Minimalism reduces a website page to essential forms, using little decoration or visual clutter. Contemporary design often favors stark, linear, orderly, mainly rectangular shapes over curves and ornament. section 6.8.4 section 7.1
Apply the technique by:
- Removing unnecessary decorative elements, colors, curves, and visual complexity. section 7.1
- Keeping proportion, balance, symmetry, and function visible rather than hiding them beneath ornament. section 7.1
- Uploading a page image to Midjourney or GPT and requesting a more minimalist revision. section 6.8.4
Minimalist revision
A typical website page can be uploaded to Midjourney with the --sref style-reference feature and a style weight of 800, then revised toward a cleaner, less cluttered appearance. section 6.8.4
Figure 7.2 The contemporary style called brutalism is an extreme example of the reaction against curves, color, ornament, and basic humanity. Apparently, even trees can’t survive within 200 yards of this.
Use the brutalist building image as an extreme visual reference for the contemporary rejection of curves, color, and ornament. section 7.1
