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design-masters from hermeticormus/libreuiux-claude-code is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add hermeticormus/libreuiux-claude-code/design-masters@git:20260930.b2b7be0

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Working profiles of Saul Bass, Massimo Vignelli, Dieter Rams, Paula Scher, Josef Müller-Brockmann, David Carson, and Paul Rand: key works, principles, and how to apply each in UI work. Use when a design needs a proven approach, a named reference to follow, or a lesson from a specific master.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Design Masters

Standing on the shoulders of giants. These designers didn't just create beautiful work—they articulated principles that remain relevant decades later.

## When to Use This Skill

- Seeking design inspiration with depth
- Understanding the reasoning behind classic design
- Applying proven approaches to modern problems
- Teaching through historical example
- Finding appropriate references for a design direction

## The Pantheon

### Saul Bass (1920-1996)
**Domain**: Film titles, corporate identity, posters
**Philosophy**: "Design is thinking made visual"

#### Signature Techniques
1. **Geometric Reduction**: Complex ideas → simple shapes
2. **Symbolic Metaphor**: Literal → abstract representation
3. **Motion in Stillness**: Static images implying movement
4. **Negative Space**: What's left out tells the story
5. **Limited Palette**: Powerful constraint

#### Essential Works
- **Man with the Golden Arm** (1955): First film title as design
- **Vertigo** (1958): Spiral as psychological symbol
- **AT&T Logo** (1984): Globe lines suggesting connection
- **Minolta Logo** (1981): Stylized 'm' as horizon

#### Apply His Lesson
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add hermeticormus/libreuiux-claude-code/design-masters@sha256:4dcac394b8da924f

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Source

GitHub

hermeticormus/libreuiux-claude-code · 118 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-04 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6uhioodtx7idbmpy
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=hermeticormus/libreuiux-claude-code/design-masters
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4dcac394b8da924fb929b8201238817d0774fd538126e5557474e5811b292a6e

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