Eyesbound ናይ ፖርትፎሊዮ ወብሳይት by Julia Hell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2016 ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ወብሳይትን ወብን Competition Category.

ብሩርወብ· 2016

Eyesbound ናይ ፖርትፎሊዮ ወብሳይት

by Julia Hell

Client: Eyesbound

ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ወብ Category

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The Design

About Eyesbound ናይ ፖርትፎሊዮ ወብሳይት

ኣይስባውንድ (Eyesbound) ንሓደ ፎቶግራፈር ዝተዳለወ ናይ ፖርትፎሊዮ ወብሳይት እዩ። ምሉእ-ስክሪን ስእልታት ቀንዲ ኣካል ናይ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ገጽ ይምስርታ። ናይ ምድላይ (navigation) ኣቕሑት ቀሊላት ኮይኖም ክድበኑ ይኽእሉ፣ በዚ ድማ ስእልታት ኣይሽፈኑን። እቲ ታይፖግራፊያዊ ሎጎ እውን ኣብ ምሉእ-ስክሪን ኩነታት ይርአ፣ ኣብኡ ድማ መጠኑ እናነከየ ግሉጽ (transparent) ይኸውን። ካብ ሎጎ ክሳብ ድሕረ-ባይታታትን ታይፖግራፍን፡ ጸሊምን ጻዕዳን ጥራይ ዝተጠቕመ ኮይኑ፡ ትኹረት ኣብቲ ምስሊ ጥራይ ክተኩር ዝገበረ እዩ። እዚ ወብሳይት እዚ ምላሽ ዝህብ (responsive) ኮይኑ፡ ብመዓንጣ ኣይጊ (mouse) ወይ ብኣቕጣጫ መፍትሕታት (arrow keys) ክሰርሕ ይኽእል።

The Recognition

About the ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award

Eyesbound ናይ ፖርትፎሊዮ ወብሳይት ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ንጽቡቓት፣ ልዑላትን ዘስደምምን ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ዘለዎም ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ብዘይተለምደ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ብሩር ፍሉይ ክእለት፣ ተውህቦን ጥበብን ዲዛይነራቶም ዘርእዩ ኣዚዮም ዘብርሁን ብዙሕ ፈጠራውያንን ስራሕቲ እዮም። Eyesbound ናይ ፖርትፎሊዮ ወብሳይት ዝበለጸ፣ ምሳሌ ዝኾነ፣ ብኣገዳሲ መገዲ ሞያውን ብዕምቆት ሓድሽን ስራሕ ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ብሩር ሽልማት A' Design Award ብዙሕ ዝተራእየን ዝደነቐን ፈጠራ እዩ፣ ጥቕሚ ዘምጽእን ደረት ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ዘስፍሕን። Eyesbound ናይ ፖርትፎሊዮ ወብሳይት ብብዙሕ ዝቐንኣሉ ፍጥረት እዩ፣ ድሌታት ዘበራብር፣ ጽቡቕ ስምዒታት ዘምጽእን ሰንቢድን ምድናቕን ዘበራብርን።

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.