streamline Moderne
Composition from Streamline Moderne
Surface from Y2K Futurism

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The type

Open fonts standing in for each style’s own type, which is often hand-drawn or commercial.

Display · Y2K Futurism

Future

Michroma, standing in for Eurostile Extended

Text · Streamline Moderne

The late, chiefly American phase of Art Deco, in which aerodynamic science became a visual language for a Depression-era culture hungry for progress. Industrial designers and illustrators wrapped trains, radios, diners and posters in teardrop curves, horizontal speed lines, rounded corners and airbrushed chrome, selling the 'World of Tomorrow' at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Jost; Streamline Moderne used Huxley Vertical and Agency Gothic

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The colours

The ground and leading colours come from Streamline Moderne, with a counter-accent from Y2K Futurism. The ink reads on the ground at 4.5:1 or more.

Streamline Moderne Y2K Futurism

  • #e8dcc2 ground · 36%
  • #2b2b2b ink · 14%
  • #d9822b accent · 18%
  • #1f6fff accent · 14%
  • #1f3a5f accent · 10%
  • #0095b6 accent · 8%

As CSS

:root {
  --ground: #e8dcc2;
  --ink: #2b2b2b;
  --accent-1: #d9822b;
  --accent-2: #1f6fff;
  --accent-3: #1f3a5f;
  --accent-4: #0095b6;
  --font-display: "Michroma", sans-serif;
  --font-text: "Jost", sans-serif;
}

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The two styles

A streamlined silver-and-orange passenger train races along converging tracks beneath the large word “SKYLINE.” Rounded futuristic towers rise against a large pale sun in a deep blue sky. 1930–1945 · North America Streamline Moderne The late, chiefly American phase of Art Deco, in which aerodynamic science became a visual language for a Depression-era culture hungry for progress. Industrial designers and illustrators wrapped trains, radios, diners and posters in teardrop curves, horizontal speed lines, rounded corners and airbrushed chrome, selling the 'World of Tomorrow' at the 1939 New York World's Fair. A glossy silver-and-blue music player interface titled FLOW features an abstract glass orb wrapped in reflective, brightly tinted rings. Playback controls, a progress slider, a vertical icon toolbar, and four colorful sound preset thumbnails fill the lower and right edges. 1997–2005 · Global / networked Y2K Futurism The optimistic, chrome-plated vision of the future that surrounded the turn of the millennium, spread by consumer electronics, music videos, games, fashion and dot-com branding. Translucent candy-coloured plastics, liquid-metal and bubble 3D renders, lens flares, wide techno sans-serifs and icy silver-and-blue palettes sold the digital age as sleek, fluid and weightless, until the dot-com crash dimmed it.

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