Stylogeny
An atlas of graphic-design styles
403 graphic-design styles from 13 world regions, from Islamic geometry and ukiyo-e to Ghanaian movie posters and neo-brutalist web. Each one is described by the design choices that make it, with its history, its lineage, real works and sources.
- Works no.
- 001 of 31
- Status
- Live
- Work began
- 15 Oct 2026
- Where
- stylogeny.com
- Made by
- Laurens van Riel, 42workspace, Rotterdam
In numbers
- 403styles
- 150design choices
- 13world regions
What is inside
- 150 design choices in 10 facets: layout, space, type, colour, form, surface, ornament, imagery, medium and tone
- Describe a project in plain words and get the styles that fit, with the reasons
- Analyse a website to see which styles it draws on
How it is built
A React app in one container on Bunny, for about $4 a month. The atlas is plain data, and every style also has a plain-text page for language models.
The first of the family, on the floor above the foundation. Lumogeny runs on its engine, Morphogeny reads its styles and palettes, and Quotogeny classifies quotes the way it classifies styles.