7:30 a.m. First coffee. Same ritual, every single day.

Some people have a sweet tooth. I have a coffee tooth. And while the kettle boils, I usually catch myself daydreaming about the same place: Japan, a trip I’ve wanted to take for years.

For this challenge, I brought the two together. Digging through public domain archives, I found Japanese woodblock prints with rolling waves, round windows, cherry blossoms and graceful women drawn in a few calm, confident lines. I turned them into a custom Recraft Style and gave it a brief no Edo-era print shop could have imagined: a modern café, with takeaway cups, delivery bags, loyalty cards and an ordering app.

The café is called Mado, “window” in Japanese: a small window to slow down in a busy day. Its barista, also Mado, wears an indigo wave apron, a round-window hairpin and wireless earbuds. She remembers your oat milk order, protects the window seats from video calls, and believes every laptop should close when the cake arrives.

Old prints, new rituals. My entry for the Contra × Recraft Archive Style Challenge.

Project: https://www.recraft.ai/project/432bd549-89dd-4c6e-a723-8f0c55bfd16f

Such an original idea! 😍

Lately, I've been inspired by amazing wedding photographers across the UK, and while I was browsing Google Maps, Birmingham randomly caught my attention. I reviewed some user testimonials there and found out there's an often-occurring problem of too-long turnaround times to get edited pictures from a photographer, especially during the hot summer season (a lot of weddings take place in the summer).

This user problem inspired me to design this hero section while experimenting with Figma Motion. No AI was used for the concept design, only for user research purposes to compare what's on the market from the USP point of view — after reviewing and comparing 12 websites by hand myself.

I came up with a USP as well eventually — a simple, yet quickly scannable message with a clear value from the very first screen.

And of course, my ever-rotating peonies sending a photographer's message of being fun. What can you do with me?

To take a closer look (likes and comments are appreciated 🙌 ):

https://contra.com/p/qX3RXqXr-branded-website-experience-for-a-wedding-photographer?referralExperimentNid=DEFAULT_REFERRAL_PROGRAM&referrerUsername=daria_saiadian_dsucxtlv

That looks so lovely! Well done!