
obys.agency
Obys defines itself as a “typography-driven design laboratory.” Instead of a polite portfolio grid, the site behaves like a kinetic poster exhibition each scroll stroke detonates a fresh composition of outsized glyphs, color floods and motion, proving the studio’s mantra: type first, everything else follows.
The home hero greets visitors with a split canvas: left snow-white void; right oversized PP Neue letters that stretch, squash and shuffle to the rhythm of scroll inertia. A shock-orange accent line snaps in on interaction, guiding the eye while underscoring brand audacity. Case-study tiles hide inside a strict twelve-column grid until hovered, then bloom into full-bleed WebGL video; shadows slide 2 px, echoing handset parallax. Micro-copy whispers in a humane grotesque, balancing the maximalist display fonts.
Despite heavy type animation, LCP ≈ 1.3 s on desktop and 1.7 s on 4 G: variable fonts load subset first, full axes only after idle; GSAP tweens pause in background tabs. prefers-reduced-motion freezes glyph morphs and swaps slide-ins for fades. All color pairs pass WCAG AA and tab order mirrors visual flow, so screen-reader users get the same narrative beat as sighted guests.
Obys shows how letterforms can power an entire digital experience restraint in palette, rigor in performance and fearless motion turn a portfolio into a living masterclass on typographic storytelling.