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04 — outcome
Since launch, the Barrio Cantina website has become an efficient bridge between social channels and festival logistics. Visitors can find event information instantly, and food‑truck owners register within minutes. Though intentionally small in scope, the website strengthens brand presence online and ties seamlessly into the Polé Polé visual family.
02 — solution
The new Barrio Cantina website acts as a digital gateway: small in scope but full of character. Built with Next.js, it mirrors the colour and energy of the festival’s visual identity while remaining lightweight and easy to navigate. Poster artwork for the season was delivered by the Polé Polé team; I translated that design into a cohesive web variant, preserving its festive vibrancy while adapting it for responsive layouts and accessibility. The result is a simple but expressive site that connects visitors and participants in just a few clicks.
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Challenge
Design a compact, lively web presence that reflects the atmosphere of the festival without unnecessary complexity.
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Solution
Created a lightweight site that translates poster artwork into a vibrant, functional web experience.
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Approach
A deliberate minimal build, spending effort and budget only where it mattered.
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Outcome
Delivered a fast, brand‑aligned microsite that supports the festival with clarity and charm.
03 — approach
Barrio Cantina needed a straightforward solution, not a large‑scale project.
With clear objectives and limited scope, I focused only on what added real value: quick loading and brand consistency with the Polé Polé ecosystem. Every design and technical decision served those goals — no CMS, no excess features, only what the users and organizers truly needed. This minimal, purposeful approach kept costs low while delivering a polished and reliable result.
Barrio Cantina is Belgium’s largest food‑truck festival and part of the Polé Polé family. The organizers wanted a compact online presence that captured the festival’s energy while focusing on two essentials: guiding visitors to social media channels for updates and providing food‑truck vendors with an easy registration form. I designed and developed a lightweight site that feels festive yet efficient — giving both audiences exactly what they need, with no distractions.
01 — challenge
Barrio Cantina events attract thousands of visitors, but most interaction happens on social media. The website needed to complement those channels, offering quick navigation, clear vendor registration, and recognizable visual continuity with the Polé Polé brand. The challenge was to express the festival’s joyful atmosphere through a minimal digital footprint that was simple to build, fast to maintain, and ready in time for the summer season.
