01. design is a lie.
Every grid is a cage. Every column is an apology. We make websites that resist their own existence -- pages that argue with themselves out loud, in public.
cringe.a deliberate failure of design.
mujun.xyz
mujun.xyz
mujun.xyz
that's not even how you spell it it is, actually.this page is a welcoming place. no it isn't.
it embraces design conventions / it spits them out.
it is a portfolio. it is not a portfolio.
it loads fast. it loads slowly on purpose.
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§01 // manifesto
we believe in nothing
and everything
02. design is the only truth.
Every margin is a moral statement. Every typeface is a worldview. We obsess over kerning. We spec colors to the hex. We are religious about details.
also cringe.03. consistency is overrated.
The block to the left disagrees. The block above disagrees. The block below will disagree. If you find this inconsistent, you are paying attention.
04. consistency is everything.
Notice how every paragraph here uses Space Grotesk at 1rem with line-height 1.6. Notice how every annotation rotates. We are extremely consistent about being inconsistent.
§02 // dictionary entry
mu·jun / 矛盾 /
/muː.dʑɯɴ/ noun, Japanese (from Chinese)
- contradiction; the simultaneous holding of two ideas that cancel each other out.
- literally: spear & shield. From a parable: a merchant sells an unstoppable spear and an impenetrable shield. A customer asks: what happens if you use your spear against your shield?
- this website. obviously.
e.g. “I love minimalist brutalism, hence the seven typefaces.”
SEE ALSO
- oxymoron (n.)
- paradox (n.)
- anti-design (n. / cult)
- this paragraph (self-ref.)
§03 // exhibits of contradiction
a museum of things that don't agree
001
the unstoppable spear / the impenetrable shield
Two products. Same merchant. Opposite guarantees. The first commercial collapse of internal logic. 5 stars on Yelp.
If the spear pierces the shield, the shield is not impenetrable.
If the shield blocks the spear, the spear is not unstoppable.
If you stop reading now, the contradiction continues without you.
002
"this statement is false."
A sentence that is true if false, false if true. The original infinite loop. Crashes any logic engine, including yours, including ours, including this paragraph.
Try evaluating it. We'll wait. Forever.
003
"do not read this sign"
The instruction cannot be followed without first failing it. Used widely on bathroom doors, terms of service, and homepages. we use it too. ↓
DO NOT READ THIS SENTENCE.
YOU ALREADY DID. WE WIN.
004
a brutalist site about how brutalism is bad
The website you are currently looking at insists, in its own design, that this style is exhausted. It uses the style anyway. It loops back. It exhibits itself.
You are inside the exhibit.
The exhibit is also inside you, kind of.
This is fine.
§04 // live counter / live anti-counter
contradictions resolved on this page
0
contradictions created while resolving them
0
net progress
0
always zero. that's the joke.
§05 // archive of false starts
things we wrote and then deleted kept
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2026-04-05
"design is the art of subtracting until nothing is left." we subtracted until something was left. it looked like this.
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2026-03-30
"the best logo is no logo." our logo is the word "mujun.xyz" written three times in three colors at three sizes simultaneously. subtle.
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2026-03-21
"good websites get out of the user's way." this website is in your way. on purpose. you're welcome.
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2026-03-12
"we should remove this paragraph." we kept it. we removed it.
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2026-02-28
"every project starts with a clean slate." every project starts with whatever was on the slate before. ours started with a contradiction. obviously.
§06 // contact / do not contact
contact us
we are reachable, available, and friendly:
- hello@mujun.xyz
- signal: +00 0000 0000
- physical address: a small concrete room
do not contact us
we are unreachable, unavailable, and tired:
- do not email hello@mujun.xyz
- do not call
- do not visit the small concrete room
if you have a project that is simple-but-complicated, we will probably take it. we will probably ignore it.
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矛盾 / mujun / contradiction / 矛盾 / mujun / contradiction