Eyesbound Trano Fikirakirana Sarintsary (Portfolio Website) by Julia Hell

Eyesbound Trano Fikirakirana Sarintsary (Portfolio Website) by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 A' Design Award Volafotsy in Famolavolana Tranokala sy Tranonkala Competition Category.

VolafotsyTranonkala· 2016

Eyesbound Trano Fikirakirana Sarintsary (Portfolio Website)

by Julia Hell

Client: Eyesbound

A' Design Award Volafotsy Winner in Tranonkala Category

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The Design

About Eyesbound Trano Fikirakirana Sarintsary (Portfolio Website)

Ny Eyesbound dia trano kirakiraina an-tserasera natao ho an'ny mpaka sary iray. Ireo sary feno efijery no singa lehibe indrindra amin'ny pejy tsirairay. Napetraka tsotra ireo singa fitantanana ka azo afenina, mba tsy hisakanana ny sary. Ny logo an-tsoratra dia aseho koa amin'ny fomba feno efijery, izay mihena ny haben-javatra ary mihalefy (transparent). Mainty sy fotsy ihany no ampiasaina, manomboka amin'ny logo ka hatramin'ny fototra sy ny endri-tsoratra, mba hijanonan'ny fifantohana amin'ireo sary. Mety amin'ny fitaovana samihafa (responsive) ilay trano kirakiraina an-tserasera ary azo tantanina amin'ny totozy na amin'ny bokotra misy tsipika mizana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Volafotsy

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Volafotsy ny famolavolana Eyesbound Trano Fikirakirana Sarintsary (Portfolio Website), fankasitrahana malaza be omena ny famolavolana ambaratonga ambony, tsara tarehy ary mahavariana. Ny mpandresy Volafotsy dia asa mamirapiratra dia mamirapiratra ary mamorona dia mamorona izay maneho ny fahaizana, ny talenta ary ny fahamaotinan-tsain'ny mpamolavola azy. Andrasana ho asa mahagaga, ohatra tsara, mahay amin'ny asa ary vaovao amin'ny halalin-tsaina ny famolavolana Eyesbound Trano Fikirakirana Sarintsary (Portfolio Website). Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Volafotsy ity dia fikarohana miavaka be ary ankafizina izay mahasoa ary mampandroso ny sisintanin'ny zavakanto, ny siansa, ny famolavolana ary ny teknolojia. Ny famolavolana Eyesbound Trano Fikirakirana Sarintsary (Portfolio Website) dia famoronana mahazo fitaka be izay mamaly ny faniriana, mitondra fihetseham-po tsara ary mamelona fahagagana sy fahatalanjonana.

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.