Eyesbound Sit Elettroniku ta' Portafoll by Julia Hell

Eyesbound Sit Elettroniku ta' Portafoll by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda in Disinn tal-Websajts u Web Competition Category.

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Eyesbound Sit Elettroniku ta' Portafoll

by Julia Hell

Client: Eyesbound

Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda Winner in Web Category

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The Design

About Eyesbound Sit Elettroniku ta' Portafoll

Eyesbound huwa sit elettroniku ta' portafoll iddisinjat għal fotografu. Stampi f'skrin sħiħ jiffurmaw l-element ewlieni ta' kull paġna. L-elementi tan-navigazzjoni huma miżmuma sempliċi u jistgħu jinħabbu, sabiex ir-ritratti ma jkunux moħbija. Il-logo tipografika hija wkoll murija fil-modalità ta' skrin sħiħ, fejn tiċċekken u ssir trasparenti. Jintużaw biss l-iswed u l-abjad, mil-logo għall-isfondi u t-tipografija, sabiex l-attenzjoni tibqa' fuq ix-xbihat. Is-sit elettroniku huwa responsiv u jista' jitħaddem bil-mouse jew bit-tastieri tal-vleġġa.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda

Eyesbound Sit Elettroniku ta' Portafoll huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż straordinarjament mogħti lil disinji tal-ogħla livell, sbieħ u impressjonanti. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Fidda huma xogħlijiet brillanti ħafna u kreattivi ħafna li juru l-għarfien espert, it-talent u l-aċċuratezza tad-disinjaturi tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Eyesbound Sit Elettroniku ta' Portafoll ikun xogħol mill-isbaħ, eżemplari, professjonali ħafna u innovattiv bil-fond. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Fidda huwa invenzjoni notevoli u mammirata li tikkontribwixxi biex jitwessgħu l-fruntieri tal-arti, ix-xjenza, id-disinn u t-teknoloġija. Eyesbound Sit Elettroniku ta' Portafoll huwa ħolqien li ħafna jinvidjawh, li jqajjem ix-xewqat, iġib sentimenti pożittivi u joħloq tgħaġġib u mistagħġib.

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.