← All work
Case 03 · Web · Brand · Events

Tipsy Captain

An interactive hero greets you with the bar's whimsy, then the events and the menu are right there.

Tipsy Captain website hero
ClientTipsy Captain
ScopeBrand · Web design & build · CMS
Year2025
Livetipsycaptain.fi
01 The why

A short brief: make it feel like the place.

Tipsy Captain is a whimsical harbour bar in Lahti with a cartoonish pirate at its heart. The brief was short. They wanted a site that shows the whimsical feel of the restaurant and works as the main home for event advertising and the menu.

So we gave it three jobs in order: brand, menu, events. An interactive hero sets the tone the moment you arrive, then the events, then the menu, so a visitor finds what they came for in seconds and gets a little entertained on the way.

  • 01Show the whimsy on arrival
  • 02Make the menu effortless to find
  • 03Put events front and centre
  • 04Entertain without slowing anyone down

✦What if a simple info site could still feel like walking into the place?

02 Brand in the design

Whimsy you feel, facts you reach in seconds.

A

Character first

The pirate's whimsy meets you in an interactive hero, so the bar's personality lands before any text does.

B

Fast to the facts

Events and the menu sit right where people look, so anyone finds what they came for in seconds.

C

Play in the interaction

The fun lives in how the page moves, never in the way of the facts a visitor came to read.

03 How visitors move through it

From “nice vibe” to “see you at 22:00.”

01Interactive heroThe pirate and the harbour come alive on arrival, setting the whimsical tone before a single word of copy.
02EventsWhat's coming up is listed clearly with dates and times, front and centre for the people who came to find it.
03The menuWhat's pouring and what's on the plate is one scroll away, easy to scan and always current.
04Find & come byLocation and details are one tap away, so intention turns into a visit.
Tipsy Captain — what's onscreenshot · tipsy/whats-on.jpg
What's on: match nights & events
Tipsy Captain big screenscreenshot · tipsy/big-screen.jpg
The big screen: the headline experience
Tipsy Captain menuscreenshot · tipsy/menu.jpg
The menu: what's pouring
video · tipsy/hero.mp4
The hero: atmosphere in motion
04 Built to be owned

The calendar changes every week. So the bar runs it, not us.

A bespoke admin, built for this site

  • Add match nights & events to the calendar in seconds.
  • Edit every text: opening hours, the menu, the blurb.
  • Swap photos as the seasons and events change.
  • Nothing technical, nothing that can break the look.

Everything but the layout is the bar's to change. The brand stays sharp; the calendar stays accurate. No retainer, no waiting to post the next match night.

05 What we delivered

Brand persona

The Captain: voice, look and attitude.

Website

Atmosphere-first, mobile-first venue site.

Event calendar CMS

Self-managed match nights & events.

Maps & details

Find-us, hours and the essentials.

“

[ Client testimonial: a line or two from the Tipsy Captain team about the site and keeping the calendar current themselves. ]

Tipsy Captain Owner

Got a venue, a brand or a product worth building?

Let's hear you out
← All work Visit the site ↗ See pricing →