Hey :) I'm Joana
I'm a web designer and developer, specialized in creating communication strategies for creative individuals and businesses.
What I do
With a background blending arts and design, my approach is to understand my clients on an artistic level and create ways to communicate those values on the web.
I'll help you achieve your goals by:
- Helping the right audience engage meaningfully with your work
- Create strategies designed for your longterm growth
- Make you stand out through solutions that are effective, unconventional, and intimately personalized to you
My services
Using a wide range of skills, I keep a flexible workflow, focusing on adapting to your needs. My main specialties are:
- UX research and design
- UI design
- Frontend development
- SEO optimization
- Concept development
- Photographic direction
Past projects
The Carve Company
An interior building company that designs and produces a variety of custom pieces, prioritizing a personal and collaborative relationship with the client.
Keywords: Nimble, Approachable, Fresh
Visit pageNeeds:
- Website re-do for their new visual identity (designed by Maja Bielauka)
- New UX strategy to increase volume of project proposals
Solution:
Analysis of their clients, current practices, and goals, which resulted in identifying very different user profiles. Based on this information, we developed a detailed UX map and precise copywriting, building easy and pleasant user journeys for each profile.
An extra twist:
Motion design
Designing animations based on The Carve Company's values, translating their visual identity to the moving screen in a way that makes it even more engaging and communicative to its audience. Adding a bit more fun and energy without being too unconventional, building trust and excitement from potential clients.
A beautiful friendship with Spotify
A short text on the dynamics between the presence of data analytics and the fluidity of personal identity. How many aspects of who we are are intangible, regardless of how different platforms' algorithms establish and maintain certain patterns.
Visit pageNeeds:
- Web typography that is accessible, but unconventional
Solution:
Working with the text itself in a very simple way, yet adding to the experience through different elements like imagery and interaction.
An extra twist:
3D interaction
An added interaction that adds some friction to the reading experience without taking away from the text's readability. This just adds some fun, making the website more memorable and engaging.
CO'LAAB
A café & record store that also functions as a community-gathering space, hosting various events like open-deck sets, dance classes, and small exhibitions.
Keywords: Sharing, Creativity, Connection
Needs:
- High-quality images of the space
- Documentation of a music event
Solution:
Planning the photoshoot around capturing not only the space itself, but also the brand identity values. Since the space had only opened a couple months prior to the shoot, shots were also deliberately formatted for various purposes, such as for social media, their website, and other forms of marketting.
An extra twist:
Capturing branding
Photographing brand design elements in the context of the space itself, documenting their visual identity in a way that's recognisably CO'LAAB.
Nika Dundua
Nika is an artist, designer, and scenographer. Her work explores dominant narratives, the methods and media used in their construction, and the distortions they create in both physical and digital spaces.
Keywords: Complexity, Storytelling, Scenography
Visit pageNeeds:
- A portfolio website to share work with potential collaborators
- Content structure that feels digestible without erasing the complexity of the work
- Using a platform through which she can edit the content herself
Solution:
Using Readymag: a no-code website-building tool. This allows for the functionality she desired for her website, but demanded certain design and functionality restrictions.
Matching her trajectory and desired hierarchy for her projects, creating a linear structure through her work. Users immediately encounter her most important project and dive into its story, and then move from one project to another like acts in a play, without breaking the immersion.
An extra twist:
Cinematographic immersion
Borrowing elements from two of her main media, scenography and cinematography, using different elements like sound, moving typography, and tension to build immersion. By building out different atmospheres for each project, the complexity of her work feels more tied together and therefore more digestible to viewers.