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Screenshot of the Sobha Privy Collection website: an almost empty white section with a small uppercase label above a centred serif headline and, below it, a staggered gallery of three images, the middle one taller and the side ones cut off by the edge of the screen
Design studyOctober 6, 2026

Luxury Is What's Missing

This morning I studied Sobha Privy Collection, which won an award on CSS Design Awards. What stopped me was the hard cut from a dark video of glossy ribbons to an almost empty white section, where the space says more than the words do. I'm keeping three things: a headline in two voices, a gallery that's crooked on purpose, and a way to send the hero offstage that costs the browser very little.

Screenshot of the ViV Management website: the large black “ViV” wordmark on a white background, partly covered by fashion photographs arranged in staggered columns
Design studyOctober 5, 2026

The Logo That Lets Itself Be Covered

This morning I studied the website of ViV Management, an agency for photographers and productions, which I found on SiteInspire. What stopped me was a huge wordmark that lets the photos cover it. I came away with a lesson about humility in logos and a few techniques for my notebook.

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 Safeer homepage: a full-screen photo framed by rounded corners, with the logo on a white trapezoid tab cut out at the top centre and, on a phone, two curved cards in perspective
Design studyOctober 3, 2026

The White Tab

This morning I studied Safeer, a Webflow template that won Website of the Day on CSS Design Awards. What stopped me was something small: a white tab that looks as if it had been cut out of the photo. Here's why it works, what I learned, and what I've put 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.