Eyesbound Prìomh Fheum: Làrach-lìn Portfolio by Julia Hell

Eyesbound Prìomh Fheum: Làrach-lìn Portfolio by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 Duais Airgid A' Design Award in Dealbhadh Làraich-lìn agus Lìon Competition Category.

AirgeadLìon· 2016

Eyesbound Prìomh Fheum: Làrach-lìn Portfolio

by Julia Hell

Client: Eyesbound

Duais Airgid A' Design Award Winner in Lìon Category

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The Design

About Eyesbound Prìomh Fheum: Làrach-lìn Portfolio

Teacsa an Leabhair: Is e làrach-lìn portfolio a th' ann an Eyesbound a chaidh a dhealbhadh airson dealbhadair. Tha dealbhan làn-sgrìn nam prìomh eileamaid air gach duilleag. Chumar na h-eileamaidean seòlaidh sìmplidh agus faodar am falach, gus nach eil na dealbhan air an còmhdach. Tha an suaicheantas clò-sgrìobhaidh cuideachd air a shealltainn ann am modh làn-sgrìn, far a bheil e a' sìoladh sìos agus a' fàs follaiseach. Chan eil ach dubh is geal air an cleachdadh, bhon t-suaicheantas gu na cùl-raointean agus an clò-sgrìobhadh, gus am fuirich am fòcas air na dealbhan. Tha an làrach-lìn freagarrach do dh'iomadh inneal agus faodar a chleachdadh le luchag no le iuchraichean saighde.

The Recognition

About the Duais Airgid A' Design Award

Tha Eyesbound Prìomh Fheum: Làrach-lìn Portfolio air Duais Airgid A' Design Award a bhuannachadh, aithneachadh gu math urramach a bheirear do dhealbhaidhean den chiad ìre, àlainn agus drùidhteach. Tha buannaichean Airgid nan obraichean anabarrach boillsgeach agus gu math cruthachail a nochdas sàr-eòlas, tàlant agus geurchuis an luchd-dealbhaidh. Thathar an dùil gum bi Eyesbound Prìomh Fheum: Làrach-lìn Portfolio na obair mhìorbhaileach, na sàr-eisimpleir a tha gu sònraichte proifeiseanta agus gu domhainn ùr-ghnàthach. Tha an dealbhadh seo a bhuannaich Duais Airgid A' Design Award na innleachd glè fhaicsinneach, ion-mholta a bhrosnaicheas crìochan ealain, saidheans, dealbhaidh agus teicneolais. Tha Eyesbound Prìomh Fheum: Làrach-lìn Portfolio na chruthachadh air a bheil mòran eud, a dhùisgeas miannan, a bheir faireachdainnean math agus a thogas iongnadh is miorbhail.

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.