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Barbato Collective is a dynamic creative agency that specializes in visual storytelling, branding, and design strategy. Based on a passion for bold aesthetics and meaningful narratives, the collective partners with a diverse range of clients—from emerging startups to established brands—to craft compelling identities and immersive digital experiences. With a strong focus on authenticity, artistry, and collaboration, Barbato Collective pushes creative boundaries while maintaining a sharp focus on client goals and audience engagement.
The Barbato Collective website was designed to reflect the agency’s bold, artistic identity while providing a clean, modern user experience that puts their creative work front and center.
As one of Project Assistant’s more unique builds, the site features horizontal scrolling—a deliberate design choice that mirrors the studio’s unconventional style, enhances visual storytelling, and creates a more immersive browsing experience than traditional vertical layouts.
Built on WordPress, the Barbato Collective website offers flexibility and ease of use, enabling the team to manage and update content easily. WordPress provides an intuitive platform for non-technical users, perfect for an agency with evolving projects.
With a wide range of plugins and customizable themes, WordPress ensures the site remains scalable and adaptable to Barbato Collective’s growing creative needs.
With the Sage 10 theme, the Barbato Collective website utilizes a modern, developer-friendly framework that supports clean, efficient code and scalability. Blade templating and Laravel-inspired workflows make the site easy to maintain and adapt.
Front-end tools like Vite and Tailwind CSS enhance the striking design and smooth horizontal scrolling, ensuring fast performance. Sage 10 provided the flexibility to create a dynamic, future-proof website that reflects the agency’s creative vision.
The Barbato Collective website uses several plugins to enhance functionality and performance. Advanced Custom Fields Pro (ACF Pro) allows for flexible content management, while Smush optimizes images for faster loading. Breeze handles caching, and Autoptimize improves site speed by minifying CSS, JavaScript, and HTML.
For interactive elements, PhotoSwipe provides a responsive lightbox for images, and Splide powers dynamic carousels and sliders. These plugins work together to create a fast, smooth, and visually engaging user experience.
The Barbato Collective website offers a fast, dynamic, and visually engaging experience, perfectly reflecting the agency’s creative identity. It ensures smooth performance across devices and a seamless user experience.
Easy to manage and scale, the site allows for effortless content updates while maintaining strong performance and interactive elements, supporting the agency’s growth.
The Barbato Collective website is fully responsive, offering a smooth, touch-friendly experience across smartphones and tablets. Its horizontal scrolling layout adapts well to smaller screens, preserving the site’s bold, editorial feel while ensuring intuitive navigation and optimized visuals for mobile users.
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