Late night session, moved to the kitchen table to mix it up, plus headphones and candle. Took into consideration @sloane feedback of not being into pop ups, decided to explore the idea of a full on Welcome page for the website, that you have to pass through to get to the site. The Aster is actually a little video on loop which I think makes the site feel more alive.
I'm not sure if this is the right move, but conceptually it feels aligned with what I'm going for. Into the idea of someone having to [ Enter → ] the space. Digging deeper to get the information they want, and not handing it all to them right away.
Probably breaks all best practices of the internet with clear CTA buttons, the goal of high conversion rates, and one sentence elevator pitches that try to communicate everything, but no one has hired me to design a website for the last decade and I design gardens now, ha
Also, have been playing around with this idea of a seasonal weather report to help ground us when we're in a digital space, originally inspired by @internetvin weather reports at the start of his voice message / memo updates.