{ "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" ] } }