The Gift Of Giving (Site of the Day - Nov 28, 2015) — UI design breakdown
This Christmas the iconic Danish brand Georg Jensen invited users to participate in a glamorous holiday party. Through an interactive storyline the user got to experience The Gift of Giving first hand. 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 The Gift Of Giving separates primary actions from secondary content—note spacing, type scale, and focal contrast. Recognized as Site of the Day - Nov 28, 2015.
- Extracted palette (#000, #FFFFFF, #ECD06F): check which hues carry brand vs utility chrome.
- Darkest #ECD06F vs lightest #FFFFFF sits around 1.5:1, 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: Fashion, Music & Sound, Web & Interactive, Animation, Fullscreen, Single page.




