Case study
Edições Farol
A catalogue site where every book opens to its first page, so readers judge the writing, not the cover.
Websites
Edições Farol, an independent publisher
2024
Design Inês Moura · Development Offcut
The challenge
A small press with a catalogue site where books opened onto a cover and nothing else.
The approach
Every book opens to its first page, so readers judge the writing, not the cover. The catalogue is sorted by season, and back titles stay one click away.
180 books online
First-page previews for all
Newsletter list ×3 in a year
The invoice · ex. VAT
Website design and build (Framer) CMS for 180 books Newsletter templates
Days
16 working days
Team
2 people
Price band
€8–15k
The price band is what the client actually paid, ex. VAT.
More work
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Websites
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