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How we built

For its 15th anniversary, Dutch music festival Solar Weekend wanted to

translate its special vibe into a special site. Gewest13 explains how it did it

SOLAR WEEKEND FESTIVAL

HOW WE BUILT

A music festival held annually in Roermond,

the Netherlands over four days, Solar

Weekend Festival is built by creatives,

for creatives. Gewest13 was tasked with

designing and developing the website for this

special event’s 15th anniversary. (1) There’s

a dynamic look and feel to the opening page,

with its kinetic typography and background

video but all the while the distinctive ‘Solar’

logo remains in the top-left corner, acting as

an anchor point for the navigation. (2) Lively

and colourful video footage of events at past

Solar festivals appears in the background

and draws visitors into the website’s

content. (3) A hamburger menu enables the

visitor to navigate to exactly what they’re

looking for quickly and easily. (4) Big and

bold typography moves across the screen,

grabbing the visitor’s attention and helping to

add to the atmosphere of excitement. (5) The

visitor can also access the rest of the content

by scrolling.

BRIEF

Solar Weekend Festival is a music festival

held in Roermond, the Netherlands over four

days. To help celebrate its 15-year anniversary,

Eindhoven studio Gewest13 was asked to create

an online platform that would represent the

event’s special vibe.

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