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NOCTRA- Digital Archive & Creative Platform
NOCTRA is a curated digital archive spotlighting experimental creative work, a home for artists whose work doesn't fit the usual portfolio mould. I designed the full website experience, from first landing to artist discovery to submission.
My role: UI/UX Design
Scope: Website design (Home, Selection, Artists, Submit)
Most creative-archive sites default to one of two extremes: a sterile gallery grid, or a chaotic mood-board mess.
For NOCTRA, we leaned into editorial energy instead — an arched carousel of work as the hero, oversized wordmark, and quiet negative space around the type — so the platform feels curated and considered, letting the work do the talking rather than the UI competing with it.
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