Personal portfolio | Name withheld

Portfolio site | a minimal design build

The client asked for a refined, minimal portfolio, so
we produced a portfolio site in Webflow using a well-known designer’s site as a reference.

Background

The client wanted a minimal portfolio that used white space well, in order to present their own work more strikingly.
The challenge was to understand the aesthetics of the reference design and rebuild from it while keeping originality, rather than copying it outright.
Simple yet memorable; stripped of excess yet still individual — that was the balance we aimed for.

Approach

We built it in Webflow, adjusting layout, color and white-space balance in fine increments.
Keeping the atmosphere of the reference design, we reconstructed the color, typography and white-space design to hold a beautiful distance that never becomes an outright copy.
We also added animation and micro-interactions to give a static design a dynamic rhythm.

Scope

• Portfolio build in Webflow
• Reconstruction of white-space and color design
• Animation and interaction setup
• Responsive optimization

What we focused on

Minimal design tests your ability to subtract rather than to add.
In this project the reference design was extremely well resolved, so we spent our time on the subtraction and reconstruction needed to bring out originality.
The result carries its own character while conveying a quiet beauty.

Webharu also takes on rebuilds and migrations of existing designs, and offers a service for redesigning and rebuilding existing sites in Webflow.

In closing

In this project we pursued an approach that adds originality without losing the appeal of minimal design.
Webharu also accepts redesign-type production that respects a reference design while rebuilding and optimizing it in Webflow.