# Build brief: Synthwave

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 concert page with a sunset poster and a clean date-and-ticket panel.

A retro-futurist visual vocabulary associated with synthwave music, drawing heavily on imagined 1980s nightscapes. It differs from vaporwave's collage and corporate nostalgia.

## Essential cues
- Neon horizon
- Sunset bands
- Perspective grid

## Recipe
- Keep the horizon in an illustration.
- Choose two neon accents.
- Use a dark solid surface for track and event details.

## Optional decoration
A horizon or poster illustration carries the genre reference.

## Avoid
Continuous glowing animation, unreadable outlined text, or calling it an original 1980s interface standard.

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