Norin

Norin is a quiet, editorial studio site for branding and identity work, with the restraint of a Scandinavian design monograph. The first screen is nothing but edge-to-edge photography, runners against a pale sky or a hand on a clear bottle, crossed by a single hairline. The header is tiny and precise: the studio name on the left, Work, About, Notes, and Contact written as one comma-separated line in the middle, and a city with its local time on the right.

Lucas Eriksen structures the homepage like a printed index. Sections are numbered, 0.2 Selected Work and 0.3 Notes, and separated by thin rules. Each project gets a row with its name, year, and a View Project link, then a filmstrip of photos at deliberately uneven heights, with a small discipline label and a two-line description below, so a fashion project called Sorelle reads like a spread in a design annual. Notes is a lovely touch: short studio journal entries with dates, uppercase titles, and a paragraph of thinking each, which gives a studio an easy way to sound like itself. A Trusted By logo row closes it out. Project pages open on a full-bleed photo with the project name set low in the corner.

On a phone, the full-bleed photography still fills the screen, and the header shrinks to the studio name and a simple Menu link.

We'd pick Norin for branding studios and independent designers with strong art direction and a point of view to write about. The opening screen has no headline at all, so the photography must explain the studio on its own. The small type in the notes and captions also needs a careful contrast check.