Eyesbound Funtzio Nagusia: Portfolio Webgunea by Julia Hell

Eyesbound Funtzio Nagusia: Portfolio Webgunea by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award in Webgune eta Web Diseinua Competition Category.

ZilarWeba· 2016

Eyesbound Funtzio Nagusia: Portfolio Webgunea

by Julia Hell

Client: Eyesbound

Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Weba Category

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The Design

About Eyesbound Funtzio Nagusia: Portfolio Webgunea

Liburuaren Testua: Eyesbound argazkilari batentzat diseinatutako portfolio webgunea da. Pantaila osoko irudiek osatzen dute orrialde bakoitzeko elementu nagusia. Nabigazio-elementuak sinpleak dira eta ezkuta daitezke, argazkiak ez estaltzeko. Logotipo tipografikoa ere pantaila osoko moduan erakusten da, non txikitu eta gardena bihurtzen den. Zuria eta beltza soilik erabiltzen dira, logotipotik hasi eta atzeko planoetara zein tipografiara arte, arreta irudietan bertan man dadin. Webgunea erantzukorra da eta saguarekin edo geziekin erabil daiteke.

The Recognition

About the Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award

Eyesbound Funtzio Nagusia: Portfolio Webgunea Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, goi-mailako, zoragarriak eta liluragarriak diren diseinuei ematen zaien ezohiko aitorpen prestijiotsua. Zilar-mailako irabazleak lan oso distiratsuak eta sormen biziko lanak dira, beren diseinatzaileen aditutasun, talentu eta zorroztasun nabarmenak erakusten dituztenak. Eyesbound Funtzio Nagusia: Portfolio Webgunea erakusleiho-lan zoragarria, nabarmenki profesionala eta sakonki berritzailea izatea espero da. Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau asmakizun oso nabarmena eta miretsia da, onura ekartzen duena eta artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak zabaltzen dituena. Eyesbound Funtzio Nagusia: Portfolio Webgunea jende askok inbidia duen sorkuntza da, desirak pizten dituena, sentimendu positiboak ekartzen dituena eta harridura eta txunditzea pizten dituena.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The design focuses on the strong imagery of the photographer and emphasizes this by using full screen images as a main detail. The navigation elements are kept simple and it is possible to hide them, so the images will not be covered by them. The typographic logo is displayed in full screen mode as well but scales down and transparentizes. In order to set the focus on the images, the only used colors are black and white.
Dimensions & Packaging: Responsive web page with always-fullscreen imagery and fullscreen mode in supported browsers.
Tags: Clean, Easy-to-use, Photography, Simple, Website, Web Design, Portfolio
Production Technology: The web design was created in Adobe Photoshop, Realization Tools: Drupal 7, CSS 3, HTML 5, jQuery
Design Challenge: The challenge was to find a way to display photography online in a new and unseen way. To do so I needed the full screen mode. The technical realization happened to be difficult, since the website is responsive. It does not work on every browser, older browsers do not support the fullscreen mode.
Research: I browsed several photographers portfolio websites, both, of famous and not yet discovered photographers and filtered design and layout wise for similarities and differences. Many portfolio pages do not have full screen options. I started to focus on the works. My client does not use his own name to publish his photos, we created sort of a brand for the photos. Then I started to look at fashion, furniture and lifestyle brands. They all put the emphasis on the product. In our case the photography becomes the product, at least presentation wise.
Inspiration: The main inspiration came through the photographers imagery. He focuses on architecture and nature motifs with a unique point of view. In preparation for the design, I had a look at several portfolio websites to get a best practice overview. I realized, that the information about the photographer often seems more important than the images. So I focused on the images as a key element.
Project Duration: The project started in May 2014 in Berlin and went live in August 2014. Since then minor iterations are still in progress to present day.
Operation Flow: The website can be operated by mouse and keyboard, using arrow keys inside modern browsers. The navigation structure is kept simple, without too many sub pages to the flow flat and the user interested.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer: Jannis Hell, Zirkuszelt, 2014.
Image #2: Photographer: Jannis Hell, Ibsens Hotel, 2014.
Image #3: Photographer: Jannis Hell, Shuttered, 2013.
Image #4: Photographer: Jannis Hell, Trockenraum, 2013.