Constructivist
Type Stack
Three rows of bold slab letters (TYPE / STACK / 1923) slide and pop along a tilted red diagonal bar; a white square ticks back and forth across the axis.
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When to use it
Constructivist or brutalist hero backgrounds, retro design showcases, editorial motion posters.
When not to
Contexts requiring legible text — letters are decorative and stagger-animate. Avoid on light backgrounds without CSS edits.
Working with an AI agent
Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:
Change the words to 'FORM / SPACE / 2024', swap the red axis color to deep blue (#1a237e), and slow the cycle to 9s. Theme: dark tokens live in :root, the light variant in :root[data-theme="light"]; ?theme=light or a {type:'forever:theme'} postMessage switches at runtime.
Safe to edit
- axis/bar color (--cv08-red)
- row shift percentages (11%, -13%, 7%)
- animation cycle duration (6.4s)
- slab font size (clamp 34px–116px)
- text content in .cv08-row spans
- theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)
Keep intact
- IIFE visibility-pause handler
- prefers-reduced-motion static fallback
- cv08- CSS namespace prefix
- role=img + aria-label on stage
- theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)
Known limitations
- Font falls back to Impact/system-ui — no variable-font axis, so weight is fixed at 900
- Background color hardcoded in CSS variable --cv08-bg; must edit root to change dark theme
More Constructivist components
- Diagonal ThrustRed and black arrow-tipped slabs sweep along a -28° diagonal axis over a black field; a dark-red disc and a bold type bar anchor the composition.
- Red WedgeRed wedge drives into a recoiling black disc, scattering shards; bold slab type fades in after impact. Looping Constructivist poster animation.
- Rotodynamic18 slab bars and word spokes radiate from an off-center hub, rotating at staggered speeds in a Rodchenko red-black-bone palette.
- Floating FormsSuprematist field: tilted black square anchors red and off-white bars, squares, and a dot drifting in slow staggered CSS cycles on near-black.
- MegaphoneA Constructivist megaphone emits expanding concentric red and paper-white arc rings across a dark field with bold diagonal bars. Runs autonomously.
- Gear PosterThree SVG gears spin at different speeds while red diagonal bars slam in and slab-type text assembles — all on a dark constructivist grid.