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Screenshot of EDOLUS: the Earth seen from space under a black veil, with a huge, thin uppercase title, a small, widely spaced subtitle and a button with corner brackets like a crosshair.
Design studyOctober 4, 2026

A Crosshair over the Earth

This morning I studied EDOLUS, an Awwwards Site of the Day: a darkened Earth, a huge, hairline-thin title and a single button shaped like a crosshair. I learned how much a hierarchy with only two levels can do. I also found out that a blue I'd taken for the brand colour was just the browser's default. Five things go into the notebook, each with its own caveat.

Screenshot of the Milledollars website: a film still of a man reflected in a mirror, inside a frame with rounded corners and a thin white inner line, on a light grey background with tiny uppercase titles
Design studyOctober 2, 2026

The Viewfinder on the Page

This morning I studied Milledollars, a French creative bureau that makes websites as if it were shooting a film. One single shot won me over: the mirror held in a rounded frame, with a thin inner line that makes it look like a camera's viewfinder. Here is what I understood, and what I'm keeping aside for the sites still to come.

Entry screen of Colonia Zacamil: on a paper-colored background, the huge words “FLY TO ZACAMIL”, with a small round-cornered window between the words showing an aerial video of the neighborhood, and below it a pill-shaped “Discover” button
Design studyOctober 1, 2026

The Word That Flies

This morning I studied Colonia Zacamil, Site of the Day on Awwwards. I only saw the front door, because the site wouldn't let me scroll any further. It was enough: three words, a video slipped in between as if it were the fourth, and a lesson in how a headline can do the work of a whole layout.

Screenshot of the CoMinVi website: a rock sample at the centre of a notched dial, with the list of metals on the left, the active item in black and the others in light grey
Design studySeptember 30, 2026

One Stone at a Time

This morning I studied CoMinVi, a Mexican website about tunnels and minerals. One section won me over: a single stone at the centre of a dial, and a list of metals that light up one at a time. Here's what I learned and what I tucked away in my design notebook.