Taste Engine Logo FRUTIGER AERO v0.13.1
FRUTIGER AERO · CLASSIC AERO

Optimistic Computing Under a Clear Blue Digital Sky

Translucent sky-tinted glass and tactile acrylic controls illuminated by directional daylight—uniting atmospheric clarity with physical affordance.

$ npx @kennedys0/taste-engine init --style frutiger-aero
AERO MATERIAL OBJECT // CLASSIC LIGHT: 135° UPPER-LEFT · 16PX BLUR
Refractive Glass & Acrylic ACTIVE

Translucent glass panel blurring the sunlit horizon behind it, paired with raised acrylic controls.

ENVIRONMENT BEHIND GLASS SUNLIT SKY HORIZON
Tactile Push Affordance Press travel: +1.5px inset
68%
SECTION 3 & 4 // MATERIAL HIERARCHY & PHYSICAL CONTROLS

Material Vocabulary & Button State Workbench

Glass panels transmit environmental light, acrylic buttons provide raised tactile affordance, and input wells sit recessed into the surface plane.

INSPECTING: 3.1 AERO GLASS PANEL
backdrop-filter: blur(14px) saturate(155%); border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.96);
135° Upper-Left Light
SECTION 4 // BUTTON SYSTEM

Physical States & Size Hierarchy

4.1 PRIMARY MOLDED AQUA 40px height · 10px radius · Upper sheen
4.2 SECONDARY FROSTED Translucent acrylic · Directional rim
6 States Verified
SECTION 7 // THREE EXPRESSIONS

Variant Differentiation Matrix

Each variant adjusts backdrop blur, surface opacity, specular highlight intensity, and control bevel geometry.

DEFAULT EXPRESSION

Classic Aero

Balanced fusion of translucent sky-glass panels, compact molded aqua buttons, and upper-left daylight reflections.

  • Panel Treatment14px Blur · 76% Sky Glass
  • Upper Sheen68% Curved Reflection
  • Button Geometry10px Molded Acrylic
  • Surface DepthDirectional Rim + Shadow
REFRACTION EMPHASIS

Aero Glass

Higher surface transparency (54% fill), deeper 22px backdrop refraction, and crisp crystalline white borders.

  • Panel Treatment22px Blur · 54% Crystal Pane
  • Upper Sheen82% Specular Glint
  • Button Geometry12px Translucent Gel
  • Surface DepthFloating Multi-Plane Rim
HARDWARE EMPHASIS

Aero Tactile

High-density contoured acrylic plates (94% fill), 8px button corners, deeper recessed wells, and 2.5px lower bevels.

  • Panel Treatment8px Blur · 94% Acrylic Plate
  • Upper Sheen56% Contoured Ridge
  • Button Geometry8px Hardware Switch Cap
  • Surface Depth2.5px Bevel + Sunken Well
INTERACTIVE PROOF OF WORK // 6 APPLICATION TEMPLATES

Live Frutiger Aero Studio Cockpit

AERO_OS // CLASSIC_AERO_SHELL
SUNLIT CLOUD WORKSPACE

Atmospheric Clarity with Tactile Precision

Glass surfaces transmit environmental sky tones while molded acrylic controls provide clear physical feedback on hover and press.

Regional Hydro Routing ONLINE · 99.98%

Balanced load distribution across 14 clean-energy clusters.

Optical Surface Refraction 135° UPPER-LEFT

Directional top-left specular rims with solid fallback support.

CLEAN OUTPUT
1,420 MW
+14.2% Surplus
NETWORK LATENCY
11.4 ms
Stable Horizon
THERMAL BALANCE
21.0 °C
Optimal Cooling
Cluster Node Material Profile Contrast Status
LAGOON-NORTH-01 Classic Aero (14px Blur) 11.9:1 AAA SYNCHRONIZED
CRYSTAL-REEF-02 Aero Glass (22px Blur) 9.2:1 AAA REFRACTING
TERRACE-LEAF-03 Aero Tactile (Beveled Plate) 12.1:1 AAA OPTIMAL

Aero Cloud Identity

Sign in to your workspace

DESIGN NOTE // MATERIAL COHERENCE

Why Coherent Lighting Defines Frutiger Aero

Authentic Frutiger Aero interfaces treat glass and acrylic as physical materials under a single directional light source. Translucent panels blur the horizon behind them, while raised buttons catch upper-left highlights and depress cleanly when clicked.

“Glass provides atmospheric lightness; tactile acrylic provides unmistakable physical affordance.”

Glassmorphism governs structural containers (translucent fills, backdrop refraction, directional edge highlights), while Skeuomorphism governs interactive controls (raised molded acrylic buttons, recessed input wells, and physical press compression).
Command wells use a compact 44px single-row container with horizontal code scrolling and a pinned Copy button so long CLI commands never wrap into oversized capsules.
COMPONENT ANATOMY & VERIFICATION

Tactile Control Matrix & Guardrails

Balanced 2×2 control matrices, equal-height split columns, and explicit Pass/Fail visual gates.

ANATOMY 01 // MOLDED CONTROLS & WELLS

2×2 Button & Recessed Input Matrix

Buttons use compact 40px height and upper-left curved reflections; inputs sit inside directionally recessed wells.

LIGHT: 135° UPPER-LEFT WCAG AA VERIFIED
MODULE A // GLASS REFRACTION 14px–22px Blur

Environmental Light Transmission

Glass panels use translucent fills over contrasting horizon layers with brighter top-left edges and cooler bottom-right borders.

MODULE B // PRESS AFFORDANCE +1.5px Travel

Restrained Physical Depression

Pressed buttons translate downward 1.5px, compress their outer drop shadow, reduce upper sheen opacity, and reveal an inset top bevel.

PASS // COHERENT AERO SYSTEM GLASS + SKEUO

Translucent glass panels over contrasting environmental layers, compact 40px–44px molded acrylic buttons with upper-left specular reflections, and single-row scrollable mobile command wells.

FAIL // ANTI-PATTERNS REJECTED

Opaque white boxes pretending to be glass, inflated plastic capsule buttons with harsh white stripes, wireframe placeholder art, or multi-line wrapped mobile command pills.

GATE 01 // GLASS + SKEUO

Material Hierarchy

Distinct roles for environmental backdrops, translucent glass panels, raised acrylic buttons, and recessed wells.

GATE 02 // BUTTON PROPORTIONS

Compact Tactile Controls

Disciplined 34px/40px/44px heights, curved upper-left highlights, and all 6 interactive states.

GATE 03 // SHARED LIGHTING

135° Upper-Left Light

Consistent top-left highlights and bottom-right contour shading across panels, buttons, and wells.

GATE 04 // MOBILE PRECISION

320px–468px Composition

Compact scrollable command well, balanced touch targets, and zero horizontal overflow.

GATE 05 // READABILITY

WCAG AA Contrast

Deep ocean #11324D on light glass and #F7FBFD on dark reef glass maintain high legibility.

GATE 06 // FALLBACKS

Motion & Blur Safety

Includes solid surface fallbacks for browsers without backdrop-filter and reduced-motion guards.

ZERO-FRICTION SETUP // CLI & STANDALONE SKILL

Install Frutiger Aero in Seconds

Equip your AI coding agent with the Frutiger Aero style pack, Tailwind preset, and shadcn/ui theme tokens.

# Initialize only the Frutiger Aero style pack into your workspace:
npx @kennedys0/taste-engine init --style frutiger-aero

# Or install the standalone skill directly via npx skills:
npx skills add Kennedys0/taste-engine/optional-standalone-skills/taste-style-frutiger-aero -y
# Install the complete Taste Engine router (all 10 canonical styles + SEO module):
npx @kennedys0/taste-engine init

# Verify pack integrity & contrast guardrails:
python3 skills/taste-engine/scripts/validate-pack.py
/* Import the production Frutiger Aero surface & tactile button stylesheet */
@import "skills/taste-engine/examples/frutiger-aero/glossy-surfaces.css";

/* Or activate the shadcn/ui Frutiger Aero theme on your root container */
<html data-theme="frutiger-aero" data-expression="classic">
WORKS NATIVELY WITH: Claude Code Cursor Windsurf Codex CLI Gemini CLI Antigravity GitHub Copilot Cline / Roo
CORE DESIGN DOCTRINE // 3 PILLARS

Frutiger Aero Architectural Principles

01 // MATERIAL CREDIBILITY

Glass + Skeuomorphism Fusion

Glass panels visually transmit and blur the environment behind them, while acrylic controls provide raised, touchable physical surfaces.

02 // SHARED LIGHTING

Upper-Left Directional Light

Every panel, button, recessed well, and focal lens shares a coherent upper-left light source—creating natural highlights and subtle lower contour shadows.

03 // DISCIPLINED PROPORTIONS

Responsive & Accessible Clarity

Controls maintain compact, balanced dimensions across desktop and mobile viewports without inflated capsules, overflow, or unreadable text.