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Eyesbound Portfolio-verkkosivusto by Julia Hell

Eyesbound Portfolio-verkkosivusto by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award in Verkkomuotoilu Competition Category.


HopeaVerkko· 2016

Eyesbound Portfolio-verkkosivusto

by Julia Hell

Client: Eyesbound

Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Verkko Category

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The Design

About Eyesbound Portfolio-verkkosivusto

Eyesbound on valokuvaajalle suunniteltu portfolio-verkkosivusto. Koko näytön kuvat muodostavat kunkin sivun pääelementin. Navigointielementit on pidetty yksinkertaisina, ja ne voidaan piilottaa, jolloin valokuvat eivät jää niiden peittoon. Typografinen logo näytetään myös koko näytön tilassa, jossa se pienenee ja muuttuu läpinäkyväksi. Käytössä ovat vain musta ja valkoinen – logosta taustoihin ja typografiaan – jotta huomio pysyy kuvamateriaalissa. Verkkosivusto on responsiivinen ja sitä voi käyttää joko hiirellä tai nuolinäppäimillä.

The Recognition

About the Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award

Eyesbound Portfolio-verkkosivusto on Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, äärimmäisen arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään huippuluokan, upeille ja vaikuttaville designeille. Hopeavoittajat ovat äärimmäisen loistavia ja erittäin luovia teoksia, jotka havainnollistavat suunnittelijoidensa erinomaista asiantuntemusta, lahjakkuutta ja terävyyttä. Eyesbound Portfolio-verkkosivusto:n odotetaan olevan ihana, esimerkillinen teos, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja syvästi innovatiivinen. Tämä Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign on erittäin merkittävä, ihailtu keksintö, joka hyödyttää taiteen, tieteen, designin ja teknologian rajojen laajentamista. Eyesbound Portfolio-verkkosivusto on laajalti kadehdittu luomus, joka herättää haluja, tuo myönteisiä tunteita ja sytyttää hämmästystä ja ihmetystä.

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.

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