Rainbows in Revolt — Web Design System Prototype
Independent LGBTQ+ music / DC + beyond

Turn it
up.

Emerging artists. Loud rooms. Real connection. A modern music platform with the soul of a late-night college station and a legendary club wall.

Signal live Est. 2025 Washington, DC No corporate wallpaper
Scroll / enter the venue
01 / The feeling

1998 grew up,
came out,
learned the web.

This is not retro cosplay. It is the emotional language of late-90s independent venues, college radio, record shops, xeroxed flyers and backstage walls rebuilt with modern interaction, accessibility and clarity.

human over polished.

Dark base. Dirty whites. Radio-dial green. Rare punk red and electric purple. Candid photography. Strong type. Small imperfections. No fake nostalgia. No rainbow-template corporate branding.

02 / Backstage photo wall

Meet the
artists.

Artist pages should feel discovered, not catalogued. Think Polaroids, dressing-room walls, handwritten notes and live-show fragments instead of sterile profile cards.

play this loud
RIR / 001

Lily
Erin

neo-folk/Hartford/live session
RIR / 002

Hannah
Luv

folk/NYC/artist spotlight
RIR / 003

Emma
Jean
Oakley

Americana/Richmond
03 / Gig poster wall

What's
on the wall?

Events should feel like posters layered near the entrance: tactile, immediate, slightly imperfect, and built around the names and the room.

Oct 03 / Washington DC

Music.
Story.
Revolt.

An intimate LGBTQ history month night
music / storytelling / community
Doors 7:00 All ages
May 09 / DC

Trans
Pride
20.

outdoor festival concept
emerging + national artists
community / joy / volume
Noon—7 PM Live
Broadcast / worldwide

Revolt
Radio.

under 2m monthly listeners
queer artists only
no algorithm sludge
24 / 7 Live365
04 / The studio console

Revolt
Radio.

The radio section can borrow from an analog control room without becoming skeuomorphic. Metadata is mono. Controls are physical. Motion comes from signal, not decoration.

On air / prototype signal
RVR 01
Emerging queer artists / less than 2m monthly listeners
Now playing
Lake Song
Lily Erin
05 / Component language

Source of
truth.

These pieces become reusable primitives. Individual pages can change mood without breaking the identity.

Button / stamp

Meet artists

Metadata / ticket

Doors 7:00 DC

Accent colors

Voice / annotation

leave the edges rough.