Hermès’ hand-illustrated website is the ultimate luxury

If you visit the Hermès website in search of a scarf or a handbag, you’ll be greeted by a collection of whimsical sea creatures swimming across the screen. To navigate to the watch section, you’ll click on an image of a watch flanked by an eel. To locate shoes, you’ll click on a loafer with a pelican sitting inside it as if it were riding a boat.

[Screenshot: Hermès

These sea horses and fish and eels and star fish are intriguing to the eye. While digitally-rendered images are hyper smooth...