Almost every cybersecurity website looks the same. Blue gradients, padlock icons, and a stock photo of a hacker in a hoodie.

For my AFTRDRK concept, a threat intelligence company that operates in the hidden corners of the internet, I went the other way.

Their whole value is access to places others can’t reach. So instead of looking “safe,” the site leans into the dark:

1) Pure black and white, no accent colour. The restraint makes it feel serious and exclusive

2) Glitch textures, scan lines and a particle wave, so the page feels like it’s picking up signals from somewhere hidden

3) A headline with attitude: “Have friends in DRK places...” It tells you exactly what they do in five words

4) Three services, each with its own action: DRKCACHE, Protect Now, When Crisis Hits. The button tells you which situation you’re in

Dark, but never messy. Every section stays clean enough for a security team to trust.

Designers, honest question:

Should a cybersecurity brand look safe and reassuring, or a little dangerous?

Earlier this year I completed a website design & development project for BHV Alarmering. The biggest achievement was building a scalable design system that let the marketeer build 20 pages on their own and publish the site Tried to create a showreel with Claude and one promt:

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