Honouring the past. Amplifying the present.


Type
Website
Client
Sony Legacy

Status
Launched

Pink Floyd’s world spans six decades of music, artwork, performances and cultural impact. Our role was to translate that breadth into a digital experience that felt worthy of its scale. A website that honoured the past while creating something built to endure.

Working closely with Sony’s Legacy team, we rethought the structure of the band’s online presence from the ground up. The previous site had become a catalogue of content; our aim was to transform it into an immersive archive shaped for discovery. We reorganised the band’s albums, artwork, tours and ephemera into a system that reveals their body of work as one interconnected whole.

Our design direction centred on restraint. By avoiding the pull of any specific era, we crafted an aesthetic that could hold them all; neutral typography, a muted palette, and an interface that steps back so the band’s own imagery can define the experience. Smooth interactions, measured pacing and subtle motion shape a sense of flow, creating a quiet backdrop for Pink Floyd’s iconic visuals to come forward.

A key part of the experience is discovery. Beneath the surface, we introduced an intentional, AI-powered layer that connects decades of material — linking album sleeves to tour posters, photographs to film, stories to moments. These connections are surfaced carefully, creating new pathways for exploration without altering the work itself.

BEHIND THE STRATEGY


From a historic archive to a living digital experience

  • Pink Floyd’s previous site functioned as a catalogue. The content was there, but the connections, context and emotional weight weren’t. We set out to create something that felt as considered as the band’s own work, giving fans a clearer, more intuitive way to explore six decades of music, imagery and stories.
  • Rather than anchoring the design to a single era, we focused on building a system that could hold all of them. This meant leading with restraint; neutral typography, a muted palette and an interface that steps back so the band’s visuals define the experience.
  • With such a vast archive, clarity was essential. We introduced an invisible, AI-powered layer that maps relationships across albums, tours, artwork and ephemera. This surfaces pathways that feel natural and meaningful without adding complexity for fans.

What we did on this project...

Website

  • Immersion & Research
  • Website Strategy
  • Website Architecture
  • User Experience Design
  • AI integrations
  • Interaction Prototypes
  • Website Design

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