Designer Highlight: Bimo Tri | Codrops

I’m Bimo Tri, a multidisciplinary designer and artistic developer primarily based in Indonesia. I run a small unbiased studio known as Studio•Bämo.J®, working between Jakarta and Bali — or just about wherever I can discover a quick web connection.

My focus is on constructing expressive digital experiences, largely portfolio websites and model platforms for creatives, studios, and design-forward manufacturers. With roots in each design and improvement, I take pleasure in mixing visible precision with movement and interactivity to create work that feels each considerate and visceral. I care deeply about craft, story, and making issues that resonate past simply visuals.

Showcase

SAISEI

Saisei is a visionary structure agency primarily based in Tokyo, Japan, targeted on sustainability, tradition, and timeless design. I designed and developed the positioning to mirror their philosophy merging conventional Japanese aesthetics with clear, up to date digital design.

Achievements

This undertaking was a serious milestone in my profession. It introduced dwelling my first Awwwards Website of the Day and earned recognition from a number of different platforms. The constructive suggestions from the design neighborhood affirmed my method to cultural storytelling via digital mediums.

Private notes

Saisei stays considered one of my favourite works. I’ve all the time been drawn to the strain between heritage and modernity, and this undertaking gave me the house to discover that deeply. The popularity it obtained made the method much more significant.

Reside Website Hyperlink: https://saisei-sbj.webflow.io/

NĀGARA

Nagara is an idea undertaking developed in collaboration with my buddy Felixander Yuan, created as a part of the #DareToShare24 design problem by @bentenwordring.

It reimagines a luxurious watch model that fuses the precision of Swiss watchmaking with the cultural depth of the Majapahit Empire. Every timepiece acts as a tribute not simply to technical craftsmanship, however to historic richness and aesthetic symbolism rooted in Indonesian heritage.

Challenges

One of many greatest hurdles was exploring AI-generated imagery and movement property. Utilizing instruments like Midjourney and Kling, it took quite a few iterations to dial in a visible path that felt each on-brand and high-end. Getting the product visuals — particularly the watches — to look genuine and aligned with the model’s narrative was far more difficult than anticipated.

Achievements

The ultimate consequence was a totally animated idea website that we had been genuinely happy with. Yuan did a tremendous job bringing the dev and movement to life. Past that, the undertaking ended up profitable the month-to-month problem, incomes recognition and a few cool prizes — a pleasant bonus on high of the artistic satisfaction.

Private notes

This one felt private. The month’s theme was “Luxurious” — an area I naturally gravitate towards — and we had been allowed to staff up for the ultimate problem. I selected to work with Yuan, somebody I’ve revered and identified for some time. The whole course of felt like a return to roots — storytelling, tradition, and collaboration — wrapped inside a luxurious narrative.

Reside Website Hyperlink: https://nagara-daretoshare.webflow.io/

HorizonStudio

Horizon Studio is a conceptual structure agency primarily based in Los Angeles, created to discover the intersection of artwork, design, and know-how. Impressed by my love for structure and inside design, the positioning showcases glossy, avant-garde visuals with a concentrate on sustainability. I used Midjourney for the visible property and GPT to form the narrative, crafting an expertise that feels trendy and immersive.

Achievements

The positioning obtained an Honorable Point out from Awwwards — a validating second for me because it was considered one of my earliest forays into the structure house. The suggestions highlighted the power of the design path and the positioning’s total environment.

Private notes

This was the primary undertaking the place I went all in with generative AI — each asset was made utilizing prompts, and actually, it was fairly sloppy at first. However via experimentation, I managed to create a cohesive visible type that regarded prefer it got here from one photographer. It jogged my memory how enjoyable it’s to dive into the unknown and simply discover.

Reside Website Hyperlink: https://horizonstudioarchitecture.webflow.io/

REZN-8

REZN-8 is a typographic and format exploration rooted in Swiss design ideas. It began as a poster experiment and advanced right into a full web site — my first time constructing a motion-heavy website fully with code. It was all about translating static design into one thing dynamic, expressive, and useful in a digital format.

Challenges

Turning the poster right into a useful website was already a problem, however studying JavaScript on the fly to convey movement into the expertise pushed me even additional.

The most important problem, although, was researching and presenting correct details about the legendary designers featured. Some had little or no on-line presence, so I needed to dive deep into design historical past to get the small print proper.

Private notes

REZN-8 holds a particular place in my coronary heart. It fully modified how I see format, grids, and kind — it was the undertaking that shifted my design mind perpetually. Shoutout to Chris Do and TheFutur’s Typography 01 course, which sparked the entire thing.

Reside Website Hyperlink: https://rezn8.webflow.io/

Notable Explorations & Initiatives

Blacksmith Collective

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Reside Website Hyperlink: https://blacksmith-sbj.webflow.io/

Velthari

Reside Website Hyperlink: https://velthari.webflow.io/

Velvet Blues

Background

I didn’t begin out as a designer, not less than not within the conventional sense. My early work was in a advertising and marketing company the place I dealt with every little thing from FB advert graphics to search engine optimization touchdown pages and WordPress articles. It wasn’t glamorous, but it surely gave me a basis in how digital programs work.

Then I stumbled throughout Webflow — and every little thing modified. I bought fully hooked on internet design, particularly websites with wealthy movement and interplay.

That second pushed me to give up the company world and begin my very own studio. Since then, I’ve been constructing expressive, story-driven web sites for creatives and design-forward manufacturers, mixing design, movement, and improvement into one thing that feels private and intentional.

Design Philosophy

I’ve all the time leaned towards minimal design paired with daring, heavy kind. To me, you don’t want rather a lot to make one thing putting, simply the suitable stability of restraint and intention. If the typography is strong and the format is considerate, even the only design can carry emotional weight. I concentrate on readability, rhythm, and a robust visible pulse — letting movement, house, and kind do the heavy lifting.

Instruments and Strategies

Figma for a lot of the design work
Webflow for front-end improvement and CMS integration
GSAP for all issues movement and interplay
Cursor for dev help (as a result of I wouldn’t name myself a “actual dev,” however I make it work)

Inspiration

I pull inspiration from a number of locations — music, movies, anime — particularly those which can be crafted with insane consideration to element. I’ve all the time admired how a lot intention goes into these worlds. There’s a lot to steal from them — not simply visually, however conceptually and emotionally. I’m additionally impressed by work that feels private, uncooked, and fantastically uncompromising.

Future Objectives

My principal purpose is to maintain attracting work that aligns with the best way I see and do issues. I’m not chasing quantity — I simply need to preserve collaborating with individuals who worth design, story, and craft as a lot as I do. I’m additionally all for exploring extra private initiatives, perhaps even merging design with philosophy, health, or writing — issues that really feel extra like extensions of who I’m, not simply what I do.

Closing Ideas

Be taught from the previous, embrace the current second, and look into the longer term. You solely reside as soon as, do what makes you content and what feels best for you.