Eyesbound Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Webosaete ea Portfolio by Julia Hell

Eyesbound Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Webosaete ea Portfolio by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Websaete le Webo Competition Category.

SileveraWebo· 2016

Eyesbound Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Webosaete ea Portfolio

by Julia Hell

Client: Eyesbound

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The Design

About Eyesbound Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Webosaete ea Portfolio

Mongolo oa Buka: Eyesbound ke webosaete ea portfolio e etselitsoeng setšoantšisi. Litšoantšo tsa skrini e felletseng ke karolo e ka sehloohong ea leqephe ka leng. Likarolo tsa tsamaiso li bolokehile li le bonolo mme li ka patoa, e le hore litšoantšo li se ke tsa koaloa. Letshwao la mongolo (typographic logo) le lona le boneha ka mokhoa oa skrini e felletseng, moo le fokotsehang boholo mme le fetoha le bonalang ka hare (transparent). Ho sebelisoa feela mebala e ntsho le e tšoeu, ho tloha letshoaong ho ea maemong a ka morao le mongolong, e le hore tlhokomelo e lule e le holima litšoantšo. Webosaete ena e arabela (responsive) mme e ka sebetsoa ka mouse kapa ka linotlolo tsa mesele (arrow keys).

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award

Eyesbound Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Webosaete ea Portfolio ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e phahameng ka ho fetesisa, e ntle le e tsosang maikutlo. Bahapi ba Silevera ke mesebetsi e khanyang haholo le e nang le boqapi bo ikhethang e bontšang botsebi, talenta le bohlale ba baqapi ba eona. Eyesbound Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Webosaete ea Portfolio e lebelletsoe ho ba mosebetsi o motle, oa mohlala, o nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha e tebileng. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Silevera oa A' Design Award ke mohopolo o hlokomelehang haholo le o ratoang o tlisang molemo mme o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. Eyesbound Mosebetsi oa Mantlha: Webosaete ea Portfolio ke mosebetsi oo batho ba bangata ba o lakatsang, o tsosang litakatso, o tlisang maikutlo a matle le o tsosetsang ho makala le ho hlolla.

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.