NOCTRA- Digital Archive & Creative

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.