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Independent concept project

Locanda

The business problem

A fine-dining restaurant's site buried its menu and atmosphere behind a generic template, giving visitors no reason to trust the experience before they walked in.

Design direction

A reservation-first layout that leads with atmosphere and menu, with typography and pacing that match the restaurant's tone before a single word of copy is read.

Locanda's redesigned homepage hero: a large photo of the dining room with a live open/closed status and a Book a Table button
Locanda's redesigned site on a phone: the same hero content stacked for mobile, with Book a Table reachable without scrolling
Homepage design
Locanda's menu section: real dish photography above readable Antipasti and Pasta listings, no PDF
Key interaction
Locanda's original 2016 site: a generic template hero reading Welcome to Locanda Restaurant, with Bootstrap-blue button
Before — 2016
Locanda's redesigned hero: a large photo of the dining room with a live open/closed status and a prominent Book a Table button
After — 2026
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