Xinyi Zhang

ExplorEdge

Outdoor experiences, one step past your comfort zone. A brand and the site that books it.

  • Role · Sole designer
  • Year · 2023
  • Tools · Figma

Brief

Hiking, climbing, camping, trail running for people between 20 and 35, sold as one step past what you already do.

The ask: a mark, a palette, and the two pages that decide whether anyone books. One line for all of it: Dive Deep, Discover the Edge.

Goals
  • A mark that reads at 24 px and on a tent flap.
  • A landing that sells the feeling before the product.
  • A catalogue where a beginner finds their edge, not the expert’s.
Mark · wordmark · line
Navy plate: the three-plane mark beside the ExplorEdge wordmark and the line “Dive Deep, Discover the Edge.”, with the landing page on a laptop to the right.

Mark

Three planes: a door swung open, the room behind it, the floor between. Hover it and the door opens further.

The edge is not a wall. It is a door left ajar.

The mark · hover to open
  • Navythe room
  • Bluethe door
  • Tealthe ground
  • Actionevery button
  • Whitetype on photos
Ident · 6 s

Landing

One photograph, one line, one button. The photographs take turns; the line never changes.

As the backdrop turns, a blue hairline walks to the next of four promises.

Backdrops · pick one, or wait
Landing, night: a glowing orange tent under a starry sky. Landing, ridge: a crowd on a mountain ridge at sunset. Landing, trail: three runners on a hillside path in low sun.
  • Curated
  • Tailored
  • Trusted
  • Remembered

Catalogue

One catalogue, cut three ways, because “my edge” is not one axis.

Level gets the most room. A beginner should not scroll past the experts to find theirs.

  • By what

    Collections

    Hiking · Climbing · Observing

  • By how far

    Level

    Beginner · Intermediate · Advanced

  • By how long

    Outdoor activities

    Half-day · Full-day · Multi-day

Browse · 12 s

Outcome

A brand kit and a clickable landing and catalogue in Figma. Not built.

Reflection

Today I would make the step a control: say how far past “what I already do” you want to go, and the catalogue cuts itself.

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