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NOIR HOUSE

A quieter, editorial barbershop direction built around taste, service clarity, and a cleaner booking experience.

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NOIR HOUSE concept homepage

Barbering / concept homepage1440 × 900

Client
Concept project
Industry
Barbering
Role
Design + development
Year
2026
Status
Concept — not a commissioned build
Output
Responsive website

Editorial
documented.

The goal is not to make every project look like KRD Websmith. The goal is to make each interface feel native to the business it represents.

01 / Context

What existed before

Barbering businesses in this category typically run a template site or a social profile. There was no prior KRD build to redesign, so this starts from the category itself: what a customer actually needs to see before they commit.

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NOIR HOUSE concept homepage above the fold

Above the fold1440 × 900

02 / Problem

What was not working

The category is crowded with the same dark masculine aesthetic and interchangeable layouts.

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Interface detail from the NOIR HOUSE concept

Interface detailCrop

03 / Direction

The design approach

Shift toward editorial typography, warm paper tones, restrained colour, and a calmer information hierarchy.

Bone + espressoHigh-contrast serifService listTime-slot booking
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NOIR HOUSE concept, full page

Full page / hover to scroll1440 × 900

04 / Build

How it was implemented

Hand-written semantic HTML and CSS with a small amount of JavaScript. A single type and spacing system, real photography, and no framework overhead — so the page stays fast and the layout holds at every width.

Markup
Semantic HTML
Styling
Hand-written CSS
Motion
Restrained, reduced-motion safe
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Component detail from the NOIR HOUSE concept

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05 / Mobile

How it adapts

The phone layout is designed, not stacked. Type scales down deliberately, touch targets stay large, metadata compresses, and the primary action stays reachable without hunting.

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NOIR HOUSE concept on desktop

Desktop1440 × 900

NOIR HOUSE concept on a phone

Phone390 × 844

06 / Result

The finished website

Make the shop more memorable while keeping service selection and booking straightforward.

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NOIR HOUSE concept full mobile page

Full mobile page / hover to scroll390 × 844

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