Eyesbound Vev Xaib Portfolio by Julia Hell

Eyesbound Vev Xaib Portfolio by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 A' Design Award Nyiaj in Tsim Vev Xaib thiab Kev Tsim Vev Xaib Competition Category.

NyiajVev Xaib· 2016

Eyesbound Vev Xaib Portfolio

by Julia Hell

Client: Eyesbound

A' Design Award Nyiaj Winner in Vev Xaib Category

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The Design

About Eyesbound Vev Xaib Portfolio

Eyesbound yog ib lub vev xaib portfolio tsim rau ib tug kws yees duab. Cov duab puv tag nrho lub screen yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm txhua nplooj ntawv. Cov khoom siv navigation raug ua kom yooj yim thiab tuaj yeem zais tau, txhawm rau kom cov duab yees tsis raug npog. Lub cim (logo) hu ua typographic tsis tas li tshwm sim rau hauv full screen mode, qhov twg nws yuav luv me thiab dhau los ua ib yam khoom pom tsis meej (transparent). Tsuas yog xim dub thiab dawb xwb yog siv, txij ntawm lub logo mus rau cov keeb (backgrounds) thiab cov ntawv sau, txhawm rau kom qhov tseem ceeb tseem nyob ntawm cov duab yees. Lub vev xaib no yog ib qho responsive thiab tuaj yeem siv tau nrog rau lub mouse los sis cov ntsiab lus arrow keys.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Nyiaj

Eyesbound Vev Xaib Portfolio yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Nyiaj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev tshaj li qub uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib siab, zoo nkauj thiab ua rau neeg xav tsis thoob. Cov neeg yeej Nyiaj yog cov haujlwm ci ntsa iab heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas qhia txog kev paub, kev txawj ntse thiab kev ntse ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Eyesbound Vev Xaib Portfolio xav tias yuav yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus uas tsim rau qhia, tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab tob. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Nyiaj no yog ib qho khoom tsim uas pom tseeb heev thiab neeg qhuas uas pab tau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. Eyesbound Vev Xaib Portfolio yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg coob xav tau, uas ua rau xav, coj kev xav zoo thiab ua rau xav tsis thoob thiab xav paub.

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.