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MINITEL DU SUD — La légende se reconnecte 🖥️📞
The idea: what if France's heritage sportswear house revived the Minitel — the terminal that connected millions of French homes from 1982 to 2012 — the way a maison reissues an archive icon?
Making it real: a numbered edition of 50, hand-restored in Marseille, with a full campaign world, a working storefront, and a soundtrack — built end-to-end on Squarespace 7.1 / Fluid Engine.
How Finish Layer made it real:
Font Uploads — a custom pixel typeface as the "machine voice": title, ticker, teletext annotations. No code injection.
Block layering — the serif headline interrupted by the machine; the campaign broadcasting inside the terminal's screen, video layered under the frame.
Pinned hero text — the composition holds through the scroll.
Block Animations — hover reveals hide edition serials behind the campaign cards (N° 07/50 — RÉSERVÉ).
Block Hiding (Mobile) — desktop gets the theater; mobile gets a streamlined vertical flow.
Beyond the layout: a fully functional storefront built with real commerce settings — 50 units in inventory, limit 1 per order, so the scarcity story is enforced by the system, not just the copy. (Concept project: nothing ships, no payments are processed — the store demonstrates the commerce build.) Plus an original French-electronic track — the hold music of 1990, composed for the terminals — closing with a scroll-scaled banner: « MONTE LE SON. »
Toolkit: Midjourney (campaign imagery, locked style refs) · Departure Mono by Helena Zhang (SIL OFL) · Suno (soundtrack) · SquareKicker (window reveal, horizontal scroll, scroll-scale banner)
🔗 minitel-contra.squarespace.com — password: 3615 (the dial code, of course)
Projet conceptuel — not affiliated with Orange S.A. Minitel is a trademark of its respective owner.
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This deserves more than just liking, this deserves to be featured! 🏆 Mixing heritage with modern asset storytelling is a killer concept for a custom web presence.
Appreciate it 🙏
The retro Minitel hardware next to the modern typography is such a strong concept, feels like a real archival reissue drop. Is this a personal passion project or an actual pitch you're shopping to a brand?
Personal project and a lot of nostalgia from my childhood.
Bryan amazing work 😎
Thank you 👌
Love this aesthetic for a tennis brand!
Means a lot !
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Meet NEXUS STUDIO — a futuristic digital experience and AI design agency website built on Squarespace for the Make It Real Challenge! 🚀
I have customized this site to showcase next-generation design capabilities:
CORE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENTS: Neural networks & automated design pipelines.
AI-DRIVEN CREATIVE DIRECTION: High-impact brand transformations.
FUTURE-PROOF CONSULTING: Enterprise-grade scalable web experiences.
🔗 Live Website Link: https://helicon-ranunculus-xkfy.squarespace.com
🔑 Visitor Password: Nexusstudio
Would love to hear your feedback!
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Excited to share my entry for the #squarespacechallenge! I transformed Colysa Therapies, a holistic massage and lymphatic drainage practice, into a serene and professional online presence using Squarespace. This project focused on creating an intuitive, calming, and informative platform that truly reflects the healing services offered.
Visual Showcase & Website Link
Live Site: https://www.colysatherapies.com/
Project Overview
Project Goal: To create a professional, inviting, and easy-to-navigate website for Colysa Therapies, specializing in Manual Lymphatic Drainage, TMJ Therapy, and therapeutic massage. The site needed to convey trust, expertise, and a sense of calm for clients seeking wellness and recovery.
My Approach: I aimed for a clean, elegant, and user-friendly design that prioritizes client experience. The aesthetic combines soft, natural tones with clear typography and intuitive navigation to ensure visitors can easily find information about services, book appointments, and understand the benefits of holistic therapies.
Deep Dive: Leveraging Squarespace Finish Layer Tools
The new Finish Layer tools were instrumental in refining the site's visual polish and user experience, allowing for advanced customization without code. Here's how they were (or could be) applied to elevate the Colysa Therapies website:
Block Animations: Subtle scroll-triggered animations on key sections, such as the
service descriptions or testimonials, could gently guide the user's eye and add a touch of sophistication, enhancing the overall calming experience without being distracting.
Block Transforms: While the current design is clean and structured, Block Transforms could be subtly introduced to create unique visual interest in specific areas, such as slightly skewing image blocks in the 'About' section or rotating decorative elements to break monotony and add a modern, artistic flair.
Font Uploads: The website currently uses elegant, readable fonts. If the brand identity required a very specific, custom typeface not available in Squarespace's default library, Font Uploads would be crucial to maintain brand consistency and uniqueness across the site.
Stacks: Stacks are excellent for responsive design. They were implicitly used to ensure that service listings, testimonials, and contact information blocks are beautifully arranged and aligned across various screen sizes, providing a seamless experience whether viewed on a desktop or mobile device.
Design Process & Key Decisions
My design process began with understanding the core values of Colysa Therapies: healing, professionalism, and client-centered care. Key decisions included:
Color Palette: Opting for a soothing palette of greens, creams, and natural tones to evoke a sense of calm and well-being.
Imagery: Selecting high-quality, authentic images that convey peace, expertise, and the therapeutic environment.
Clear Navigation: Structuring the site with intuitive menus (Home, About, Services, Reviews, FAQs, Contact, Blog) to ensure visitors can easily find the information they need.
Call-to-Action Placement: Strategically placing 'Book Now' buttons to facilitate easy appointment scheduling.
Submission Compliance & Bonus Points
This project was built entirely on Squarespace, and I have ensured all challenge guidelines are met. I am also a proud Squarespace Circle partner, which I believe adds value to my submission. For bonus points, I plan to include a short video walkthrough of the site and my design process, further illustrating the design choices and functionality.
Call to Action
I invite you to explore Colysa Therapies and experience the serene and professional online environment I've crafted. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the design, user experience, and how the subtle (or potential) application of Finish Layer tools contributes to the overall site. What aspects resonate most with you?
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There's a $50,000 design challenge running on Contra right now, and most people are misreading the brief. Let me fix that with my own entry.
The Envato challenge isn't about make something with stock and post it, It's a workflow challenge. They want to watch you take Envato's library into a real project, in whatever tool you work in, and show the decisions you made along the way. The walkthrough is the entry. The final asset is just the evidence.
So here's mine: Marigold°, a brand identity for a summer general store that doesn't exist. Nighty and Swash Daisy for the type, Elements photography setting the visual standard, paper, grain and Envato Audio in the final work.
I curated stock into a standard before generating a single image, then rejected every AI generation that didn't belong and put it together.
I mean, $12K first prize, five more $5K categories, and joining gets you a free month of Envato's Plus plan with unlimited downloads and 100 AI generations. Entries close Saturday night PDT.
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