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Neo-Brutalism Raw Interface

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the spec

specification

philosophy
summary
Neo-brutalism for interfaces treats digital surfaces like printed placards assembled from cut paper, tape, and exposed framing. It rejects polished neutrality in favor of obvious borders, offset shadows, compressed heavy headlines, and loud patches of color that make controls look physically grab-able. The result should feel direct, anti-corporate, and highly legible: the user always knows what is clickable because every important element declares itself with graphic force.
values
Structural honesty through visible frames, dividers, and outlines instead of hidden chrome.Confrontational clarity where actions are obvious before the user reads supporting explanation.Graphic energy built from poster-scale type, hard contrast, and deliberate misregistration.Playful resistance to frictionless corporate sameness through raw but systematic composition.
anti-values
×Soft luxury minimalism with dissolved boundaries.×Atmospheric glass, blur, and gradient polish.×Understated controls that disappear into neutral layouts.
tokens
colors12 items
primary
#FFD400
secondary
#FF4F8B
accent
#1769FF
background
#FFF9F0
surface
#FFFFFF
text
#111111
muted
#EDE1CF
border
#111111
error
#FF5A36
success
#16A34A
warning
#F59E0B
info
#1769FF
typography8 items
heading font
Archivo Black
body font
Space Grotesk
mono font
IBM Plex Mono
base size
17px
scale ratio
1.25
line height
1.45
letter spacing
0.01em
google fonts url
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Archivo+Black&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Space+Grotesk:wght@400;500;700&display=swap
spacing2 items
base
8px
scale
4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
radii5 items
none
0px
sm
2px
md
4px
lg
6px
full
9999px
shadows3 items
sm
3px 3px 0 0 #111111
md
5px 5px 0 0 #111111
lg
8px 8px 0 0 #111111
surfaces3 items
treatment
paper
card style
flat color blocks with white cards and hard offset shadows
bg pattern
grid
borders4 items
default width
3px
accent width
4px
style
solid
character
hard black comic-poster outlines with visible weight on every interactive and structural region
motion3 items
duration
140ms
easing
cubic-bezier(0.15,0.85,0.3,1)
philosophy
snappy
rules
composition
Build screens as poster-like modules on an uneven grid: one oversized hero block, several blunt utility cards, and a few sticker elements that intentionally cross container boundaries.
hierarchy
Establish order first through scale, border weight, and fill blocks; primary actions get saturated fills and largest shadows, while supporting tools stay white with the same outline language.
density

Moderately dense but never cramped; many modules can coexist if each keeps visible padding and enough margin to read as its own printed tile.

signature patterns
Primary panels use 3px to 4px black outlines plus zero-blur offset shadows, so every important surface looks like a screen-printed card lifted from the page.Section labels and data chips use uppercase monospaced microcopy with wide tracking inside bordered pills or tape-like tags, echoing editorial annotations.Hero cards pair oversized uppercase display headlines with flat high-saturation background fills, then pin contrasting sticker badges so the composition feels pasted and slightly misregistered.Interactive controls animate by translating 2px to 4px and collapsing their offset shadow on active press, producing a physical tile-press illusion rather than a soft fade.Selected list rows and form fields use inset accent bars or corner stickers in electric blue or hot pink so state changes read as graphic intervention, not subtle tint shifts.
layout
grid
Desktop uses a 12-column uneven poster grid with broad spans for hero modules and narrow utility rails; tablet collapses to 8 columns and mobile to a single loud stack with occasional two-up metric rows.
breakpoints

Mobile: 0-599px, Tablet: 600-959px, Desktop: 960-1439px, Wide: 1440px and above.

whitespace
Use 16px to 24px gaps between neighboring modules, 32px around hero blocks, and larger outer margins so loud components can breathe like printed placards pinned to a wall.
guidance
do
  • Do give every meaningful component a visible outline and enough padding to feel like an independent printed tile.
  • Do use one dominant accent fill per region and let other surrounding modules reset to white or paper tones.
  • Do pair aggressive display headlines with concise body copy so the interface stays readable despite its loud voice.
  • Do keep focus, hover, pressed, and disabled states explicit with movement, outline, and fill changes.
avoid
  • Do not add blur, translucency, or premium gradient polish that softens the style's exposed construction.
  • Do not round everything into friendly pills; neo-brutalism depends on firmness and edge definition.
  • Do not make every card equally saturated or equally oversized, or hierarchy collapses into noise.
  • Do not hide actions as low-contrast text links when the interface can communicate more clearly with framed controls.
imagery
illustration style
Illustration should feel like a graphic poster system made from thick outlines, flat fills, sticker-like shapes, marker arrows, naive geometry, and purposeful visual noise. Use simple forms with oversized scale, occasional misregistration, and playful anti-polish rather than polished vector perfection.
hero image direction
Hero images should look like screen-printed collages, bold product cutouts, street photography with flash, or object still lifes dropped into loud graphic frames. Compose with abrupt crops, label stickers, oversized captions, and contrasting background slabs that make the image feel pinned onto the interface.
background treatment
Backgrounds can alternate between warm paper tones, white, acid fills, doodled patterns, checker blocks, heavy ruled grids, or halftone fields. The treatment should add attitude without reducing contrast or interfering with text readability.
icon style
Icons should use heavy strokes, square corners, and almost signage-level bluntness. Filled and outlined icons can coexist if the weight stays consistent and the shapes remain simple, obvious, and bold.
image generation prompts
neo brutalist web poster, thick black borders, acid yellow and hot pink blocks, offset shadows, flash photography cutout, DIY zine compositionraw interface collage, chunky geometric cards, black outlines, sticker labels, anti-design energy, playful asymmetrycontemporary anti-design product hero, bold uppercase type, screen-printed textures, electric blue accents, heavy keylinesindie software dashboard in neo-brutalist language, offset shadows, white cards on warm paper field, confrontational graphic clarity
photography direction
Photography should feel direct, contrasty, and slightly raw: flash-lit portraits, object photography, urban scenes, studio cutouts, or documentary moments with honest texture. Avoid dreamy blur or glossy luxury retouching; the mood should be immediate and tactile.
generative
webgl techniques
flat-shaded geometric slabs with hard outlinesposterized image threshold shaderscursor-pushed block displacementlow-depth extrusions with visible edge color
canvas effects
halftone dot overlaysmisregistered shadow layersanimated sticker collisionscheckerboard and ruled-grid transitions
shader palette
Shader work should translate the palette into loud, flat fields with high-contrast edges: warm paper, black, acid yellow, hot pink, and electric blue. GPU treatments should look screen-printed or posterized, not atmospheric, with clear separations between planes and visible contour definition.
animation philosophy
Animation should feel snappy, chunky, and physical, like cards slamming into place or labels being stamped onto a surface. Use short durations, abrupt easing, and occasional micro-jitters that reinforce the printed-object metaphor without becoming disruptive.
interactive elements
cursor-follow sticker badgeshover-induced offset shadow snapsscroll-triggered poster panel collisionsstamped label revealsdrag-like card lifts
katagami spec
# Neo-Brutalism Raw Interface

## Philosophy

Neo-brutalism for interfaces treats digital surfaces like printed placards assembled from cut paper, tape, and exposed framing. It rejects polished neutrality in favor of obvious borders, offset shadows, compressed heavy headlines, and loud patches of color that make controls look physically grab-able. The result should feel direct, anti-corporate, and highly legible: the user always knows what is clickable because every important element declares itself with graphic force.

### Values

- Structural honesty through visible frames, dividers, and outlines instead of hidden chrome.
- Confrontational clarity where actions are obvious before the user reads supporting explanation.
- Graphic energy built from poster-scale type, hard contrast, and deliberate misregistration.
- Playful resistance to frictionless corporate sameness through raw but systematic composition.

### Anti-Values

- Soft luxury minimalism with dissolved boundaries.
- Atmospheric glass, blur, and gradient polish.
- Understated controls that disappear into neutral layouts.

### Visual Character

- Every panel and control uses thick 3px to 4px solid black borders with square or near-square corners, so containment is always visibly constructed rather than implied.
- Depth comes from hard offset box-shadows in black, typically shifted 4px to 8px down and right with zero blur, creating a screen-printed misregistration effect instead of soft elevation.
- Headlines use heavy uppercase display typography with tight leading and aggressive scale jumps, while micro-labels use tracked uppercase mono text like poster annotations.
- Layouts deliberately misalign selected cards or badges by a few pixels and overlap accent stickers across container edges, creating controlled collision without breaking the reading order.
- Accent color appears as large flat slabs of acid yellow, hot pink, and electric blue against off-white paper backgrounds, with each region choosing one dominant fill rather than blending many soft tones.

## Tokens

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| primary | `#FFD400` |
| secondary | `#FF4F8B` |
| accent | `#1769FF` |
| background | `#FFF9F0` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#111111` |
| muted | `#EDE1CF` |
| border | `#111111` |
| error | `#FF5A36` |
| success | `#16A34A` |
| warning | `#F59E0B` |
| info | `#1769FF` |

### Typography

- **Heading Font**: Archivo Black
- **Body Font**: Space Grotesk
- **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono
- **Base Size**: 17px
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.25
- **Line Height**: 1.45
- **Letter Spacing**: 0.01em
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Archivo+Black&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Space+Grotesk:wght@400;500;700&display=swap

### Spacing

- **Base**: 8px
- **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64]

### Radii

- **None**: 0px
- **Sm**: 2px
- **Md**: 4px
- **Lg**: 6px
- **Full**: 9999px

### Shadows

- **Sm**: 3px 3px 0 0 #111111
- **Md**: 5px 5px 0 0 #111111
- **Lg**: 8px 8px 0 0 #111111

### Surfaces

- **Treatment**: paper
- **Card Style**: flat color blocks with white cards and hard offset shadows
- **Bg Pattern**: grid

### Borders

- **Default Width**: 3px
- **Accent Width**: 4px
- **Style**: solid
- **Character**: hard black comic-poster outlines with visible weight on every interactive and structural region

### Motion

- **Duration**: 140ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.15,0.85,0.3,1)
- **Philosophy**: snappy

## Rules

### Composition

Build screens as poster-like modules on an uneven grid: one oversized hero block, several blunt utility cards, and a few sticker elements that intentionally cross container boundaries.

### Hierarchy

Establish order first through scale, border weight, and fill blocks; primary actions get saturated fills and largest shadows, while supporting tools stay white with the same outline language.

### Density

Moderately dense but never cramped; many modules can coexist if each keeps visible padding and enough margin to read as its own printed tile.

### Signature Patterns

- Primary panels use 3px to 4px black outlines plus zero-blur offset shadows, so every important surface looks like a screen-printed card lifted from the page.
- Section labels and data chips use uppercase monospaced microcopy with wide tracking inside bordered pills or tape-like tags, echoing editorial annotations.
- Hero cards pair oversized uppercase display headlines with flat high-saturation background fills, then pin contrasting sticker badges so the composition feels pasted and slightly misregistered.
- Interactive controls animate by translating 2px to 4px and collapsing their offset shadow on active press, producing a physical tile-press illusion rather than a soft fade.
- Selected list rows and form fields use inset accent bars or corner stickers in electric blue or hot pink so state changes read as graphic intervention, not subtle tint shifts.

## Layout

### Grid

Desktop uses a 12-column uneven poster grid with broad spans for hero modules and narrow utility rails; tablet collapses to 8 columns and mobile to a single loud stack with occasional two-up metric rows.

### Breakpoints

Mobile: 0-599px, Tablet: 600-959px, Desktop: 960-1439px, Wide: 1440px and above.

### Whitespace

Use 16px to 24px gaps between neighboring modules, 32px around hero blocks, and larger outer margins so loud components can breathe like printed placards pinned to a wall.

## Guidance

### Do

- Do give every meaningful component a visible outline and enough padding to feel like an independent printed tile.
- Do use one dominant accent fill per region and let other surrounding modules reset to white or paper tones.
- Do pair aggressive display headlines with concise body copy so the interface stays readable despite its loud voice.
- Do keep focus, hover, pressed, and disabled states explicit with movement, outline, and fill changes.

### Don't

- Do not add blur, translucency, or premium gradient polish that softens the style's exposed construction.
- Do not round everything into friendly pills; neo-brutalism depends on firmness and edge definition.
- Do not make every card equally saturated or equally oversized, or hierarchy collapses into noise.
- Do not hide actions as low-contrast text links when the interface can communicate more clearly with framed controls.

## Imagery Direction

### Illustration Style

Illustration should feel like a graphic poster system made from thick outlines, flat fills, sticker-like shapes, marker arrows, naive geometry, and purposeful visual noise. Use simple forms with oversized scale, occasional misregistration, and playful anti-polish rather than polished vector perfection.

### Hero Image Direction

Hero images should look like screen-printed collages, bold product cutouts, street photography with flash, or object still lifes dropped into loud graphic frames. Compose with abrupt crops, label stickers, oversized captions, and contrasting background slabs that make the image feel pinned onto the interface.

### Background Treatment

Backgrounds can alternate between warm paper tones, white, acid fills, doodled patterns, checker blocks, heavy ruled grids, or halftone fields. The treatment should add attitude without reducing contrast or interfering with text readability.

### Icon Style

Icons should use heavy strokes, square corners, and almost signage-level bluntness. Filled and outlined icons can coexist if the weight stays consistent and the shapes remain simple, obvious, and bold.

### Image Generation Prompts

- neo brutalist web poster, thick black borders, acid yellow and hot pink blocks, offset shadows, flash photography cutout, DIY zine composition
- raw interface collage, chunky geometric cards, black outlines, sticker labels, anti-design energy, playful asymmetry
- contemporary anti-design product hero, bold uppercase type, screen-printed textures, electric blue accents, heavy keylines
- indie software dashboard in neo-brutalist language, offset shadows, white cards on warm paper field, confrontational graphic clarity

### Photography Direction

Photography should feel direct, contrasty, and slightly raw: flash-lit portraits, object photography, urban scenes, studio cutouts, or documentary moments with honest texture. Avoid dreamy blur or glossy luxury retouching; the mood should be immediate and tactile.

## Generative Canvas

### Webgl Techniques

- flat-shaded geometric slabs with hard outlines
- posterized image threshold shaders
- cursor-pushed block displacement
- low-depth extrusions with visible edge color

### Canvas Effects

- halftone dot overlays
- misregistered shadow layers
- animated sticker collisions
- checkerboard and ruled-grid transitions

### Shader Palette

Shader work should translate the palette into loud, flat fields with high-contrast edges: warm paper, black, acid yellow, hot pink, and electric blue. GPU treatments should look screen-printed or posterized, not atmospheric, with clear separations between planes and visible contour definition.

### Animation Philosophy

Animation should feel snappy, chunky, and physical, like cards slamming into place or labels being stamped onto a surface. Use short durations, abrupt easing, and occasional micro-jitters that reinforce the printed-object metaphor without becoming disruptive.

### Interactive Elements

- cursor-follow sticker badges
- hover-induced offset shadow snaps
- scroll-triggered poster panel collisions
- stamped label reveals
- drag-like card lifts
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Neo-Brutalism Raw Interface"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  primary: "#FFD400"
  secondary: "#FF4F8B"
  accent: "#1769FF"
  background: "#FFF9F0"
  surface: "#FFFFFF"
  text: "#111111"
  muted: "#EDE1CF"
  border: "#111111"
  error: "#FF5A36"
  success: "#16A34A"
  warning: "#F59E0B"
  info: "#1769FF"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "Archivo Black"
    fontSize: "2.075rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "0.01em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "Archivo Black"
    fontSize: "1.66rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "0.01em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "Space Grotesk"
    fontSize: "17px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.45
    letterSpacing: "0.01em"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
    fontSize: "0.75rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
  none: "0px"
  sm: "2px"
  md: "4px"
  lg: "6px"
  full: "9999px"
spacing:
  base: "8px"
  xs: "4px"
  sm: "8px"
  md: "12px"
  lg: "16px"
  xl: "24px"
  2xl: "32px"
  3xl: "48px"
  4xl: "64px"
components:
  color-reference-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
  color-reference-secondary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
  color-reference-accent:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
  color-reference-background:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
  color-reference-surface:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
  color-reference-text:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
  color-reference-muted:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
  color-reference-border:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
  color-reference-error:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
  color-reference-success:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
  color-reference-warning:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
  color-reference-info:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "#000000"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: "{spacing.md}"
  card-surface:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.text}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: "{spacing.md}"
  input-default:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.text}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    height: "44px"
---

# Neo-Brutalism Raw Interface

## Overview

Neo-brutalism for interfaces treats digital surfaces like printed placards assembled from cut paper, tape, and exposed framing. It rejects polished neutrality in favor of obvious borders, offset shadows, compressed heavy headlines, and loud patches of color that make controls look physically grab-able. The result should feel direct, anti-corporate, and highly legible: the user always knows what is clickable because every important element declares itself with graphic force.

### Values

- Structural honesty through visible frames, dividers, and outlines instead of hidden chrome.
- Confrontational clarity where actions are obvious before the user reads supporting explanation.
- Graphic energy built from poster-scale type, hard contrast, and deliberate misregistration.
- Playful resistance to frictionless corporate sameness through raw but systematic composition.

### Anti-Values

- Soft luxury minimalism with dissolved boundaries.
- Atmospheric glass, blur, and gradient polish.
- Understated controls that disappear into neutral layouts.

### Visual Character

- Every panel and control uses thick 3px to 4px solid black borders with square or near-square corners, so containment is always visibly constructed rather than implied.
- Depth comes from hard offset box-shadows in black, typically shifted 4px to 8px down and right with zero blur, creating a screen-printed misregistration effect instead of soft elevation.
- Headlines use heavy uppercase display typography with tight leading and aggressive scale jumps, while micro-labels use tracked uppercase mono text like poster annotations.
- Layouts deliberately misalign selected cards or badges by a few pixels and overlap accent stickers across container edges, creating controlled collision without breaking the reading order.
- Accent color appears as large flat slabs of acid yellow, hot pink, and electric blue against off-white paper backgrounds, with each region choosing one dominant fill rather than blending many soft tones.

## Colors

Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.

| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| primary | `#FFD400` |
| secondary | `#FF4F8B` |
| accent | `#1769FF` |
| background | `#FFF9F0` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#111111` |
| muted | `#EDE1CF` |
| border | `#111111` |
| error | `#FF5A36` |
| success | `#16A34A` |
| warning | `#F59E0B` |
| info | `#1769FF` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: Archivo Black, 2.075rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Archivo Black, 1.66rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Space Grotesk, 17px, weight 400, line-height 1.45.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.

## Layout

### Spacing Tokens

- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `24px`
- **2xl**: `32px`
- **3xl**: `48px`
- **4xl**: `64px`

### Grid

Desktop uses a 12-column uneven poster grid with broad spans for hero modules and narrow utility rails; tablet collapses to 8 columns and mobile to a single loud stack with occasional two-up metric rows.

### Breakpoints

Mobile: 0-599px, Tablet: 600-959px, Desktop: 960-1439px, Wide: 1440px and above.

### Whitespace

Use 16px to 24px gaps between neighboring modules, 32px around hero blocks, and larger outer margins so loud components can breathe like printed placards pinned to a wall.

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Sm**: 3px 3px 0 0 #111111
- **Md**: 5px 5px 0 0 #111111
- **Lg**: 8px 8px 0 0 #111111

## Shapes

### Rounded

- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `2px`
- **Md**: `4px`
- **Lg**: `6px`
- **Full**: `9999px`

### Surfaces

- **Treatment**: paper
- **Card Style**: flat color blocks with white cards and hard offset shadows
- **Bg Pattern**: grid

### Borders

- **Default Width**: 3px
- **Accent Width**: 4px
- **Style**: solid
- **Character**: hard black comic-poster outlines with visible weight on every interactive and structural region

## Components

### Composition

Build screens as poster-like modules on an uneven grid: one oversized hero block, several blunt utility cards, and a few sticker elements that intentionally cross container boundaries.

### Hierarchy

Establish order first through scale, border weight, and fill blocks; primary actions get saturated fills and largest shadows, while supporting tools stay white with the same outline language.

### Density

Moderately dense but never cramped; many modules can coexist if each keeps visible padding and enough margin to read as its own printed tile.

### Signature Patterns

- Primary panels use 3px to 4px black outlines plus zero-blur offset shadows, so every important surface looks like a screen-printed card lifted from the page.
- Section labels and data chips use uppercase monospaced microcopy with wide tracking inside bordered pills or tape-like tags, echoing editorial annotations.
- Hero cards pair oversized uppercase display headlines with flat high-saturation background fills, then pin contrasting sticker badges so the composition feels pasted and slightly misregistered.
- Interactive controls animate by translating 2px to 4px and collapsing their offset shadow on active press, producing a physical tile-press illusion rather than a soft fade.
- Selected list rows and form fields use inset accent bars or corner stickers in electric blue or hot pink so state changes read as graphic intervention, not subtle tint shifts.

## shadcn/ui Usage

When the target app uses shadcn/ui, copy DESIGN.md with shadcn instead of the plain DESIGN.md. It contains the same Katagami design-language source plus the shadcn/ui primitives, imports, theme variables, component recipes, and preview-shot guidance.

DESIGN.md with shadcn: `/language/en-019d9bb6-f1a8-7163-857e-1b18a5e52b5d/DESIGN.with-shadcn.md`.

The shadcn page also exposes optional machine-readable files for automation, but the human-facing handoff is DESIGN.md with shadcn.

Install recommended primitives with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.

Use these primitives in shadcn apps:
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table

Implementation rule for agents: import shadcn primitives from `@/components/ui/*`, apply the generated CSS variables first, then compose the language-specific recipes from the companion MD. Katagami remains the source of truth; shadcn names are the implementation surface.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do Do give every meaningful component a visible outline and enough padding to feel like an independent printed tile.
- Do Do use one dominant accent fill per region and let other surrounding modules reset to white or paper tones.
- Do Do pair aggressive display headlines with concise body copy so the interface stays readable despite its loud voice.
- Do Do keep focus, hover, pressed, and disabled states explicit with movement, outline, and fill changes.
- Don't Do not add blur, translucency, or premium gradient polish that softens the style's exposed construction.
- Don't Do not round everything into friendly pills; neo-brutalism depends on firmness and edge definition.
- Don't Do not make every card equally saturated or equally oversized, or hierarchy collapses into noise.
- Don't Do not hide actions as low-contrast text links when the interface can communicate more clearly with framed controls.

## Imagery Direction

### Illustration Style

Illustration should feel like a graphic poster system made from thick outlines, flat fills, sticker-like shapes, marker arrows, naive geometry, and purposeful visual noise. Use simple forms with oversized scale, occasional misregistration, and playful anti-polish rather than polished vector perfection.

### Hero Image Direction

Hero images should look like screen-printed collages, bold product cutouts, street photography with flash, or object still lifes dropped into loud graphic frames. Compose with abrupt crops, label stickers, oversized captions, and contrasting background slabs that make the image feel pinned onto the interface.

### Background Treatment

Backgrounds can alternate between warm paper tones, white, acid fills, doodled patterns, checker blocks, heavy ruled grids, or halftone fields. The treatment should add attitude without reducing contrast or interfering with text readability.

### Icon Style

Icons should use heavy strokes, square corners, and almost signage-level bluntness. Filled and outlined icons can coexist if the weight stays consistent and the shapes remain simple, obvious, and bold.

### Image Generation Prompts

- neo brutalist web poster, thick black borders, acid yellow and hot pink blocks, offset shadows, flash photography cutout, DIY zine composition
- raw interface collage, chunky geometric cards, black outlines, sticker labels, anti-design energy, playful asymmetry
- contemporary anti-design product hero, bold uppercase type, screen-printed textures, electric blue accents, heavy keylines
- indie software dashboard in neo-brutalist language, offset shadows, white cards on warm paper field, confrontational graphic clarity

### Photography Direction

Photography should feel direct, contrasty, and slightly raw: flash-lit portraits, object photography, urban scenes, studio cutouts, or documentary moments with honest texture. Avoid dreamy blur or glossy luxury retouching; the mood should be immediate and tactile.

## Generative Canvas

### Webgl Techniques

- flat-shaded geometric slabs with hard outlines
- posterized image threshold shaders
- cursor-pushed block displacement
- low-depth extrusions with visible edge color

### Canvas Effects

- halftone dot overlays
- misregistered shadow layers
- animated sticker collisions
- checkerboard and ruled-grid transitions

### Shader Palette

Shader work should translate the palette into loud, flat fields with high-contrast edges: warm paper, black, acid yellow, hot pink, and electric blue. GPU treatments should look screen-printed or posterized, not atmospheric, with clear separations between planes and visible contour definition.

### Animation Philosophy

Animation should feel snappy, chunky, and physical, like cards slamming into place or labels being stamped onto a surface. Use short durations, abrupt easing, and occasional micro-jitters that reinforce the printed-object metaphor without becoming disruptive.

### Interactive Elements

- cursor-follow sticker badges
- hover-induced offset shadow snaps
- scroll-triggered poster panel collisions
- stamped label reveals
- drag-like card lifts
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "neo-brutalism-raw-interface",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Neo-Brutalism Raw Interface shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#FFF9F0",
      "foreground": "#111111",
      "card": "#FFFFFF",
      "card-foreground": "#111111",
      "popover": "#FFFFFF",
      "popover-foreground": "#111111",
      "primary": "#FFD400",
      "primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "secondary": "#FF4F8B",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#EDE1CF",
      "muted-foreground": "#111111",
      "accent": "#1769FF",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#FF5A36",
      "border": "#111111",
      "input": "#111111",
      "ring": "#1769FF",
      "chart-1": "#FFD400",
      "chart-2": "#FF4F8B",
      "chart-3": "#1769FF",
      "chart-4": "#16A34A",
      "chart-5": "#F59E0B",
      "sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-primary": "#FFD400",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-accent": "#1769FF",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#111111",
      "sidebar-ring": "#1769FF",
      "radius": "4px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#FFD400",
      "primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#1769FF",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#FF5A36",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#1769FF",
      "chart-1": "#FFD400",
      "chart-2": "#FF4F8B",
      "chart-3": "#1769FF",
      "chart-4": "#16A34A",
      "chart-5": "#F59E0B",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#FFD400",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-accent": "#1769FF",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#1769FF",
      "radius": "4px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019d9bb6-f1a8-7163-857e-1b18a5e52b5d",
    "slug": "neo-brutalism-raw-interface",
    "componentManifest": [
      "button",
      "card",
      "input",
      "textarea",
      "select",
      "dialog",
      "sheet",
      "tabs",
      "badge",
      "separator",
      "checkbox",
      "switch",
      "slider",
      "tooltip",
      "dropdown-menu",
      "table"
    ],
    "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
    "nativeTokenNames": {
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "background",
        "border",
        "error",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "typography": [
        "base_size",
        "body_font",
        "google_fonts_url",
        "heading_font",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font",
        "scale_ratio"
      ],
      "spacing": [
        "base",
        "scale"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm"
      ],
      "shadows": [
        "lg",
        "md",
        "sm"
      ],
      "surfaces": [
        "bg_pattern",
        "card_style",
        "treatment"
      ],
      "borders": [
        "accent_width",
        "character",
        "default_width",
        "style"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```
in the wild

embodiments

the full element showcase
embodiment · neo-brutalism-raw-interface
DESIGN.md

at a glance

Palette

Typography

headline-lgArchivo Black · 33px · 700

The quick brown fox jumps

headline-mdArchivo Black · 27px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

body-mdSpace Grotesk · 17px · 400

The quick brown fox jumps

label-mdIBM Plex Mono · 12px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

Components

New
Card title

Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.

Spacing

  • base8px
  • xs4px
  • sm8px
  • md12px
  • lg16px
  • xl24px
  • 2xl32px
  • 3xl48px
  • 4xl64px

Shape

none0px
sm2px
md4px
lg6px
full9999px
shadcn/ui

implementation kit

needs agent-authored kitcompatibility fallback
shadcn compatibility only
The generated theme variables are available, but the polished shadcn component recipes and shots have not been authored by the Katagami agent yet.
fallbackprimitives render
Compatibility proof
Local shadcn-style primitives accept the generated theme variables.
primaryaccentsurfacemutedwarningerror
table rhythm
buttonok
cardok
inputok
recommendedcompatibility fallback

DESIGN.md with shadcn

Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.

advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
shadcn add
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table
theme css
:root {
  --background: #FFF9F0;
  --foreground: #111111;
  --card: #FFFFFF;
  --card-foreground: #111111;
  --popover: #FFFFFF;
  --popover-foreground: #111111;
  --primary: #FFD400;
  --primary-foreground: #111111;
  --secondary: #FF4F8B;
  --secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --muted: #EDE1CF;
  --muted-foreground: #111111;
  --accent: #1769FF;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #FF5A36;
  --border: #111111;
  --input: #111111;
  --ring: #1769FF;
  --chart-1: #FFD400;
  --chart-2: #FF4F8B;
  --chart-3: #1769FF;
  --chart-4: #16A34A;
  --chart-5: #F59E0B;
  --sidebar: #FFFFFF;
  --sidebar-foreground: #111111;
  --sidebar-primary: #FFD400;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #111111;
  --sidebar-accent: #1769FF;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #111111;
  --sidebar-ring: #1769FF;
  --radius: 4px;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #FFD400;
  --primary-foreground: #111111;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #1769FF;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #FF5A36;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #1769FF;
  --chart-1: #FFD400;
  --chart-2: #FF4F8B;
  --chart-3: #1769FF;
  --chart-4: #16A34A;
  --chart-5: #F59E0B;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #FFD400;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #111111;
  --sidebar-accent: #1769FF;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #1769FF;
  --radius: 4px;
}
tsx starter
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
  Card,
  CardContent,
  CardDescription,
  CardFooter,
  CardHeader,
  CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";

export function NeoBrutalismRawInterfaceShadcnKit() {
  return (
    <section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
      <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
        <div>
          <Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
          <h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Neo-Brutalism Raw Interface</h2>
          <p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
            Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
            with the language-specific component recipes.
          </p>
        </div>
        <Button>Apply theme</Button>
      </div>

      <Tabs defaultValue="components">
        <TabsList>
          <TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
        </TabsList>
      </Tabs>

      <Card>
        <CardHeader>
          <CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
          <CardDescription>
            Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
            from components.md and preview-shots.json.
          </CardDescription>
        </CardHeader>
        <CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
          <Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
          <Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
        </CardContent>
        <CardFooter className="justify-between">
          <Badge>Ready</Badge>
          <Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
        </CardFooter>
      </Card>
    </section>
  );
}
theme JSONcompatibility fallback
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "neo-brutalism-raw-interface",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Neo-Brutalism Raw Interface shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#FFF9F0",
      "foreground": "#111111",
      "card": "#FFFFFF",
      "card-foreground": "#111111",
      "popover": "#FFFFFF",
      "popover-foreground": "#111111",
      "primary": "#FFD400",
      "primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "secondary": "#FF4F8B",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#EDE1CF",
      "muted-foreground": "#111111",
      "accent": "#1769FF",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#FF5A36",
      "border": "#111111",
      "input": "#111111",
      "ring": "#1769FF",
      "chart-1": "#FFD400",
      "chart-2": "#FF4F8B",
      "chart-3": "#1769FF",
      "chart-4": "#16A34A",
      "chart-5": "#F59E0B",
      "sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-primary": "#FFD400",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-accent": "#1769FF",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#111111",
      "sidebar-ring": "#1769FF",
      "radius": "4px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#FFD400",
      "primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#1769FF",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#FF5A36",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#1769FF",
      "chart-1": "#FFD400",
      "chart-2": "#FF4F8B",
      "chart-3": "#1769FF",
      "chart-4": "#16A34A",
      "chart-5": "#F59E0B",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#FFD400",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-accent": "#1769FF",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#1769FF",
      "radius": "4px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019d9bb6-f1a8-7163-857e-1b18a5e52b5d",
    "slug": "neo-brutalism-raw-interface",
    "componentManifest": [
      "button",
      "card",
      "input",
      "textarea",
      "select",
      "dialog",
      "sheet",
      "tabs",
      "badge",
      "separator",
      "checkbox",
      "switch",
      "slider",
      "tooltip",
      "dropdown-menu",
      "table"
    ],
    "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
    "nativeTokenNames": {
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "background",
        "border",
        "error",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "typography": [
        "base_size",
        "body_font",
        "google_fonts_url",
        "heading_font",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font",
        "scale_ratio"
      ],
      "spacing": [
        "base",
        "scale"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm"
      ],
      "shadows": [
        "lg",
        "md",
        "sm"
      ],
      "surfaces": [
        "bg_pattern",
        "card_style",
        "treatment"
      ],
      "borders": [
        "accent_width",
        "character",
        "default_width",
        "style"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ]
    }
  }
}
component recipescompatibility fallback
# Neo-Brutalism Raw Interface shadcn/ui Components

Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019d9bb6-f1a8-7163-857e-1b18a5e52b5d`
Slug: `neo-brutalism-raw-interface`

## Intent

Neo-brutalism for interfaces treats digital surfaces like printed placards assembled from cut paper, tape, and exposed framing. It rejects polished neutrality in favor of obvious borders, offset shadows, compressed heavy headlines, and loud patches of color that make controls look physically grab-able. The result should feel direct, anti-corporate, and highly legible: the user always knows what is clickable because every important element declares itself with graphic force.

## Required primitives

- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table

Install with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.

## Token cues

Colors:

{
  "primary": "#FFD400",
  "secondary": "#FF4F8B",
  "accent": "#1769FF",
  "background": "#FFF9F0",
  "surface": "#FFFFFF",
  "text": "#111111",
  "muted": "#EDE1CF",
  "border": "#111111",
  "error": "#FF5A36",
  "success": "#16A34A",
  "warning": "#F59E0B",
  "info": "#1769FF"
}

Typography:

{
  "heading_font": "Archivo Black",
  "body_font": "Space Grotesk",
  "mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
  "base_size": "17px",
  "scale_ratio": 1.25,
  "line_height": 1.45,
  "letter_spacing": "0.01em",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Archivo+Black&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Space+Grotesk:wght@400;500;700&display=swap"
}

## Visual character to preserve

- Every panel and control uses thick 3px to 4px solid black borders with square or near-square corners, so containment is always visibly constructed rather than implied.
- Depth comes from hard offset box-shadows in black, typically shifted 4px to 8px down and right with zero blur, creating a screen-printed misregistration effect instead of soft elevation.
- Headlines use heavy uppercase display typography with tight leading and aggressive scale jumps, while micro-labels use tracked uppercase mono text like poster annotations.
- Layouts deliberately misalign selected cards or badges by a few pixels and overlap accent stickers across container edges, creating controlled collision without breaking the reading order.
- Accent color appears as large flat slabs of acid yellow, hot pink, and electric blue against off-white paper backgrounds, with each region choosing one dominant fill rather than blending many soft tones.

## ShadSync visual profile

{
  "family": "paper-collage",
  "material": "paper",
  "contour": "pebble",
  "border": "solid",
  "underlay": true,
  "grain": true,
  "stickerBadges": true,
  "motion": "lift",
  "density": "balanced",
  "accents": [
    "primary",
    "accent",
    "secondary",
    "muted"
  ]
}

## Signature component recipes

### Button
Use `Button` for primary, secondary, outline, and ghost actions. Primary actions must expose the language's strongest contrast pair, while secondary and ghost actions should preserve the surface treatment instead of falling back to default neutral SaaS styling.

### Card
Use `Card`, `CardHeader`, `CardContent`, `CardFooter`, and `CardAction` as the main composition frame. Cards should demonstrate the language's surface, border, hierarchy, and density rules rather than appearing as generic rounded rectangles.

### Input and Textarea
Use `Input` and `Textarea` with visible focus rings, field labels, validation states, and the language's rhythm. Forms should show real product content, not placeholder-only controls.

### Select, Tabs, and Table
Use `Select`, `Tabs`, and `Table` to prove navigation, filtering, and dense data states. The table should show row rhythm, separators, hover/focus states, and an empty or status state when the language calls for it.

### Dialog and Sheet
Use `Dialog` for centered decisions and `Sheet` for contextual editing. Both should inherit the language's spacing, border, overlay, and motion rules.

## Preview shots

- `application-shell`: dashboard or workspace shell with navigation, cards, forms, and state badges.
- `detail-editor`: focused editing flow using input, textarea, select, switch/checkbox, dialog or sheet, and action buttons.
- `data-operations`: table-heavy operational view with tabs, dropdown menu affordances, badges, and destructive/empty states.
- Each preview shot must include a renderable `scene` payload with concrete headline, description, actions, and rows/fields/stats for the UI preview.

## Implementation contract

- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/neo-brutalism-raw-interface/registry-theme.json` variables, then use these recipes for composition and state design.
- Preserve Katagami token names as source metadata; shadcn semantic names are only the export surface.
- Do: Do give every meaningful component a visible outline and enough padding to feel like an independent printed tile.; Do use one dominant accent fill per region and let other surrounding modules reset to white or paper tones.; Do pair aggressive display headlines with concise body copy so the interface stays readable despite its loud voice.; Do keep focus, hover, pressed, and disabled states explicit with movement, outline, and fill changes.
- Do not: Do not add blur, translucency, or premium gradient polish that softens the style's exposed construction.; Do not round everything into friendly pills; neo-brutalism depends on firmness and edge definition.; Do not make every card equally saturated or equally oversized, or hierarchy collapses into noise.; Do not hide actions as low-contrast text links when the interface can communicate more clearly with framed controls.

## Copy-paste component example

This generated starter proves the import shape. Production Katagami agents should replace it with a language-specific product composition.

```tsx
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
  Card,
  CardContent,
  CardDescription,
  CardFooter,
  CardHeader,
  CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";

export function NeoBrutalismRawInterfaceShadcnKit() {
  return (
    <section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
      <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
        <div>
          <Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
          <h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Neo-Brutalism Raw Interface</h2>
          <p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
            Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
            with the language-specific component recipes.
          </p>
        </div>
        <Button>Apply theme</Button>
      </div>

      <Tabs defaultValue="components">
        <TabsList>
          <TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
        </TabsList>
      </Tabs>

      <Card>
        <CardHeader>
          <CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
          <CardDescription>
            Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
            from components.md and preview-shots.json.
          </CardDescription>
        </CardHeader>
        <CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
          <Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
          <Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
        </CardContent>
        <CardFooter className="justify-between">
          <Badge>Ready</Badge>
          <Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
        </CardFooter>
      </Card>
    </section>
  );
}
```

## Layout notes

{
  "grid": "Desktop uses a 12-column uneven poster grid with broad spans for hero modules and narrow utility rails; tablet collapses to 8 columns and mobile to a single loud stack with occasional two-up metric rows.",
  "breakpoints": "Mobile: 0-599px, Tablet: 600-959px, Desktop: 960-1439px, Wide: 1440px and above.",
  "whitespace": "Use 16px to 24px gaps between neighboring modules, 32px around hero blocks, and larger outer margins so loud components can breathe like printed placards pinned to a wall."
}
preview shotscompatibility fallback
{
  "artifact": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots",
  "version": "preview-shots-v1",
  "generator": "katagami-ui-compatibility-projection",
  "generatedBy": "katagami-ui-projection",
  "requiresVisualProfile": true,
  "schema": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots/renderable-v1",
  "renderable": true,
  "language": {
    "id": "en-019d9bb6-f1a8-7163-857e-1b18a5e52b5d",
    "name": "Neo-Brutalism Raw Interface",
    "slug": "neo-brutalism-raw-interface"
  },
  "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
  "primitives": [
    "button",
    "card",
    "input",
    "textarea",
    "select",
    "dialog",
    "sheet",
    "tabs",
    "badge",
    "separator",
    "checkbox",
    "switch",
    "slider",
    "tooltip",
    "dropdown-menu",
    "table"
  ],
  "identityNotes": [
    "Every panel and control uses thick 3px to 4px solid black borders with square or near-square corners, so containment is always visibly constructed rather than implied.",
    "Depth comes from hard offset box-shadows in black, typically shifted 4px to 8px down and right with zero blur, creating a screen-printed misregistration effect instead of soft elevation.",
    "Headlines use heavy uppercase display typography with tight leading and aggressive scale jumps, while micro-labels use tracked uppercase mono text like poster annotations.",
    "Layouts deliberately misalign selected cards or badges by a few pixels and overlap accent stickers across container edges, creating controlled collision without breaking the reading order.",
    "Accent color appears as large flat slabs of acid yellow, hot pink, and electric blue against off-white paper backgrounds, with each region choosing one dominant fill rather than blending many soft tones."
  ],
  "visualProfile": {
    "family": "paper-collage",
    "material": "paper",
    "contour": "pebble",
    "border": "solid",
    "underlay": true,
    "grain": true,
    "stickerBadges": true,
    "motion": "lift",
    "density": "balanced",
    "accents": [
      "primary",
      "accent",
      "secondary",
      "muted"
    ]
  },
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    {
      "id": "application-shell",
      "title": "Application shell",
      "viewport": "desktop",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "card",
        "input",
        "select",
        "tabs",
        "badge",
        "separator",
        "table"
      ],
      "composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
      "mustShow": [
        "primary and secondary actions",
        "card hierarchy",
        "filterable state",
        "table or list density"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "component inventory walls",
        "placeholder-only content",
        "generic rounded SaaS chrome"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "workspace spread",
        "headline": "Neo-Brutalism Raw Interface launch room",
        "description": "A product team workspace where navigation, filters, metrics, and dense rows carry the language's visible structure.",
        "primaryAction": "Apply theme",
        "secondaryAction": "Review states",
        "stats": [
          {
            "label": "components",
            "value": "16",
            "tone": "accent"
          },
          {
            "label": "states",
            "value": "ready"
          },
          {
            "label": "density",
            "value": "balanced",
            "tone": "warning"
          }
        ],
        "rows": [
          {
            "label": "Primary flow",
            "value": "mapped",
            "status": "active"
          },
          {
            "label": "Token coverage",
            "value": "semantic",
            "status": "synced"
          },
          {
            "label": "Responsive proof",
            "value": "queued",
            "status": "review"
          }
        ],
        "statuses": [
          "Active",
          "Synced",
          "Draft"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "detail-editor",
      "title": "Detail editor",
      "viewport": "tablet",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "card",
        "input",
        "textarea",
        "select",
        "checkbox",
        "switch",
        "slider",
        "dialog",
        "sheet"
      ],
      "composition": "A focused editing flow with form fields, validation, confirmation, and a contextual side panel.",
      "mustShow": [
        "focus ring",
        "error or destructive state",
        "dialog or sheet treatment",
        "written guidance content"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "unstyled browser controls",
        "floating cards inside cards",
        "missing labels"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "editing flow",
        "headline": "Language recipe editor",
        "description": "A focused form proving labels, validation, toggles, panel rhythm, and action hierarchy.",
        "primaryAction": "Save recipe",
        "secondaryAction": "Open sheet",
        "fields": [
          {
            "label": "Component family",
            "value": "Narrative cards"
          },
          {
            "label": "State treatment",
            "value": "Visible focus + validation"
          },
          {
            "label": "Motion",
            "value": "Small lift, no opacity-only fade"
          }
        ],
        "statuses": [
          "Focus",
          "Invalid",
          "Confirmed"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "data-operations",
      "title": "Data operations",
      "viewport": "mobile",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "tabs",
        "badge",
        "dropdown-menu",
        "table",
        "tooltip",
        "separator"
      ],
      "composition": "A compact operational view proving row rhythm, stacked actions, menu states, badges, and empty/destructive states.",
      "mustShow": [
        "responsive reflow",
        "dense row styling",
        "menu affordance",
        "status badge system"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "desktop-only tables",
        "text overflow",
        "default shadcn spacing without Katagami character"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "operations",
        "headline": "Compact review queue",
        "description": "A narrow viewport scene with rows, menus, tooltips, badges, and destructive affordances.",
        "primaryAction": "Resolve",
        "secondaryAction": "Filter",
        "rows": [
          {
            "label": "Button hierarchy",
            "value": "approved",
            "status": "ok"
          },
          {
            "label": "Table rhythm",
            "value": "needs pass",
            "status": "watch"
          },
          {
            "label": "Empty state",
            "value": "designed",
            "status": "done"
          }
        ],
        "statuses": [
          "Queued",
          "Blocked",
          "Done"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "componentRecipes": [
    {
      "primitive": "button",
      "intent": "Prove action hierarchy, focus, disabled, and destructive states."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "card",
      "intent": "Carry the language surface, border, elevation, and density rules."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "input",
      "intent": "Show labels, focus rings, validation, and spacing rhythm."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "textarea",
      "intent": "Show longer guidance, validation copy, and writing density."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "select",
      "intent": "Show filtering, selection contrast, and menu trigger styling."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "dialog",
      "intent": "Show centered decision states and overlay treatment."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "sheet",
      "intent": "Show contextual side panels and responsive editing."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "tabs",
      "intent": "Show navigational structure and active/inactive contrast."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "badge",
      "intent": "Show compact status vocabulary and semantic colors."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "separator",
      "intent": "Show section rhythm without generic gray dividers."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "checkbox",
      "intent": "Show binary selection with visible focus and checked states."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "switch",
      "intent": "Show settings toggles and on/off contrast."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "slider",
      "intent": "Show numeric adjustment with track/thumb styling."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "tooltip",
      "intent": "Show concise explanation styling above compact controls."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "dropdown-menu",
      "intent": "Show action menus, destructive items, and grouped choices."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "table",
      "intent": "Show dense operational data, separators, row states, and responsive behavior."
    }
  ],
  "qualityRules": {
    "do": [
      "Do give every meaningful component a visible outline and enough padding to feel like an independent printed tile.",
      "Do use one dominant accent fill per region and let other surrounding modules reset to white or paper tones.",
      "Do pair aggressive display headlines with concise body copy so the interface stays readable despite its loud voice.",
      "Do keep focus, hover, pressed, and disabled states explicit with movement, outline, and fill changes."
    ],
    "dont": [
      "Do not add blur, translucency, or premium gradient polish that softens the style's exposed construction.",
      "Do not round everything into friendly pills; neo-brutalism depends on firmness and edge definition.",
      "Do not make every card equally saturated or equally oversized, or hierarchy collapses into noise.",
      "Do not hide actions as low-contrast text links when the interface can communicate more clearly with framed controls."
    ]
  }
}
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