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Heavy Metal Vending Machine
This design system feels like a heavy metal concert flyer brought to life as a direct-to-consumer brand. The aesthetic is built on brutalist principles: a stark palette of pure black and white, zero rounded corners, and aggressive, uppercase typography. This creates a hard, confrontational edge, deliberately rejecting the soft, approachable look of typical beverage companies. Splashes of antique gold in logos and links are the only moments of warmth, acting like a glint of metal on a matte black surface. The layout uses full-bleed, high-contrast sections, creating a jarring, powerful rhythm that mirrors the brand's 'Murder Your Thirst' tagline.
Use 0px border-radius for all buttons, inputs, cards, and containers.
Set all major headlines in uppercase Acumin Pro.
Rely on stark Death Black and Bone White for primary backgrounds and text.
Use full-bleed, high-contrast black and white sections to structure the page.
Reserve Polished Gold and Antique Gold for logotypes and hyper-specific accents.
Maintain high-contrast text accessibility (AAA) for all body copy.
Use sharp, rectangular product imagery on solid Ash Gray backgrounds.
Never use rounded corners on any element.
Do not use drop shadows or gradients for elevation.
Avoid using sentence case for primary headlines.
Don't use the gold colors for standard UI components like buttons or inputs.
Do not introduce any soft or playful colors into the palette.
Avoid subtle gray-on-gray text combinations.
Don't use lifestyle photography; focus on the product or provocative concepts.
