Agent skill · design visual · leonxlnx
industrial-brutalist-ui
Raw mechanical interfaces fusing Swiss typographic print with military terminal aesthetics. Rigid grids, extreme type scale contrast, utilitarian color, analog degradation effects. For data-heavy dashboards, portfolios, or editorial sites that need to feel like declassified blueprints.
Why this skill is useful
Provides detailed design patterns and typographic specifications that enhance the AI's ability to create unique industrial-style UIs.
What it needs
About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-07-23. 73,329 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
SKILL: Industrial Brutalism & Tactical Telemetry UI 1. Skill Meta Name: Industrial Brutalism & Tactical Telemetry Interface Engineering Description: Advanced proficiency in architecting web interfaces that synthesize mid-century Swiss Typographic design, industrial manufacturing manuals, and retro-futuristic aerospace/military terminal interfaces. This discipline requires absolute mastery over rigid modular grids, extreme typographic scale contrast, purely utilitarian color palettes, and the programmatic simulation of analog degradation (halftones, CRT scanlines, bitmap dithering). The objective is to construct digital environments that project raw functionality, mechanical precision, and high data density, deliberately discarding conventional consumer UI patterns. 2. Visual Archetypes The design system operates by merging two distinct but highly compatible visual paradigms. Pick ONE per project and commit to it. Do not alternate or mix both modes within the same interface. 2.1 Swiss Industrial Print Derived from 1960s corporate identity systems and heavy machinery blueprints. Characteristics: High-contrast light modes (newsprint/off-white substrates). Reliance on monolithic, heavy sans-serif typography. Unforgiving structural grids outlined by visible dividing lines. Aggressive, asymmetric use of negative space punctuated by oversized, viewport-bleeding numerals or letterforms. Heavy use of primary red as an alert/accent color. 2.2 Tactical Telemetry & CRT Terminal Derived from classified military databases, legacy mainframes, and aerospace Heads-Up Displays (HUDs). Characteristics: Dark mode exclusivity. High-density tabular data presentation. Absolute dominance of monospaced typography. Integration of technical framing devices (ASCII brackets, crosshairs). Application of simulated hardware limitations (phosphor glow, scanlines, low bit-depth rendering). 3. Typographic Architecture Typography is the primary structural and decorative infrastructure. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills leonxlnx/brutalist-skill