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Experimental editor portfolio

Knel

Treating an editor’s portfolio like a crafted editorial object instead of a standard website.

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Knel desktop hero screenshot with editorial portfolio art direction
Role
Creative direction, visual design, typography, interaction, motion, development
Type
Experimental portfolio
Focus
Editorial composition, atelier pacing, memorable interaction
Platform
Frontend website

The page is intentionally less like a profile and more like an object.

It uses pacing, type, cropping, and friction to make the work feel authored.

Knel desktop screenshot showing an editorial content section
Knel mobile hero screenshot
  • Editorial/atelier identity
  • Most experimental composition
  • Designed and built from scratch

Direction

A portfolio that refuses the normal thumbnail grid.

Knel needed to be memorable for an editor whose work is about rhythm and taste. The site takes more compositional risks: oversized type, editorial spacing, and image treatments that feel curated instead of templated.

Pacing

Whitespace becomes part of the edit.

The design uses pauses and asymmetry the way an edit uses silence. The result is still usable, but it is allowed to feel more artistic than the business sites around it.