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industrial-brutalist-ui

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Use when creating raw industrial or tactical telemetry UIs with rigid grids, stark typography, CRT effects, and high-density data.

When to use

• Use when the user wants a brutalist, industrial, Swiss-print, CRT terminal, or tactical telemetry interface.
• Use when building data-heavy dashboards, portfolios, editorial pages, or command-center UIs that should feel raw and mechanical.
• Use when a design must reject soft gradients, rounded consumer UI, glassmorphism, and generic SaaS card layouts.

When not to use

• This style is intentionally severe and may not fit consumer products, accessibility-sensitive flows, or brands that require warmth and softness.
• CRT, halftone, dithering, and degradation effects must be tested for readability, contrast, and motion sensitivity.
• Do not mix the light industrial and dark telemetry palettes in the same interface unless the user explicitly asks for a controlled hybrid.

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