Wedding Website

Wedding Website

Wedding Website

Digital wedding invitation & event guide / Client Work / 5 Weeks (2025)

Digital wedding invitation & event guide / Client Work / 5 Weeks (2025)

Overview

Overview

A responsive custom website designed to serve as a digital wedding invitation, event guide, and keepsake.

A responsive custom website designed to serve as a digital wedding invitation, event guide, and keepsake.

The Concept

The Concept

A digital invitation that reflected the couple's personality and balanced elegance with clarity with functionality in mind to ensure that guests of all ages could easily find schedules, locations, and RSVP details.

A digital invitation that reflected the couple's personality and balanced elegance with clarity with functionality in mind to ensure that guests of all ages could easily find schedules, locations, and RSVP details.

Approach

Approach

Every design decision was made to balance the emotional warmth of a wedding with the practical clarity of an event guide. The site needed to feel personal, not like a template.

Every design decision was made to balance the emotional warmth of a wedding with the practical clarity of an event guide. The site needed to feel personal, not like a template.

Decision 01

Information hierarchy built for guests, not designers

The site structure followed how guests actually use a wedding site, focused on the questions they were asking, not on internal taxonomy.

Decision 02

Mobile-first responsive design for on-the-go access

Most guests opened the site from their phones at check-in, on the way to the ceremony, while RSVPing between meetings. Mobile was the primary surface.

Decision 03

Typography and spacing matched the couple’s personality

Clean, modern typefaces paired with generous spacing created a sense of elegance and warmth without leaning into clichés.

Decision 04

Bilingual architecture, not bilingual afterthought

Rather than duplicating pages or adding a toggle that broke layout, I built the content model to support both languages natively, with the same structure, the same visual weight, and zero compromises on either version.

The Solution

The Solution

Four pages, each designed to serve a specific guest need. From the emotional first impression to the practical details that make the day run smoothly.

Four pages, each designed to serve a specific guest need. From the emotional first impression to the practical details that make the day run smoothly.

A cinematic hero with the couple's photo, date, and a translate option from English to Spanish in the navigation bar.

A cinematic hero with the couple's photo, date, and a translate option from English to Spanish in the navigation bar.

Impact

Impact

The site launched on time, worked flawlessly across devices, and became part of the celebration itself. It was shared in group chats, pulled up at dinner tables, and bookmarked as a keepsake.

The site launched on time, worked flawlessly across devices, and became part of the celebration itself. It was shared in group chats, pulled up at dinner tables, and bookmarked as a keepsake.

Final Thoughts

Final Thoughts

This project reminded me why I love design. There were no hypothetical users or assumed pain points and every decision was tested by real people on a real day that mattered to someone I care about.

The bilingual architecture pushed me to think about content structure in a way I hadn't before because it wasn't enough to translate, the design had to feel equally native in both languages, with no visual hierarchy favoring one over the other.

This project reminded me why I love design. There were no hypothetical users or assumed pain points and every decision was tested by real people on a real day that mattered to someone I care about.

The bilingual architecture pushed me to think about content structure in a way I hadn't before because it wasn't enough to translate, the design had to feel equally native in both languages, with no visual hierarchy favoring one over the other.

Ricky Roacho

Independent Product Designer.

Currently taking on selected projects for 2026.

© 2026 Ricky Roacho. All rights reserved.

Designed with intention.

Ricky Roacho

Independent Product Designer.

Currently taking on selected projects for 2026.

© 2026 Ricky Roacho. All rights reserved.

Designed with intention.

Ricky Roacho

Independent Product Designer.

Currently taking on selected projects for 2026.

© 2026 Ricky Roacho. All rights reserved.

Designed with intention.