Pablo The Flamingo (Site of the Day - Oct 9, 2014) — UI design breakdown
Come and party with Pablo the Flamingo! Whatever you do, don't stop the music... Made by Nathan Gordon and art directed by Pascal Van Der Haar. Illustration by Jono Yuen. Built on MatterJs, ThreeJs and GSAP. Sourced from Awwwards. Use this page as a UI breakdown: reverse-engineer hierarchy, color roles, and interaction cues before you remix ideas into your own screens.
- Study how Pablo The Flamingo separates primary actions from secondary content—note spacing, type scale, and focal contrast. Recognized as Site of the Day - Oct 9, 2014.
- Extracted palette (#49C5B6, #ECD06F): check which hues carry brand vs utility chrome.
- Darkest #49C5B6 vs lightest #ECD06F sits around 1.4:1, which is soft—better for backgrounds than small body copy.
- Ask: what would break first if this layout were a product dashboard—navigation clarity, scan order, or color contrast?
- Related themes: Art & Illustration, Music & Sound, Web & Interactive, Single page, Unusual Navigation, WebGL.