Japanese Minimal vs 3D Metal Material

Design Taste by Mustafa · Meng To

Tied at 4/5 on the same brief. Pick by fit: the rows below show where each one is stronger.

Same brief, opposite looks. Japanese Minimal is Minimalist and 3D Metal Material is Night Shift: see how far apart two good skills can take the same page.

Japanese Minimal4/5
After: Tally landing page, made with Japanese Minimal (Design Taste by Mustafa)
3D Metal Material4/5
After: Tally landing page, made with 3D Metal Material (Meng To)

Scroll either page; the other follows.

Japanese Minimal gives Tally a wabi-sabi ledger: Shippori Mincho headlines on rice paper, Zen Kaku Gothic New body text, a red hanko seal by the wordmark and a vertical line of text at the edge of the hero. Features and pricing are thin-ruled rows instead of cards, and the dashboard uses Roman-numeral navigation, three large figures with seal red only on the $640, and a quiet gray bar chart. It is the most restrained look in this batch and holds together on both pages and on a phone, though the small gray text is faint and the landing feels sparse. Pick it for studios, tea or wellness brands, or any product that wants stillness.

3D Metal Material gives Tally a dark studio look: Instrument Serif headlines with brass accents and a slowly tilting brushed-steel card in the hero, drawn live with WebGL. The dashboard puts the $640 on a machined steel plate and uses steel, brass and copper finishes on the bars and buttons. It feels premium and is consistent across both pages. Pick it when you want one rich 3D centerpiece on a dark product page.

Side by side

FieldJapanese Minimal (Design Taste by Mustafa)3D Metal Material (Meng To)
Fonts
  • Shippori Mincho
  • Zen Kaku Gothic New
  • Instrument Serif (landing)
  • Manrope
  • JetBrains Mono (landing)
  • IBM Plex Mono (dashboard)
Colors
  • #f4f1ea rice paper
  • #33302b sumi ink
  • #b3392a seal red
  • #8a8378 ash gray
  • #ece8df paper shade
  • #0a0b0d graphite
  • #15181c panel
  • #e2bd6e brass
  • #c9ced2 steel
  • #e6a48d copper
  • #e7eaee text
  • #8fc7a4 sage
Pick it for
  • wellness, tea and food brands
  • studios and personal sites
  • calm, low-density apps
  • premium fintech and card products
  • dark product landing pages
  • hardware and luxury brands
  • hero visuals
Skip it for
  • dense data products
  • loud consumer launches
  • light or playful brands
  • low-power devices
  • teams without WebGL experience
Observations
  • small gray body text is low in contrast
  • the landing feels sparse and shows little of the product
  • the WebGL card and plate add weight to the page and need a fallback
  • dashboard: the brass on graphite is subtle, so some labels are low contrast

How the brief works

Install Japanese Minimal (Design Taste by Mustafa)

1 Run in your terminal

npx degit madebymustafa/design-taste/skills/japanese-minimal#main .claude/skills/japanese-minimal

2 Or paste a prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini

It tells your tool to install this from its source repository.

This install is for Claude Code only; for other agents use Copy prompt or copy the skill folder.

Copies just this skill's folder into your project's .claude/skills.

Check the source for the latest instructions.

Install 3D Metal Material (Meng To)

1 Run in your terminal

npx degit MengTo/Skills/agent-skills/3d/3d-metal-material#main .claude/skills/3d-metal-material

2 Or paste a prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini

It tells your tool to install this from its source repository.

This install is for Claude Code only; for other agents use Copy prompt or copy the skill folder.

Copies just this skill's folder into your project's .claude/skills.

Check the source for the latest instructions.