src/data/designs/027/metadata.json

{
  "id": "027",
  "url": "https://www.csszengarden.com/027",
  "css_url": "https://www.csszengarden.com/027/027.css",
  "title": "Gothica",
  "author": "Patrick H. Lauke aka redux",
  "description": {
    "summary": "A minimalist web design showcasing the principles of CSS Zen Garden with a monochromatic textural header and structured content layout that balances functionality with aesthetic restraint.",
    "visual_style": "The design employs a zen-inspired aesthetic with textural stone imagery in the header and clean typographic hierarchy throughout the content area, framed by subtle patterned backgrounds.",
    "emotional_impact": "Creates a serene, contemplative atmosphere through the use of stone textures, balanced white space, and structured information presentation.",
    "compositional_elements": "Features a horizontal header with textural imagery, structured content area with clear section delineations, and sidebar navigation elements arranged in a hierarchical grid."
  },
  "artistic_context": {
    "style_influences": "Minimalism, Japanese zen aesthetics, early web standards movement",
    "visual_metaphors": "Stone garden textures suggesting meditation, structured layout resembling a path or journey"
  },
  "categories": [
    "minimalist",
    "structured",
    "textural",
    "monochromatic",
    "grid-based",
    "zen-inspired"
  ],
  "visual_characteristics": [
    "stone-textured header",
    "high-contrast typography",
    "bordered content modules",
    "subtle pattern background",
    "hierarchical navigation",
    "horizontal rule dividers"
  ],
  "design_principles": {
    "primary_principles": [
      "hierarchy",
      "contrast",
      "balance",
      "unity"
    ],
    "visual_techniques": [
      "textural background",
      "modular layout",
      "typographic scale"
    ]
  }
}