Vortex Padel
Booking website and identity for an indoor padel club in Abu Dhabi. Three taps from the first screen to a paid court.
Overview
Vortex Padel is a concept website for an indoor padel club on Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi. I designed and built it myself, from the first sketches to the booking flow and the admin panel.
The club has 8 courts and is open from 7 AM to 1 AM, so booking has to work just as well at midnight. From “Book a court” to a paid slot takes three taps.
Challenge
The club had no place of its own online. Bookings lived in WhatsApp chats, nobody could see the courts, the people or the prices — so players went to a competitor. Regulars had no reason to come back to the site either.
User flow
Three ways people move through the site: browsing the club, booking a court, or coming back as a regular. Every path ends with a booked game or a chat on WhatsApp.
Booking
The booking card does one thing. Taken slots are crossed out, the total shows the price split four ways, and players without Playtomic can send the slot to the club on WhatsApp.
Identity
The O in Vortex is a padel ball. Every letter is drawn on one grid with a cut corner like the edge of a court, so the logo reads at a glance — from a 20 px header to a racket face.
Website
One page, built around one clear action. A motion-blur shot sets the energy, then sections alternate deep navy and orange so the page keeps its rhythm all the way to the footer.
Mobile
Most players arrive on a phone. Each block was rebuilt for small screens — adapted, not shrunk.
