Roger Burkhard

13/06/2019

Gurtenfestival.

While the Gurtenfestival - official started in 1977 as a small alternative cultural festival it has grown into one of the largest music festivals in Switzerland. With around 20'000 visitors per day, an international lineup and an always peaceful atmosphere on Bern's local mountain, it is one of my favorite festivals. The greater the joy that I got the chance to develop the new website in collaboration with KARGO Kommunikation.

The Aare river around Berne was made the theme of this year's Festival and so I programmed multi-layered interactions and effects based on the element of water. For example, the background reacts to movements of the smartphone and the logo was animated via the Lottie technology developed by Airbnb. Additional micro-animations should not only entertain, but also improve the user-friendliness.

The basis of the application is the CMS Wordpress, whereby data is additionally loaded into the application via an API. Becaus of that the Festival Administrators can independently publish acts, stages and timetables on the Website according to their media plan. In the background, real-time data is synchronized with the website, and various open and closed sections provide guests and media professionals the informations they look for. During the festival, the number of traffic increases to around 70'000 visits per day for which several servers will provide the necessary load distribution.

Check it out:
https://gurtenfestival.ch

26/04/2019

SWICA Annual Report.

SWICA is one of the leading health and accident insurers in Switzerland with around 1.5 million insured persons and 27'000 corporate clients.

In collaboration with Zurich based agency Hej I had once again the chance to develop the digital annual report Website for SWICA. This year's focus was on the 7x24 services to its customers provided by SWICA. On topics such as Chatbots or Billing Apps, sympathetic CEO Reto Dahinden explains the current state and future plans through audio commentaries.

The wonderful illustrations were created by Bern based illustrator Christoph Frei aka Chragokyberneticks and the cool thing - we brought them to life with Airbnb's technology Lottie. Demanding were also the programming of the complex financial report tables, which should also be displayed optimally on mobile devices.

Check it out:
report.swica.ch

21/03/2019

NOLD Skateboards.

In the summer of 2009 I first met the founder and maker of NOLD Skateboards Marc Casagrande at a surfers beach somewhere on the west coast of Portugal. From that point on we developed this kind of men's friendship where you explore together pow-pow-covered mountains on a Snowboard, ride dark blue waves with the Surfboard and skate until you run out of air.

When "Casi" founded his own Skateboard Company last year we wanted to translate this vibe and his origins in the golden 80s into the web. Graphic designer Pia Fleischmann then developed a wonderful concept and design that revives these bright colors, the playfulness and the dirt of that time!

One gimmick on the page that I really like: anyone who has been on a board knows that in the beginning you have to ask yourself if you are Regular or Goofie on the board, and that's what we used on the website. When you decide for Regular the whole site is left-aligned and with Goofy you navigate right-aligned through the page! 🤙

OLD, but not!
NOT OLD, in short:
«NOLD»

Check it out:
noldboards.ch

27/09/2018

Junge Bühne Bern.

Since its founding in 2006, Junge Bühne Bern has been committed to children and young adults who are passionate about theater. In addition to numerous projects with children and teenagers from the greater Bern area, JBB is also devoted in the integration of refugees and people who call Switzerland their second home. Several choreographers, theater teachers and musicians actively support the club with more than 200 members and ensures that JBB will continue to shape the cultural landscape of Bern.

I developed the new website in close collaboration with Graphic Design Studio B&R, which has been designing the posters for the theater since 2011. The aim was to incorporate the well designed six-month program booklets with the Screen. According to this I developed a Web-Framework to create custom Animations and Color Patterns based on JavaScript and HTML5. Since the target group are children as well as adults the site had to have a playful character and so we invested a lot of time in Experiments, Interaction Design and Animation. In addition to the design and interaction process, it was necessary to simplify the theater's own digital processes. Based on that I developed a tailor-made reservation tool which is a handy solution for guests and employees alike.

https://junge-buehne-bern.ch

21/08/2018

North East.

Excited to see that the branding project for Studio Sansano — designed by Atelier Pol and coded by myself is featured in the Japanese Design Blog North East.

Thanks!

Website and print collateral for an interdisciplinary design and planning office Sansano by Roger Burkhard and Atelier Pol based in Switzerland. The business cards and letter printed on Japanese paper manufactor Takeo’s Satogami, Apricot. Via rogerburkhard.com, atelier-pol.ch

11/06/2018

Mindsparkle Mag.

Happy to announce that my Branding is featured in one of my favourite Design Blogs - Mindsparkle Mag.

Thanks again Lundgren+Lindqvist!

Roger Burkhard Branding by
http://bit.ly/2HDSTHo

07/06/2018

Studio Sansano.

Studio Sansano is an interdisciplinary design and planning office. They collect stories and things and use them to develop projects for art, construction and film. Paula Sansano is an architect ETH and leads the Studio in Bern with a focus on architectural transformation processes. Since 2016, she also manages the Affspace - Offspace for Architecture in the Old Town of Bern.

In collaboration with Atelier Pol I developed the website as part of a new branding. In new color and with modern typography we let the visitor dive into the world of the Studio and present the multi-layered projects in the form of text, image and video. On the start page you can even awaken your own creativity and paint it as you like.

Based on Wordpress Paula can assemble each project individually with flexible content elements or integrate external elements such as video and audio independently.

https://studiosansano.ch

03/05/2018

Ladies, Wine & Design.

Happy to announce that I had the chance to work on the new Ladieswinedesign website in collaboration with New York based agency Sagmeister & Walsh.

Ladies, Wine & Design was started by Jessica Walsh after she wrote an article on 12kindsofkindness.com as an initiative to foster women creativity. Only a tiny percent of creative directors are women, and LW&D wants to help change this through mentorship circles, portfolio reviews, and creative meet-ups. In less than two years of launching, the project has spread to chapters in over 180 cities all over the world.

My part of the job was to reprogram the entire website and to develop various extensions in close collaboration with the designers. Extensions include full responsive behavior for tablet and mobile devices, a reservation tool, a custom Google Maps integration with an overview and filtering of all international chapters, a gallery with the latest events as well as an interview section, a new merch section and Instagram integration.

I really enjoyed to work on this project and I hope Ladies, Wine & Design will continue to grow fast. Thanks to Gabriela Namie , Erica Grubman and Jessica Walsh.

ladieswinedesign.com

23/03/2018

Truly Nordic.

Happy to announce that my Branding which was created by the Swedish Design Studio Lundgren+Lindqvist is featured in Victionary's new Book Truly Nordic. Thanks again Andreas + Carl-Johan for pushing the boundaries on this project and for creating a Brand + Identity which represents my values and aesthetics so perfectly beautiful.

The Book Truly Nordic explores and examines contemporary designs that value clarity and practicality above all else and is featuring 140 cutting-edge projects by creative units residing in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

The book publisher is well known Hong Kong based victionary which was founded by the Designer Victor Cheung. Since 2001, the publisher has produced over 100 books and will continue to draw the best from the creative world.

14/03/2018

moor.text

In collaboration with graphic design studio Büro a+o we experimented a lot to find ideas on how to present the work of a copywriter – namely phrases and words, names, ideas and concepts to create a meaningful portfolio. While it should be fun to browse the site, we wanted as well the look and feel of the 90s – on one hand to celebrate his golden years and of course, to underline his humor – as it was a key element during the whole concept phase. The result is a portfolio page of a different kind – and Yes – that’s a good thing.

On the start page you will find an arrangement of his current favorite sentences – so to speak, his Gesamtkunstwerk, which tells a story, in fragments. If you click on a project you get the necessary additional informations about the work that has been done and gallery images can be shuffeled (in the spirit of the 90s). In addition to an About and Contact page, as well as a Blog, the highlight is certainly the Chat. Here people can get in touch with moor.text and you will find funny, controversial and blatant love conversations between him and and his audience. Enjoy browsing!

Check it out:
https://moortext.ch

03/11/2017

Frame Optik.

In collaboration with Manuel Kreuzer . Büro für visuelle Gestaltung we created the new minimalist website for the innovative opticians Frame O P T I K. While Manuel designed a custom grid and typography I developed the animations and programmed the logic for the Frontend and Backend for Desktop, Tablet and Mobile. As CMS we used WordPress so the client can edit the website independently at any time.

Check it out: http://frame-optik.de

17/10/2017

ISC Club.

Happy to announce that I had the chance to create the new Website for ISC Club Bern in collaboration with Team Tandem.

Check it out: https://isc-club.ch