Colophon

I used Figma for designing this website.

Overall design

I experimented A LOT until I finally decided to go with the design you are currently seeing.

I wanted the visuals to be quite simplistic but also be clearly well made and thought through. I think rounded corners are oversaturated, so I decided to make them very small. I moved from purple to green to match the brand I'm building as a DJ. Pitch black + green also makes it look so hackery and I love that, honestly...

I'm also actively trying to use less boxes. It bothers me that web designs are so boxy. Everything is inside a box. This is still true for my website, but you can notice how the elements on the hero on my home page are placed almost randomly or organically. Below it, my projects are also very much not inside a card. This is a constant work in progress of thinking outside the box... literally.

Key principles

It shouldn't be too different than previous design. I had a lot of friends and internet strangers give me a lot of compliments on my previous design, so I didn't want to change it too much. So the structure, at least of the home page and navbar, was kept very similar, but with a very different coat of paint.

It should be more of a personal website than a portfolio. I want to make sure that this site is always more of my space on the internet than a CV. I still really wanted to better highlight my projects tho, because I'm working on stuff I'm really proud of and want to make it more clear that I work with more than just the web.

It should be fun. Something I always loved about my website was hiding easter eggs and fun interactions. It feels me with joy when someone find those for the first time. So this should never be lost in the new design.

Pages vs blog posts

When looking for inspiration on the website of other developers, it always bothers me that most of them is almost purely just text. All of those pages could just be a blog post. Which isn't a problem at all, it just doesn't fit my vibe.

So I want to always make sure that my site pages are always very distinctive from mere blog pages. They should be very illustrated.