Brutalist

Raw. Functional. Unapologetic. Heavy borders, stark contrast, no rounded corners.

Technologies Demonstrated

[Alpine] Copy-to-clipboard with x-data + @click, state reset with setTimeout

[Alpine] Toggle demo — x-bind:class for conditional styling

[HTMX] hx-post form submission with hx-target + hx-swap

[Alpine] Collapsible card panels with x-show + x-transition

Color Palette

[Alpine]

Primary

Secondary

Accent

Surface

Muted

Click any swatch to copy hex value to clipboard.

<div class="grid grid-cols-2 sm:grid-cols-3 md:grid-cols-6 gap-4">
				@colorSwatch("Primary", "--color-primary")
				@colorSwatch("Secondary", "--color-secondary")
				@colorSwatch("Accent", "--color-accent")
				@colorSwatch("BG", "--color-bg")
				@colorSwatch("Surface", "--color-surface")
				@colorSwatch("Muted", "--color-text-muted")
			</div>

Typography

Display — 3.5rem / Bold

BRUTALISM

Heading — 1.75rem / Bold

The Grid Is Your Canvas

Body — 1rem / Regular

Brutalist design strips away decoration to expose function. Every element serves a purpose. Nothing is hidden. Everything is raw.

Body Italic — 1rem / Italic

"Form ever follows function." — Louis Sullivan

Caption — 0.75rem / Regular

Figure 1. — Raw concrete texture, unfinished surfaces, exposed structure.

Spacing Scale

Base unit: 4px

4px

8px

16px

24px

32px

48px

64px

Buttons

[Alpine]

Sizes

Variants

Toggle Demo [Alpine]

State: OFF

<div x-data="{ active: false }" class="flex items-center gap-6">
						<button
							class="px-4 py-2 text-sm font-bold uppercase border-2 font-mono cursor-pointer transition-all"
							style="border-color: var(--border-color)"
							{ templ.Attributes{
								"@click": "active = !active",
								":style": "active ? 'border-color: var(--border-color); background: var(--color-primary); color: var(--color-bg); box-shadow: none; transform: translate(0,0)' : 'border-color: var(--border-color); background: var(--color-bg); color: var(--color-primary)'",
								":class": "active ? '' : 'brut-btn-secondary'",
							}... }
						>
							<span x-text="active ? 'ACTIVE' : 'INACTIVE'">INACTIVE</span>
						</button>
						<p class="text-xs font-mono" style="color: var(--color-text-muted)" x-text="active ? 'State: ON' : 'State: OFF'">State: OFF</p>
					</div>

Forms

[HTMX] [Alpine]

<form
					hx-post="/guides/brutalist/demo-form"
					hx-target="#form-response"
					hx-swap="innerHTML"
					hx-indicator="#brut-submit"
					class="space-y-6"
				>
					<!-- Text input -->
					<div>
						<label class="block text-xs font-bold uppercase mb-1 font-mono" for="brut-name">Name</label>
						<input
							id="brut-name"
							name="name"
							type="text"
							placeholder="Enter your name..."
							class="brut-input w-full px-3 py-2 text-sm font-mono"
						/>
					</div>
					<!-- Select -->
					<div>
						<label class="block text-xs font-bold uppercase mb-1 font-mono" for="brut-select">Category</label>
						<select id="brut-select" name="category" class="brut-input w-full px-3 py-2 text-sm font-mono cursor-pointer">
							<option value="">-- Select --</option>
							<option value="architecture">Architecture</option>
							<option value="design">Design</option>
							<option value="engineering">Engineering</option>
						</select>
					</div>
					<!-- Checkboxes -->
					<div>
						<p class="text-xs font-bold uppercase mb-2 font-mono">Preferences</p>
						<div class="space-y-2">
							<label class="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-sm font-mono">
								<input type="checkbox" name="pref" value="raw" class="w-4 h-4 border-2 rounded-none cursor-pointer" style="border-color: var(--border-color)"/>
								Raw aesthetic
							</label>
							<label class="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-sm font-mono">
								<input type="checkbox" name="pref" value="functional" class="w-4 h-4 border-2 rounded-none cursor-pointer" style="border-color: var(--border-color)"/>
								Function over form
							</label>
							<label class="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-sm font-mono">
								<input type="checkbox" name="pref" value="honest" class="w-4 h-4 border-2 rounded-none cursor-pointer" style="border-color: var(--border-color)"/>
								Honest materials
							</label>
						</div>
					</div>
					<!-- Radio buttons -->
					<div>
						<p class="text-xs font-bold uppercase mb-2 font-mono">Weight</p>
						<div class="space-y-2">
							<label class="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-sm font-mono">
								<input type="radio" name="weight" value="light" class="w-4 h-4 border-2 cursor-pointer" style="border-color: var(--border-color)"/>
								Light
							</label>
							<label class="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-sm font-mono">
								<input type="radio" name="weight" value="regular" checked class="w-4 h-4 border-2 cursor-pointer" style="border-color: var(--border-color)"/>
								Regular
							</label>
							<label class="flex items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-sm font-mono">
								<input type="radio" name="weight" value="bold" class="w-4 h-4 border-2 cursor-pointer" style="border-color: var(--border-color)"/>
								Bold
							</label>
						</div>
					</div>
					<!-- Submit -->
					<div>
						<button type="submit" class="brut-btn-primary px-6 py-2 text-sm font-bold uppercase cursor-pointer"id="brut-submit">
							Submit Form
							<span class="brut-indicator font-mono"> ...</span>
						</button>
					</div>
				</form>

Cards & Panels

[Alpine]

Basic Card

STATIC

A standard content container. Hard borders, flat shadow, zero radius. No decoration. Pure structure.

Expandable Panel

Hidden content revealed on expand. Alpine.js powers the toggle with no server round-trip needed.

// Raw data block

status: EXPANDED

type: brutalist

border-radius: 0px

<div class="brut-card" x-data="{ expanded: false }">
					<div
						class="p-6 cursor-pointer flex items-center justify-between"
						{ templ.Attributes{"@click": "expanded = !expanded"}... }
					>
						<h3 class="text-base font-bold uppercase font-mono">Expandable Panel</h3>
						<span class="text-xl font-bold font-mono transition-transform" { templ.Attributes{":class": "expanded ? 'rotate-45' : ''"}... }>+</span>
					</div>
					<div x-show="expanded" class="px-6 pb-6 border-t-2" style="border-color: var(--border-color)">
						<p class="text-sm font-mono pt-4" style="color: var(--color-text-muted)">
							Hidden content revealed on expand. Alpine.js powers the toggle
							with no server round-trip needed.
						</p>
						<div class="mt-4 p-3 font-mono text-xs" style="background: var(--color-primary); color: var(--color-bg)">
							<p>{ "// Raw data block" }</p>
							<p>status: EXPANDED</p>
							<p>type: brutalist</p>
							<p>border-radius: 0px</p>
						</div>
					</div>
				</div>

Warning Panel

This is an alert/notice panel using the accent color. Hard edges. Cannot be ignored.

Tabs

[Alpine]

Design is not decoration. Design is function made visible. Every pixel, every border, every shadow must justify its existence.

<div x-data="{ tab: 'design' }">
				<div class="flex" style="border-bottom: 2px solid var(--color-primary);">
					for _, t := range []struct{ id, label string }{
						{"design", "DESIGN"},
						{"code", "CODE"},
						{"docs", "DOCS"},
					} {
						<button
							class="brut-tab"
							{ templ.Attributes{
								":class": "tab==='" + t.id + "' ? 'brut-tab brut-tab-active' : 'brut-tab'",
								"@click": "tab='" + t.id + "'",
							}... }
						>{ t.label }</button>
					}
				</div>
				<div class="brut-card p-6" style="border-top: none;">
					<div x-show="tab==='design'">
						<p class="text-sm font-mono">Design is not decoration. Design is function made visible. Every pixel, every border, every shadow must justify its existence.</p>
					</div>
					<div x-show="tab==='code'" style="display: none;">
						<p class="text-sm font-mono">Code is structure. Like brutalist architecture, the structure is not hidden behind a facade — it is the facade. What you see is what it does.</p>
					</div>
					<div x-show="tab==='docs'" style="display: none;">
						<p class="text-sm font-mono">Documentation is honest. It does not promise what it cannot deliver. It does not hide complexity behind friendly language.</p>
					</div>
				</div>
			</div>