Standout Features:
- Large fonts and animated text
- Banner-style website crawlers
- Full-page navigation window
De Republiek is a place where a community of passionate urban dwellers meet, innovate, or experience Bruges' food, art, and dynamic culture.
Their HTML5 website is a beautiful and accurate representation of their creative space, thanks to the design expertise of Ghent-based branding and communication agency De Barbaren. It’s like walking into the historic establishment itself!
Captivating images of events and meetups populate the page – both as standard image blocks or overlaid visuals. It captures the location’s atmosphere and gives site visitors a preview of what to experience at the Grand Cafe.
Large fonts and bold typography make the website content easy to read and scannable. Plus, some of the texts are animated for that extra visual treat!
And speaking of animation, the designers added banner-style web crawlers containing powerful brand statements, CTAs, and partnerships that completely elevated the site layout and added a modern flair.
The sticky “+” button opens up a full-screen navigation page prompting site visitors to explore De Republiek further and find more specific selections.




