Minimalsystem
Dieter Rams
This prompt produces genuinely distinct output
Generates UI inspired by Dieter Rams' 10 Principles of Good Design ā extreme functional minimalism, Braun-era industrial aesthetics, deliberate restraint, and the conviction that less but better is the only way.
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Added February 16, 2026 by unslop.dev
Example output
Functional product card
Product
RT-20 Interface Module
A single-purpose module for routing audio signals. Four inputs, one output. No unnecessary features.
$120.00
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<div style="padding: 2rem; background: #f5f5f3;">
<div style="max-width: 24rem; background: #fff; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.05), 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.04); padding: 1.5rem;">
<div style="display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: flex-start; margin-bottom: 1rem;">
<div>
<p style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.05em; color: #999; margin: 0 0 0.375rem 0;">Product</p>
<h3 style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 500; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0;">RT-20 Interface Module</h3>
</div>
<span style="width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%; background: #2d8c3c; flex-shrink: 0; margin-top: 0.375rem;"></span>
</div>
<p style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #666; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0 0 1.25rem 0;">A single-purpose module for routing audio signals. Four inputs, one output. No unnecessary features.</p>
<div style="display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; padding-top: 1rem; border-top: 1px solid #e5e5e5;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a;">$120<span style="font-size: 11px; color: #999;">.00</span></span>
<button style="background: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 2px; padding: 0.375rem 1rem; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; cursor: pointer;">Details</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>Control buttons
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<div style="padding: 2rem; background: #fff; display: flex; gap: 0.5rem; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center;"> <button style="background: transparent; color: #1a1a1a; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 2px; padding: 0.375rem 1rem; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; cursor: pointer;">Primary</button> <button style="background: transparent; color: #666; border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 2px; padding: 0.375rem 1rem; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; cursor: pointer;">Secondary</button> <button style="background: transparent; color: #cc3333; border: 1px solid rgba(204,51,51,0.3); border-radius: 2px; padding: 0.375rem 1rem; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; cursor: pointer;">Remove</button> <button style="background: transparent; color: #ccc; border: 1px solid #e5e5e5; border-radius: 2px; padding: 0.375rem 1rem; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 400; cursor: not-allowed;">Disabled</button> </div>
System status panel
System Status
API Gateway
12ms
Database Cluster
34ms
Search Index
degraded
Cache Layer
2ms
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<div style="padding: 2rem; background: #f5f5f3;">
<div style="max-width: 28rem; background: #fff; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.05), 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.04);">
<div style="padding: 1rem 1.5rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;">
<p style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.05em; color: #999; margin: 0;">System Status</p>
</div>
<div style="padding: 0.875rem 1.5rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #f0f0f0; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a;">API Gateway</span>
<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #999;">12ms</span>
<span style="width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%; background: #2d8c3c;"></span>
</div>
</div>
<div style="padding: 0.875rem 1.5rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #f0f0f0; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a;">Database Cluster</span>
<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #999;">34ms</span>
<span style="width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%; background: #2d8c3c;"></span>
</div>
</div>
<div style="padding: 0.875rem 1.5rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #f0f0f0; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a;">Search Index</span>
<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #e08030;">degraded</span>
<span style="width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%; background: #e08030;"></span>
</div>
</div>
<div style="padding: 0.875rem 1.5rem; display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a;">Cache Layer</span>
<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #999;">2ms</span>
<span style="width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%; background: #2d8c3c;"></span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>Precise data grid
Quarterly Output
Module
Units
Revenue
Status
RT-20
2,418
$290k
active
SK-4
847
$102k
eol
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<div style="padding: 2rem; background: #fff;">
<div style="max-width: 30rem;">
<p style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.05em; color: #999; margin: 0 0 1rem 0;">Quarterly Output</p>
<div style="display: grid; grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr 1fr 1fr; gap: 0; border-top: 1px solid #e5e5e5;">
<div style="padding: 0.625rem 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #999; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.03em; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;">Module</div>
<div style="padding: 0.625rem 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #999; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;">Units</div>
<div style="padding: 0.625rem 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #999; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;">Revenue</div>
<div style="padding: 0.625rem 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #999; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;">Status</div>
<div style="padding: 0.625rem 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a; border-bottom: 1px solid #f0f0f0;">RT-20</div>
<div style="padding: 0.625rem 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1px solid #f0f0f0;">2,418</div>
<div style="padding: 0.625rem 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1px solid #f0f0f0;">$290k</div>
<div style="padding: 0.625rem 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #2d8c3c; text-align: right; border-bottom: 1px solid #f0f0f0;">active</div>
<div style="padding: 0.625rem 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a;">SK-4</div>
<div style="padding: 0.625rem 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: right;">847</div>
<div style="padding: 0.625rem 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #1a1a1a; text-align: right;">$102k</div>
<div style="padding: 0.625rem 0; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #cc3333; text-align: right;">eol</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>System prompt
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You generate UI inspired by Dieter Rams and the Braun design philosophy ā the belief that good design is as little design as possible. Extreme functional minimalism, every element serves a purpose, nothing decorative, nothing arbitrary. The aesthetic of 1960s Braun products: white and light gray surfaces, precise grid alignment, functional color (green for on, red for off), and the quiet confidence of objects designed to disappear into usefulness. VISUAL RULES: - Background: Pure white (#ffffff) or very light warm gray (#f5f5f3). The quietest possible canvas. - Surfaces: White (#ffffff) with the subtlest possible shadow. `box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.05), 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.04)`. Barely there. - Text: Near-black (#1a1a1a) for primary. Medium gray (#666666) for secondary. Light gray (#999999) for tertiary. - Functional color: Green (#2d8c3c) for active/on states. Red (#cc3333) for off/error. Orange (#e08030) for attention. Colors are ONLY used functionally ā they indicate state, never decorate. - No accent color for branding. The design IS the brand. - Typography: Clean, precise Swiss sans-serif. `font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Arial', sans-serif`. Regular weight for body, medium for headings. Never bold. Precise size hierarchy: 11px labels, 13px body, 15px subheads, 20px headings. - Borders: 1px solid #e5e5e5. Extremely thin and subtle. Only where functionally necessary to separate regions. - Border radius: 4px maximum. Subtle, functional rounding. Usually 2px. - Spacing: Mathematical precision. 8px grid. Consistent margins. Symmetrical where possible. Alignment is sacred. - Grid: Strict columnar alignment. Every element aligns to something else. Visual order through structure. SPECIFIC PATTERNS: - Cards: White, minimal shadow, 2px radius. Content follows a strict typographic grid inside. No decorative elements. - Buttons: Very restrained. Small, 1px border, no fill (outlined). Or: very subtle gray fill. Text is regular weight, not bold. Buttons are understated ā the content is important, not the chrome. - Inputs: 1px border, white bg, 2px radius. Focus: border becomes slightly darker. That's it. - Status indicators: Small (8px) circles. Green/red/orange. Functional signaling only. - Labels: 11px, uppercase, letter-spacing 0.05em, #999. Small and out of the way. - Numbers/data: Clean, regular weight, right-aligned in columns. Units slightly smaller and lighter. - Dividers: 1px #e5e5e5. Used sparingly between functional groups. ANTI-PATTERNS: - No decoration. No ornament. No flair. No personality. - No bold text. Medium weight maximum. - No large text. Nothing above 24px. - No color for decoration. Color = function only. - No thick borders. 1px maximum. - No heavy shadows. Near-invisible separation. - No rounded corners above 4px. - No serif fonts. No display fonts. Helvetica is the answer. - No icons unless absolutely necessary for comprehension.
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