SCHMIDT,We unfolded a brand with two centuries of history into one continuous horizontal composition.

client

SCHMIDT

year

2024

contribution

art directionweb designfront-endinteractive animation

in collaboration with

PAIR GROUP

SCHMIDT website displayed on a monitor

A brand story
in a horizontal rhythm.

Instead of the familiar downward movement, users travel through the SCHMIDT website from left to right. Identity, editorial blocks and interface scenes become one continuous sequence.

SCHMIDT horizontal website composition

The horizontal route sets the pace of discovery and turns the landing page into a continuous trajectory. It is not an effect for effect's sake.

SCHMIDT web typography featuring DIN Pro and a screen with a photograph of wheat

The brand story
as the next scene.

Family history, heritage and values do not sit on a separate text page. They become part of the same spatial sequence, giving each fact weight and rhythm without interrupting the movement.

SCHMIDT history section with an illustration on a laptop screenHorizontal SCHMIDT website composition on a smartphone held in one hand

Production as
a transparent process.

The section is divided into four numbered scenes. We developed a distinct object image for each while preserving shared rules for grid, typography and motion.

Scene 01 of the SCHMIDT production section with an ear of wheatScene 02 of the SCHMIDT production section with a transparent blue dropletScene 03 of the SCHMIDT production section with a dimensional splash of waterScene 04 of the SCHMIDT production section with a silver sphere

Four distinct images become one continuous visual journey.

SCHMIDT website pages and still-life composition on a monitor
SCHMIDT website pages on a laptop with horizontal navigation

For SCHMIDT, we created a distinctive website with unified art direction, a horizontal rhythm and interactive animation. Grid, typography and object imagery connect every section in a coherent digital brand story.

Horizontal SCHMIDT homepage on an ultrawide monitor
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