A look at designing and building the 4WIDE website, exploring how distortion, blur, and motion were used to create an expressive experience while balancing clarity and performance.

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A case study on building the 4WIDE business website, covering the tech stack (Astro, GSAP, Three.js, headless WordPress, Swup) and three key interactive features: a curved distortion and blur effect on the About page with mobile performance optimizations, a parallax and RGB shift showcase page, and a dual-mode top page video with fisheye distortion. The author shares shader code snippets, GSAP ScrollTrigger parallax implementation, and specific mobile performance strategies including WebP images, reduced geometry segments, disabling blur on mobile, and setting low-power renderer preference.

Building 4WIDE: Turning Distortion, Blur, and Motion into a Coherent Experience