08 / 15
ember.
Brief
ember. hosts sauna, cold plunge and ritual around a fire, starting with a wood-shingled sauna on the Chicago Riverwalk. The site has to show the place and build a list for the next season and the next spot.
Idea
Everything comes from the fire. The sauna sits in a rounded video window on a gradient that burns from red to black, steam drifts across the page, and a crackling fire plays if you turn the sound on.
Result
A one-page site with looping footage of the Riverwalk sauna, drawn steam, a fire soundtrack, an early-access signup and an email capture that asks where the fire should go next.