Reduce
For Oliver Binder, music advisor at the Cologne Opera House, okamo developed a text-focused website with few graphics or typographic elements to create a clear visual space in which Mr. Binder could best present his texts. Oliver Binder had worked as production advisor at the Salzburg Landestheater, the Theater Dortmund, and the Theater Heilbronn, to name a few. The new website for Oliver Binder is based on mikaa strictly content, providing complete CMS support.
The design meant dabbling in near-complete reduction methods. The associative space that surrounds the new design of Mr. Binder's website was born by the following thoughts: Theater advisors work with language. Black on white. Shapers of thoughts. Provide for clarity. The Black Square by Malevich (later it became dark green) embodies the darkness on the stage: The theatre advisor turns things upside down and right side up again. Depending on his/her mood.
The traditional elements, such as a serif typeface for the running text, were used and offset slightly by a minimal system of other elements. The result was a very low-key space that gives undivided attention to Mr. Binder's text, yet remains independent and confident in terms of its design.