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Mixed-Media / Assemblage / Found Objects / 1916—

COLLAGE

ART

Dada tradition meets Pop Art energy. Fonts collide, elements overlap, textures accumulate. Design that knows it is made of pieces.

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The Board

/ clippings /

Six fragments, each a different source. Torn edges, tape marks, mismatched borders.

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TYPOGRAPHY1968

Mixed Fonts Collide

When serif meets sans-serif at full force, tension becomes beauty. No apologies.

GRAPHICS1972

Cut and Paste

The physical act of cutting transforms the page into raw material. Reassemble at will.

DADA1916

Anti-Rational Design

Logic is the enemy of art. The Dadaists knew this. Do your interfaces know this?

POP ART1960

Mass Media as Medium

Newspaper fragments, magazine headlines, advertising slogans — all valid material.

TEXTURE1954

Paper Speaks

The grain, the tooth, the yellowing edges — every surface holds memory and character.

MANIFESTO2024

Rules Are Clippings

Even design rules can be cut, rearranged, and pasted onto new surfaces. Nothing is fixed.

04 / Components

Cut-PasteUI

Every component carries the marks of assembly — mismatched borders, colliding type, tape traces.

Collage Buttons

Collage Card

FRAGMENT NO. 07— from the archive

Assembled Fragment

A card that knows it is a clipping. Layered paper, mismatched borders, the physical memory of scissors and paste.

1968

Typewriter Input

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05 / Typography

Four Voices,One Text

The same phrase rendered four ways. Click each style to see the philosophy in action.

Design is Collage

Classical authority. Newspaper headlines. Timeless cut.

Design is Collage

Design is Collage

Design is Collage

06 / Color

Paint Chips

Swatches cut from different sources — each one carrying its own angle and history.

Dark Charcoal

#2d2d2d

Primary

Cut Red

#e74c3c

Accent Red

Magazine Blue

#3498db

Accent Blue

Paste Yellow

#f39c12

Accent Yellow

Scrap Purple

#9b59b6

Accent Purple

“Color in collage is not chosen — it is found. The red that bleeds from a magazine advertisement carries more truth than any Pantone swatch.”

— Studio Note, 1968
07 / Manifesto

The Wall

Click any statement to pin it. Collect what matters to you.

CUT

08 / Guidelines

Pinned Flyers

Two flyers, torn from different sources, pinned side by side. Read both.

DO

Embrace These

APPROVED / 1968
  • 01Layer elements at conflicting angles — collision is the aesthetic
  • 02Mix serif, sans, and mono fonts in a single composition
  • 03Treat borders as decorative artifacts: torn, dashed, double, bold
  • 04Use warm cream #f5f0e8 as the base paper surface
  • 05Add tape-strip decorations to suggest physical assembly
  • 06Scatter typographic fragments — dates, numbers, small text ghosts
  • 07Embrace intentional asymmetry and visual tension
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NO

Avoid These

PROHIBITED / ALWAYS
  • 01Never use uniform, consistent spacing across all elements
  • 02Never constrain all text to one font family or weight
  • 03Never round all corners to the same radius — vary wildly
  • 04Never use clean, aligned grid layouts without any rotation
  • 05Never leave surfaces without texture cues — paper needs grain
  • 06Never use flat, monochrome color schemes — collage demands contrast
  • 07Never make hover states the same as resting states
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