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Eyesbound Portfolio svetainė by Julia Hell

Eyesbound Portfolio svetainė by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 Sidabrinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award in Svetainių ir interneto dizainas Competition Category.


SidabrinisInternetas· 2016

Eyesbound Portfolio svetainė

by Julia Hell

Client: Eyesbound

Sidabrinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award Winner in Internetas Category

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The Design

About Eyesbound Portfolio svetainė

Eyesbound – tai portfolio svetainė, sukurta fotografui. Kiekvieno puslapio pagrindinį elementą sudaro visą ekraną užpildantys vaizdai. Navigacijos elementai išlaikyti paprasti ir gali būti paslėpti, kad nebūtų uždengtos fotografijos. Tipografinis logotipas taip pat rodomas visame ekrane, kur jis sumažėja ir tampa permatomas. Naudojamos tik juoda ir balta spalvos – nuo logotipo iki fonų ir tipografijos – todėl dėmesys išlieka sutelktas į vaizdus. Svetainė yra pritaikoma įvairiems ekranams (responsive) ir gali būti valdoma pele arba rodyklių klavišais.

The Recognition

About the Sidabrinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award

Eyesbound Portfolio svetainė laimėjo Sidabrinį apdovanojimą A' Design Award, nepaprastai prestižinį pripažinimą, skiriamą aukščiausios klasės, puikiems ir įspūdingiems dizainams. Sidabro laureatai yra itin puikūs ir labai kūrybingi darbai, rodantys jų kūrėjų išskirtinę kompetenciją, talentą ir įžvalgumą. Tikimasi, kad Eyesbound Portfolio svetainė bus nuostabus, pavyzdinis, labai profesionalus ir giliai novatoriškas kūrinys. Šis Sidabriniu apdovanojimu įvertintas dizainas yra žymus, žavimas išradimas, padedantis plėsti meno, mokslo, dizaino ir technologijų ribas. Eyesbound Portfolio svetainė yra kūrinys, kuriam daugelis pavydi, žadinantis troškimus, teikiantis teigiamų jausmų ir sukeliantis nuostabą bei stebėjimąsi.

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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