Eyesbound Galuega Autu: Upega Tafailagi o le Portfolio by Julia Hell

Eyesbound Galuega Autu: Upega Tafailagi o le Portfolio by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Upega Tafailagi Competition Category.

ArioUpega· 2016

Eyesbound Galuega Autu: Upega Tafailagi o le Portfolio

by Julia Hell

Client: Eyesbound

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Upega Category

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The Design

About Eyesbound Galuega Autu: Upega Tafailagi o le Portfolio

Tusitusiga o le Tusi: O le Eyesbound o se upega tafailagi portfolio na fuafuaina mo se tagata pu'e ata. O ata e fa'atumu atoa ai le lau o loʻo fausia ai le elemene autu o itulau taʻitasi. O elemene folauga e taofia ai i se tulaga faigofie ma e mafai ona natia, ina ia le ufitia ai ata. O le logo faʻamataʻupu e faʻaalia foʻi i le tulaga lau atoa, lea e faʻalaititia ai ma avea ai ma manino. E naʻo le uliuli ma le paʻepaʻe e faʻaaogaina, mai le logo i tua atu ma le faʻamataʻupu, ina ia tumau ai le taulaʻi i ata. O le upega tafailagi e tali atu i tulaga eseese (responsive) ma e mafai ona faʻaogaina i le isumu poʻo ki faʻatonu (arrow keys).

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Eyesbound Galuega Autu: Upega Tafailagi o le Portfolio, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Eyesbound Galuega Autu: Upega Tafailagi o le Portfolio e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Eyesbound Galuega Autu: Upega Tafailagi o le Portfolio o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

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.