One Grid, Five Zones

One Grid, Five Zones

Produce ONE image: an event poster whose lower half is a pixel map of the site. Follow every line below. Replace only the FIELDS block; everything after it is fixed.

First — do you have the fields?

If any field below still has braces around it, stop and ask. Put all the questions in one short message, and show the example under each one so they can see the shape of a useful answer. Wait for the replies, then draw. Never fill a brace yourself: a value you invented is a value nobody asked for, and it will look exactly as considered as the ones they did give you.

Ask in whatever language they are writing to you in. Translate the questions and the examples; do not make someone read English to tell you what they want.

The examples are only examples. If someone answers a question, use their answer; never fall back to the example because you prefer it.

If the fields are already filled in, ignore this and carry on.

Fields — replace these seven lines only

• The event and its month: {name, and a short month} e.g. VIBARY BUILD WEEK · Jul.
• The small line above: {one quiet line} e.g. make it by describing it
• The dates: {a run, with an arrow} e.g. 2026.07.18 → 07.24
• The five zones: {five, numbered, each with a short gloss} e.g. 1 Bench Row / where you build · 2 The Long Table / where you eat · 3 Quiet Floor / where you think · 4 The Wall / where you pin it up · 5 Late Room / where it ships
• The site's shape: {the ground plan, in words} e.g. a long courtyard running from the lower left to the upper right, with an open square at its centre and a narrow lane leaving the top corner
• The cell size: {one number, in pixels} e.g. a 24-pixel cell — every edge, icon and step is a whole number of cells
• The colours and the footer: {site, ground, accent, type · footer} e.g. muted indigo as the site colour, warm bone ground, soft ochre for the open square, charcoal type · footer: Vibary · vibary.ai

The one-grid law

Templates in this style ask for "pixelated stepped edges" in one sentence and "smooth rounded curves" in the next. A model obliges both, and the result is half pixel art and half vector drawing on the same page, which reads as neither.

One cell size governs everything below the date run. The fields declare it, and from that point:

• Every edge of the site is a staircase of whole cells. No diagonals, no curves, no anti-aliased corners.
• Every zone icon is built from the same cells, at the same size.
• Every decorative mark on the map — ripples, paths, markers — is a run of whole cells.
• Nothing below the date run is smooth. Nothing.

The check is simple: pick any two steps on the map and they should be the same height. If one edge curves, the grid was abandoned and the map stops being a construction.

The two registers

The poster has two visual languages and they must not blend:

• Above the date run — typographic and smooth. A heavy serif title, fine sans supporting text, hairline rules. Curves are welcome here.
• Below the date run — stepped and gridded. Everything is cells.

No stepped type in the title. No smooth shape in the map. The date run is the border between them.

The title register

• A small quiet line at the very top, in fine sans, two or three words.
• The event name in a heavy serif with generous letterspacing, the largest type on the page, across the upper third.
• The month abbreviation at the title's shoulder in bold sans.
• The date run beneath: large bold figures with a heavy arrow between them, a hairline above and below, one of them lifting into a shallow arc at its centre.

The map

The lower half of the poster:

• The site drawn as one filled shape in the site colour, following the ground plan the fields describe, its whole outline in even steps.
• The open area — square, water, clearing — in the accent colour, opening inside the site rather than beside it.
• Five zone icons placed where those zones sit on the site, each built from cells, each with its number, its name and a short gloss beside it in small type.
• A few runs of short horizontal cells across the open area, suggesting ripples or paths.

The colour and type

• Four flat colours: the site, the ground, one accent, one dark for type. Muted throughout, no gradient, no shadow, no outline.
• Two families only: one serif for the title, one sans for everything else.
• The size ladder is steep and explicit: title, then dates, then zone names, then footer, then the small line at top.

Never

• ✕ a curve, diagonal or rounded corner anywhere below the date run
• ✕ steps of differing heights, or icons built at a different cell size from the map
• ✕ stepped or pixelated type in the title register
• ✕ a sixth zone, or a zone without a name
• ✕ gradients, drop shadows, outlines, texture
• ✕ a legend box, a compass rose, a scale bar — the names sit on the map itself

The result

A poster that tells you what is on and where it is: a smooth typographic head, a map built honestly from one cell size, and five places you could actually find.