We worked alongside illustrator Welmoet de Graaf to bring the digital experience to life. Each page features beautifully detailed imagery which tells the story of that episode or section.
The homepage is completely responsive, working across all devices and screens to ensure a high quality viewing experience for all.
The illustrative style is colorful and simplistic which translates well throughout the rest of the website through bold use of block colors. The illustrations draw you to key pages and information about each of the episodes.
An illustrative iconographic language to support the episodes and research.
The homepage is built around the idea of a hallway. All its sections lead to different pages that contain more information on that part of the research. The user experience is revolved around an older target audience. Our choice of type and high contrast colors are both to improve their experience of the website.
The entire website is built with a component system, that is organized by color and structure. The episodes each have an individual combination of colors that set them apart. The thumbnail cards make for easy navigation and are built with user interface components which are customizable to fit any of the episode's colors.
We based our creation of style elements on the bright illustrative style, giving us room to be playful with colour and loose elements.
Photography, illustration and bright colors go hand-in-hand in this interface.
Each episode has an in-depth detail page summarizing its content. Additionally, it provides users with links to other related articles for further reading.
The illustrations effectively visualize the themes of the six different episodes in a unique and friendly way. The fresh colors were used throughout the website to hint at certain themes and episodes, creating a visual hierarchy and structure.
Every website we design and develop is responsive. We seamlessly translated Kasboekje's desktop experience to tablet and mobile, improving its usability and search engine optimization.
Articles can be submitted by researchers at the University of Utrecht to give even more background information into the processing of the documents and creation of the TV show. There are also personal accounts from people with their own interesting financial past.
The illustrative language was translated to icons for use in articles and episode detail pages.
The illustrations range from everyday objects to food.
All of Kasboekje's research and aired episodes are still available online. If you speak Dutch, we highly advise you to watch them and read the research. It's a fascinating topic and we are very excited to have worked on this project. The end result is a diverse and colorful project, much like the dedicated team of researchers, tv-makers, illustrators, and designers that were involved.
Visual Identity: De Ruimte Ontwerpers
Illustrations: Welmoet de Graaf
Research: Utrecht University - Oscar Gelderblom
Project Producer - Marcia van Woensel
