Yuriy Vitrenko's Library

Standout features:

• A minimal, purpose-driven design
• Book-like layout for focus and attention
• Great choice of typography

Yuriy Vitrenko was one of the key figures in the historic arbitration process between Naftogaz and Gazprom, Ukraine’s and Russia’s oil and natural gas behemoths.

Designed and developed by Nextpage digital agency, Vitrenko’s website contains a collection of insider documents from the period of his tenure at Naftogaz. These documents explain the crucial role Naftogaz played in ensuring Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence in recent conflicts with Russia.

The seriousness of the website’s theme and content dictates a layout that delivers information in a succinct and direct fashion, without boasting too much eye candy. As such, Yuriy Vitrenko’s Library is a highly efficient, UX-centric, and navigation-oriented chronicle of events.

This website design resembles that of a book, with large main headings, an all-white background, and classic, italic font. As the web design agency puts it, they used the book as a main inspiration “because it is the most common form of information transfer and a symbol of wisdom and knowledge.”

Simple content delivery focused attention management and a purposeful style are the three defining traits of this website.

The main menu navigation points to all the pages relevant to Vitrenko’s struggle to keep the oil giant independent. To help the users get all the details on this affair and join the debate, the menu remains with the visitor the whole time in case they want to jump straight into another aspect of this unique legal case.