{ "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" ] } }