# Build brief: Vaporwave

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
An album archive with a surreal cover collage and plainly labeled listening links.

An internet-era collage aesthetic associated with vaporwave music, combining commercial nostalgia, surreal space, and degraded digital media. Its tone can be ambiguous rather than purely celebratory.

## Essential cues
- Pastel digital color
- Surreal collage
- Obsolete media references

## Recipe
- Compose one deliberate collage.
- Use degraded texture as an image layer.
- Keep navigation outside the distortion.

## Optional decoration
A purposeful collage matters more than adding random retro symbols.

## Avoid
Random Japanese text as decoration, inaccessible glitch effects, or assuming every work makes the same political argument.

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