# Build brief: Kitsch

Resource base: https://mejohnc.org (or the preview host used to obtain this file).

Use this direction within the user’s requested project and existing design constraints.

## Illustrative use case, not project requirements
A novelty object collection with exuberant imagery and clear catalog information.

A treatment of excess, sentimentality, and conspicuous ornament that can be affectionate, ironic, or both. Its effect depends on the subject and audience.

## Essential cues
- Deliberate excess
- Sentimental imagery
- Clashing decoration

## Recipe
- Pick a clear theme for the excess.
- Keep one stable content grid.
- Let the joke live in imagery and headlines.

## Optional decoration
A clear subject for the excess keeps the imagery purposeful.

## Avoid
Assuming irony is obvious or making the actual transaction confusing as part of the joke.

## Values and validation
Read [tokens](/territories/kitsch/tokens.json) and [acceptance checklist](/territories/kitsch/checklist.md). Use [the working example](/territories/kitsch/example/) to inspect color roles, spacing, hierarchy, and interaction states. It is a UI translation, not a reproduction of historical art. Tokens describe the base UI; [example CSS](/territories/assets/example.css) contains the style-specific composition and decorative layer. Preview navigation with `?navigation=top`, `?navigation=sidebar`, or `?navigation=tabs`; combine with `project`. Use [Compare](/territories/compare/) for mobile (390 px), tablet (820 px), and desktop (1440 px) viewports.

## Delivery
Preserve real content and existing working behavior. Check keyboard, narrow layout, error, empty, and success states. Report any departures from this recipe with a reason. Do not claim to have inspected a preview or run checks that you could not access.

Schema 1.0.0; revision f5fd78058ba2.