High end Japanese dining. Full frame video, a brand pattern that builds on scroll, booking in three taps.
- Client
- ĀKĒDO DC LLC
- Place
- Washington DC, USA
- Year
- 2026
- Role
- Art direction, concept, design, build
- Built with
- Next.js · Motion · Leaflet · Vercel
The opening of a restaurant measured against the segment's references, Zuma foremost. The site had to hold that level from the first second, on mobile as much as on a wide screen, without ever making anyone wait.
A full frame video opening, a palette tightened to black and warm golds, and a brand pattern that assembles on scroll across two stacked layers. The location map runs on Leaflet rather than an embed, so it stays inside the brand.
A storefront that stands next to the reference names, and a brand pattern reusable well beyond the website.