Chapter 02 · The Method
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BURN THE STYLEGUIDE
Destroy
1
Steal every typeface you find
Cut letters from newspapers, magazines, cereal boxes — nothing is sacred, everything is material.
2
Alignment is for cowards
If your grid is perfect, you're not trying hard enough. Crooked is honest.
3
If it looks professional, start over
Polish is a lie told by people who've never made anything real.
4
The machine is your bandmate
Every copy pass adds noise, adds character. Embrace the degradation.
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This is the Punk Xerox 1977 design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Punk Xerox 1977 guide → designbycurio.com/learn/punk-xerox-1977