"We were looking for a simple navigation solution, but one that had never been seen before. We wanted to send the page visitor on an unexpected journey."denkwerk
Q: Tell us about your initial moodboard, wireframe, or prototype. How did things change throughout the process?
A: The original plan was to divide the artists' videos into creative and non-creative parts. We had the idea of switching back and forth between the two by scrolling. We quickly realized that the videos were too diverse for that, but we were still able to keep the idea of navigating by scrolling.
Q: What influenced your chosen technical approach, and how did it go beyond past methods?
A: “Our first idea of making the scroll mechanism work was proven wrong pretty soon. After four different tries we found that the best approach for the scroll mechanism was to treat the site as two sites that will come into the viewport as the user scrolls. This allowed us to keep the site performing when exploring one side and only bringing both sides together during the switch moment,” said Victor, Studioregale Creative Coder.When did you experience a breakthrough or an "a-ha" moment during this project?
We were looking for a simple navigation solution, but one that had never been seen before. We wanted to send the page visitor on an unexpected journey. We were immediately intrigued by the idea of using scrolling for this purpose.
