src/data/designs/005/metadata.json

{
  "id": "005",
  "url": "https://www.csszengarden.com/005",
  "css_url": "https://www.csszengarden.com/005/005.css",
  "title": "css Zen Garden submission 005 - 'Blood Lust'",
  "author": "Dave Shea",
  "description": {
    "summary": "A deliberately chaotic yet structured web design featuring an experimental aesthetic with bold red washes against a grid background, integrating calligraphic script with technical typography.",
    "visual_style": "The design employs a tension between structured technical elements and organic, painterly splashes creating a rebellious yet purposeful aesthetic.",
    "emotional_impact": "Creates a sense of controlled chaos and artistic rebellion, suggesting both creative freedom and technical discipline.",
    "compositional_elements": "Navigation elements frame the left side while content flows across the center and right, with dramatic red ink-like splashes overlaying a dotted grid background."
  },
  "artistic_context": {
    "style_influences": "Japanese calligraphy, deconstructivist design, digital grunge aesthetic, modernist typography",
    "visual_metaphors": "Zen garden as ordered chaos, splashes of ink as creative disruption, grid as structural foundation"
  },
  "categories": [
    "experimental",
    "deconstructivist",
    "juxtaposed",
    "high-contrast",
    "calligraphic",
    "grid-based"
  ],
  "visual_characteristics": [
    "red ink splashes",
    "dotted background grid",
    "multi-column layout",
    "script typography",
    "layered elements",
    "monospaced text"
  ],
  "design_principles": {
    "primary_principles": [
      "contrast",
      "hierarchy",
      "tension",
      "asymmetry"
    ],
    "visual_techniques": [
      "overlay",
      "typographic contrast",
      "negative space"
    ]
  }
}