Kráľová

I met the band's frontwoman Zuzka at a theatre workshop. The band needed a website, so it became my first WordPress project and my high school final project too. It worked, but I wasn't happy with it, and the band found the admin hard to use.

This year Zuzka got in touch again. The band is publishing a book and wanted a new site. We agreed to go with a custom build this time. The main requirement was clear: adding a concert has to take a few seconds and must not break the layout.

The band wanted the site light and dreamy, but not sugary. The look is built on morning light and haze: a soft colour gradient that slowly breathes, plus film grain. The motif comes from their single Miznúca, so the logo and the transitions between sections dissolve into light.

First I sent the band a clickable prototype so we could agree on colours and mood. We went through their feedback on a call, and I built the site based on it.

Everything visible on the site is edited by the band in Sanity Studio. It works in the browser and on a phone. When they publish something, the site rebuilds itself within a minute.

I set up the Studio so nothing can break. The news block under the main photo has fixed types (concerts, new release, campaign, announcement), so the layout can't fall apart. On photos the band marks the face and the site crops around it. On the old site, heads in photos often got cut off.