--- version: "alpha" name: "Memphis Design" description: "Memphis style interface. Ideal for landing pages, saas. AI-ready template." colors: primary: "#FF71CE" secondary: "#FFCE5C" tertiary: "#86CCCA" neutral: "#6A7BB4" typography: h1: fontFamily: System UI stack fontSize: 2.25rem fontWeight: 700 body-md: fontFamily: System UI stack fontSize: 1rem fontWeight: 400 label-caps: fontFamily: System UI stack fontSize: 0.75rem fontWeight: 500 components: button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" textColor: "{colors.neutral}" padding: 12px --- ## Overview Memphis style interface. Ideal for landing pages, saas. AI-ready template. In 1981, Ettore Sottsass gathered a group of young architects and designers in his Milan apartment and basically told modernism to go to hell. The Memphis Group — named after a Bob Dylan song, not the city — exploded onto the design world with furniture and objects that were loud, clashing, and deliberately "ugly" by establishment standards. Laminate surfaces in garish colors. Geometric shapes stacked without logic. Squiggles treated as serious ornament. It was a middle finger to the beige rationalism that had dominated design for decades. The movement burned bright and fast — officially disbanding by 1987. But its DNA never really left. When web designers in the early 2020s started reaching for terrazzo patterns, scattered geometric confetti, and clashing pastels, they were channeling Memphis whether they knew it or not. The aesthetic hit perfectly: social media had primed audiences for visual maximalism, and the nostalgia cycle had rotated back to the 80s. Suddenly every creative agency landing page had floating shapes and zigzag dividers. What makes Memphis endure isn't the specific shapes — it's the permission it grants. Permission to be excessive, to reject good taste as a constraint, to treat the surface as playground rather than problem to solve. - Density: 5/10 — Balanced - Variance: 7/10 — Dynamic - Motion: 4/10 — Subtle - **Style:** Postmodern, Colorful, Geometric, Playful - **Keywords:** 80s, geometric, playful, postmodern, shapes, patterns, squiggles, triangles, neon, abstract, bold - **Era:** 1980s Postmodern - **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ✓ Full ## Colors - **#FF71CE** (#FF71CE) — Primary surface or dominant color - **#FFCE5C** (#FFCE5C) — Secondary surface or text color - **#86CCCA** (#86CCCA) — Supporting palette color - **#6A7BB4** (#6A7BB4) — Supporting palette color ## Typography - **Display / Hero:** System UI stack (-apple-system, sans-serif) — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact - **Body:** System UI stack (-apple-system, sans-serif) — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line - **UI Labels / Captions:** System UI stack (-apple-system, sans-serif) — 0.875rem, weight 500, slight letter-spacing - **Monospace:** JetBrains Mono — Used for code, metadata, and technical values Scale: - Hero: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4rem) - H1: 2.25rem - H2: 1.5rem - Body: 1rem / 1.6 - Small: 0.875rem ## Layout - **Grid:** CSS Grid primary. Max-width containment: 1280px centered with 1.5rem side padding. - **Spacing rhythm:** Balanced. Base unit: 0.5rem (8px). - **Section vertical gaps:** clamp(4rem, 8vw, 8rem). - **Hero layout:** Asymmetric composition. - **Feature sections:** Asymmetric grid with varied card sizes. No 3-equal-columns. - **Mobile collapse:** All multi-column layouts collapse below 768px. No horizontal overflow. - **z-index contract:** base (0) / sticky-nav (100) / overlay (200) / modal (300) / toast (500). ## Elevation & Depth transform: rotate(), clip-path: polygon(), mix-blend-mode, repeating patterns, bold shapes - **Physics:** Ease-out curves, 200-300ms duration. Smooth and predictable. - **Entry animations:** Fade + translate-Y (16px → 0) over 420ms ease-out. Staggered cascades for lists: 80ms between items. - **Hover states:** Subtle color shift + shadow adjustment over 200ms. - **Page transitions:** Fade only (200ms). - **Performance:** Only transform and opacity animated. No layout-triggering properties. ## Shapes Base corner radius: 8px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale. ## Components - **Primary Button:** Subtly rounded (0.5rem) shape. Accent color fill. Hover: 8% darken + subtle lift shadow. Active: -1px translate tactile press. Font weight 600. No outer glows. - **Secondary / Ghost Button:** Outline variant. 1.5px border in muted color. Text in primary color. Hover: subtle background fill. - **Cards:** Subtly rounded (0.5rem) corners. Surface background. Subtle shadow (0 2px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.06)). 1px border stroke. - **Inputs:** Label above input. 1px border stroke. Focus ring: 2px accent color offset 2px. Error text below in semantic red. No floating labels. - **Navigation:** Primary surface background. Active item: accent color indicator. Font weight 500 when active. - **Skeletons:** Shimmer animation matching component dimensions. No circular spinners. - **Empty States:** Icon-based composition with descriptive text and action button. ## Do's and Don'ts - No emojis in UI — use icon system only (Lucide, Heroicons) - No pure white (#FFFFFF) backgrounds — use off-white or dark surfaces - No oversaturated accent colors (saturation cap: 80%) - No 3-column equal-width feature layouts — use zig-zag or asymmetric grid - No `h-screen` — use `min-h-[100dvh]` - No AI copywriting clichés: "Elevate", "Seamless", "Unleash", "Next-Gen" - No broken external image links — use picsum.photos or inline SVG - No generic lorem ipsum in demos - Do Geometric shapes visible - Do Colors bold/clashing - Do Patterns present - Do Layout asymmetric - Do Playful decorations - Do 80s vibe achieved ## Use Case Landing pages, SaaS