Atmosphere over ornament
Full-bleed Himalaya photography on a near-black canvas, with drifting cloud transitions carrying you from one section to the next. The interface steps back so the mountains do the talking.
Case Study · UI/UX Design
Breathless
An expedition brand's basecamp on the web — designed to make you want to climb.
The Brief
Breathless is the expedition company founded by Nima Rinji Sherpa — at eighteen, the youngest person to summit all fourteen of the world's eight-thousanders. A story like that doesn't need decoration; it needs a stage. Our brief was the UI/UX for the flagship site: a digital basecamp that could carry the weight of the mountains and turn awe into an enquiry.
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Breathless exists for those willing to move past comfort, beyond fear,
and into the unknown.
The Approach 01 02 03
How we designed the climb.
Built around a once-in-a-generation story
The founder's fourteen-peak record is the emotional spine. A quiet stats line — 14 peaks, 740 days, 18.5 years — and a wall of press marks earn trust long before a word of pitch.
A clear route to the summit
Two journeys — Mountaineering and Trekking — laid out as cinematic, swipeable cards with altitude-forward hierarchy, every peak funnelling toward one warm 'Join with Us' enquiry.
A single scroll, from summit to sign-up.
Designed section by section as one continuous ascent — every screen handing off to the next like altitude on a climb.
The Design
One interface, built to hold a mountain.
100% Custom interface, designed from a blank canvas
2 Expedition tracks — Mountaineering & Trekking
6 Peaks, each given its own cinematic card
8 Global press marks built into the trust wall
UI/UX design by Jungle. Photography, expedition details and press features belong to Breathless Expeditions.
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