MENDO.nl wins prestigious Site Of The Month at Awwwards

The collaboration brought out the best in both Build and MENDO. MENDO’s Joost Albronda: “I believe we can say we were a great match and we inspired each other to make this something special. Not only during the initial stage, when everything is seemingly possible, but during the entire process. In fact, even after the webshop went online, Build kept on tweaking and improving things – things we did not even know of. In the past, we created quite a few websites with various developers, and we can easily say that is rare. And something else we particularly liked is that nothing was ever ‘technically impossible’.” Read more about the collaboration in our blogpost A chat with the builders.

In an interview with Awwward, Build’s co-founder Daan Klaver said: “Mendo isn’t just a book shop – they’re curators as well. If you’re in the store, you feel that they handpicked every book themselves. And if you have a question they give you the very best possible service. That’s something we translated into the site with a custom search function and a smart algorithm for book suggestions.It’s important to show consumers how big the books are they’re about to purchase. If you click on the button “+ how big is this”, you can compare the book with a pair of glasses, a charger or even a pizza slice. This feature ads a pinch of humour to the high-end platform.”

Who / what is / are Awwwards
Awwwards is a well-respected platform that honors the best sites with certificates according to the score they have received from the Awwwards community. It’s a meeting point, where digital design professionals from across the globe find inspiration, impart knowledge and experience, connect, and share constructive, respectful critiques.

Next stop: SOTY
Recognitions from Awwwards range from Honorable Mention to Site of the Day, which MENDO got on April 6th. The second best recognition is Site of the Month – the one MENDO received just now. It’s no rocket science to calculate that this makes MENDO.nl one of the 12 best websites of 2017 according to Awwwards. By the end of the year we will actually be in the race to change the M in SOTM in a Y, which would make us Site Of The Year. A long shot, but hey, why not?