Silver A' Design Award in Website and Web Design Goes to Eyesbound Portfolio Website by Julia Hell

The international grand jury of the 2015 - 2016 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Julia Hell for website and web design

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2016 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Website and Web Design category for Eyesbound Portfolio Website by Julia Hell, designed for Eyesbound. The recognition forms part of the 2015 - 2016 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the Silver A' Design Award

The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

More About Eyesbound Portfolio Website

Eyesbound is a portfolio website designed for a photographer. Full screen images form the main element of each page. The navigation elements are kept simple and can be hidden, so the photographs are not covered. The typographic logo is also shown in full screen mode, where it scales down and becomes transparent. Only black and white are used, from the logo to the backgrounds and the typography, so the emphasis stays on the imagery. The website is responsive and can be operated with a mouse or with the arrow keys.

About Julia Hell

Julia works as a freelance graphic designer in Berlin since 2013. In her home studio she develops corporate and editorial designs as well as web designs. If required, she works in house for clients too. In the past five years she worked for other design studios, small and medium-sized businesses as well as enterprises. She provides clean yet strong designs with a focus on typography. Besides that she does the art direction and publishing of a non-profit magazine together with friends.

Award Record

With this recognition, Julia Hell is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Website and Web Design Awards

The A' Web Design Award is an international web design competition recognizing good web designs by leading web designers, coders and developers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to web designers, user interface designers, user experience designers and graphic designers from all countries. Typical entries include web design, portfolios, e-commerce sites, blogs, news websites and social media platforms. The awarded web designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/web

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://designers.org/45698
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/45698
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!45698
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/161276
Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/1XCVbJl

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Eyesbound Portfolio Website
Function: Portfolio Website
Category: Website and Web Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Software and Branding & Advertising
Colors: Silver, Gainsboro, Dark Gray, Light Gray and Gray
Images: 5
Client: Eyesbound

The Recognition

Laureate: Julia Hell
Country: Germany
Recognition: Silver A' Design Award
Edition: 2015 - 2016
Design ID: #45698

Credits

Image Credits: Photographer: Jannis Hell, Zirkuszelt, 2014.; Photographer: Jannis Hell, Ibsens Hotel, 2014.; Photographer: Jannis Hell, Shuttered, 2013.; Photographer: Jannis Hell, Trockenraum, 2013.

Design Details

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.
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.
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.
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.
Realization and Technology: The web design was created in Adobe Photoshop, Realization Tools: Drupal 7, CSS 3, HTML 5, jQuery
Operation and Interaction: 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.
Project Duration and Location: 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.
Specifications: Responsive web page with always-fullscreen imagery and fullscreen mode in supported browsers.
Keywords: Clean, Easy-to-use, Photography, Simple, Website, Web Design, Portfolio