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C-09 Arts & media

Bilingual artist portfolio

A bilingual portfolio site with multiple themes, a stories feature, and a lightweight admin the owner can run themselves.

Real project · client withheld · outcomes discussed under NDA

  1. 01 Bilingual from the start
  2. 02 Multiple themes
  3. 03 A stories feature
  4. 04 A lightweight admin
1730 / C-09 / Publishing system Build path / 4 stages Custom web site

An artist needed a portfolio that worked in two languages and reflected their own sense of design — a place to show work, publish short posts, and change things over time without calling a developer for every edit.

The problem

Off-the-shelf site builders tend to force a single look, treat a second language as an add-on, and still leave the owner dependent on someone else for real changes. A portfolio that is meant to represent an artist should not feel like a template.

What we did

  1. 01
    Bilingual from the start

    Two languages treated as first-class, so the site reads as intended in both rather than one being a bolt-on translation.

  2. 02
    Multiple themes

    Several themes, so the presentation can shift with the work instead of being locked to one fixed look.

  3. 03
    A stories feature

    A stories / posts feature, so the site is somewhere to keep publishing, not a static page that ages.

  4. 04
    A lightweight admin

    A simple admin built for the owner, so everyday updates happen without a developer in the loop.

Relevance

Where this pattern applies.

  • Your public site has to express a distinct identity, work in more than one language, and remain owner-editable.
  • A template or generic CMS is getting in the way of the content.
How we would start

A comparable engagement starts by settling the content model and the languages, then builds a site and a small admin around them — enough that the owner can publish and adjust without help from day one.

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