iMapa came out of a public programme (Culture. Tourism. Regions) with a practical job: help people explore Western Odessa on their own, and give local businesses a reason to be findable. I treated it as a product, not a grant website.
The design problem was density without clutter. The map had to hold cultural sites, food, and protected nature without looking like a GIS dump. Illustration did the heavy lifting — the region is drawn, not photographed into anonymity — while English and Ukrainian sit side by side so the thing actually works for visitors.
I directed the visual language, the map interaction, and the page system. The build is WordPress. Recognition (Awwwards Honors, CSS Design Kudos, UA awards) was useful proof that a regional tourism tool can be designed at an international standard.
