Neubrutalism
Neubrutalism is a design aesthetic defined by contrasting and off-putting color palettes, unusual and grotesque typefaces, hard shadows, worked in a palette of rainbow. Associated with the 2010s, Neubrutalism leans toward breaking the conventions of design. Related looks include Acid Design, Avant Basic.
AI image prompt
Neubrutalism aesthetic — Contrasting and off-putting color palettes, unusual and grotesque typefaces, hard shadows, dark outlines. Colour palette: Rainbow. Mood: Breaking the conventions of design. Highly detailed, rich colour and texture, evocative mood, high quality.
What it is
Neubrutalism is a design aesthetic built around contrasting and off-putting color palettes, unusual and grotesque typefaces, hard shadows, dark outlines. The Neubrutalism palette works in rainbow. As a named look, Neubrutalism is most associated with the 2010s. In feeling, Neubrutalism reads as breaking the conventions of design. Neubrutalism sits within a family of related looks such as Acid Design, Avant Basic, Bauhaus, Brutalism. Additionally, to recreate Neubrutalism in an AI image tool using GPT Image or Midjourney, pair rainbow and rainbow tones with contrasting and off-putting color palettes and unusual and grotesque typefaces, and keep a breaking the conventions of design mood. For example, Neubrutalism pairs naturally with Acid Design and Avant Basic on a shared mood board.
Motifs
Contrasting and off-putting color palettes, unusual and grotesque typefaces, hard shadows, dark outlines
Mood & values
Breaking the conventions of design
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