A collection of moments and everyday observations
Blikkjournal is a personal collection of images capturing moments and everyday observations, made through a desire to showcase images that are otherwise lost on my personal devices, and as an alternative to social media and algorithms. The website is exploring the tension between minimalism and maximalism, both in information density and visual expression. How much can an interface be simplified before functionality is compromised? Users can experience these extremes firsthand by controlling how much information is displayed, using the "clutter control".
To create a minimalistic expression focusing on images, I have used light colors providing good contrast, a single typeface set in lowercase and simple icons complementing the typography. When viewing single images, a dynamic background color is used, generated from the image itself using a function that analyses the image and extracts a dominant color. To ensure consistency and correct color contrast, the color is adjusted to 25% saturation and layered with a white filter at 80% opacity.
The cursor is used to communicate the functionality, for instalce by using a zoom-in cursor to indicate that an image can be enlarged, or using a move cursor to indicate that an object can be dragged around.
