src/data/designs/040/metadata.json

{
  "id": "040",
  "url": "https://www.csszengarden.com/040",
  "css_url": "https://www.csszengarden.com/040/040.css",
  "title": "The Question Why",
  "author": "Diane Clayton",
  "description": {
    "summary": "A dark, atmospheric web design with a monochromatic background juxtaposed against structured content panels. The design uses an asymmetrical layout with strong typographic contrast and selective yellow highlighting for navigation elements.",
    "visual_style": "The design employs a minimalist, industrial aesthetic with a dark monochromatic base. Abstract background textures create depth while rectangular content panels provide structural organization.",
    "emotional_impact": "Creates a contemplative, intellectual atmosphere through its high-contrast dark palette and deliberate spacing. The selective use of bright yellow against dark backgrounds creates tension and draws attention.",
    "compositional_elements": "Organized in a vertical flow with a distinctive header area featuring angled typography. Left-aligned navigation panels contrast with centered content boxes, creating a deliberate asymmetrical balance."
  },
  "artistic_context": {
    "style_influences": "Modernist web design, industrial aesthetics, brutalist digital interfaces, monochromatic photography",
    "visual_metaphors": "Digital zen garden, pathway through darkness, architectural structure"
  },
  "categories": [
    "minimalist",
    "high-contrast",
    "grid-based",
    "industrial",
    "monochromatic",
    "brutalist"
  ],
  "visual_characteristics": [
    "dark-background",
    "textured-surfaces",
    "selective-highlighting",
    "angular-typography",
    "panel-based-layout",
    "asymmetrical-balance"
  ],
  "design_principles": {
    "primary_principles": [
      "contrast",
      "hierarchy",
      "asymmetry",
      "emphasis"
    ],
    "visual_techniques": [
      "selective coloration",
      "textural layering",
      "typographic contrast"
    ]
  }
}