# Build brief: Memphis

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 festival program with patterned section dividers and clean schedule cards.

A graphic interpretation of the Memphis design group's playful clashes of shape, pattern, and color. It is intentionally more unruly than a modernist geometric system.

## Essential cues
- Clashing patterns
- Playful geometry
- Bold color blocks

## Recipe
- Choose a limited set of patterns.
- Place them in margins or illustration.
- Keep the reading area comparatively quiet.

## Optional decoration
A small set of original patterns gives the page coherence.

## Avoid
Putting competing patterns behind text or treating every bright geometric layout as Memphis.

## Values and validation
Read [tokens](/territories/memphis/tokens.json) and [acceptance checklist](/territories/memphis/checklist.md). Use [the working example](/territories/memphis/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.