AGATHEHD.COM
Developed between September 2000 and january 2001 – agatheHD.com was the first portfolio website designed and built by Agathe Jacquillat. It presented projects using icons and appearances from Mac OS 9's interface and Photoshop's version at the time.
___ This concept helped to create an instant contrast between emotionally more neutral, technological associations and Agathe's mostly analogue, often handmade experiments, illustrations and projects.
___ The 'HD' was associated with the word 'Hard Drive' at the time – rather than the 'High Definition' we think of today. Entering the website almost felt like intruding a private environment – like accidentally hacking Agathe's personal computer. The audience was invited to explore Agathe's projects and to find the concept to be designed with the ambition to surprise the viewer with a huge amount of amusing and interesting details. The collection of throw away pictograms / rubbish symbols was provided by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek.
___ The website was ideally explored using a Mac with the OS 9 of the time – although the 'hacking aspect' must have been even stronger when visiting the site on a Windows machine.
___ Offline since around 2024, the website provoked a touch of nostalgia for all those who experienced previous operating systems. Before it went offline an archive version was displayed and included an animated classic Macintosh boot sequence and sound.