Weleda - The Open Garden (Site of the Day - May 15, 2021) — UI design breakdown

To celebrate their centenary year, Weleda wanted to create an immersive online garden. We designed an interactive 360 garden experience to make the community feel closer to nature. 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 Weleda - The Open Garden separates primary actions from secondary content—note spacing, type scale, and focal contrast. Recognized as Site of the Day - May 15, 2021.
• Extracted palette (#49C5B6, #FFFFFF): check which hues carry brand vs utility chrome.
• Darkest #49C5B6 vs lightest #FFFFFF sits around 2.1:1, 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: Business & Corporate, Culture & Education, Clean, 360, 3D, WebGL.