GOOD WEBSITE DESIGN requires a whole suite of skills. Great design, of course—the site needs to look appealing and be appropriate to the subject, just like any print project. But it also requires an understanding of information architecture. The free-form relationship between elements of a website is radically different from the linear nature of most print, and demands quite a different approach. Lastly, good website design demands a broad technical understanding in areas like browsers and their quirks, color palettes, and file compression.
Litchfield Historical Society

Litchfield, Connecticut was the home of the first Law School in America, drawing prominent students from most of the east coast. The Litchfield Historical Society wanted to tell their story on the web as beautifully as they had in their museums. MORE

U.Va. Graphic Identity Guide

When we were hired to redesign the graphic identity for the University of Virginia, we suggested building the standards manual online. But we took it even further. Be sure to check out the innovative "Art Finder" where we use Macromedia Flash to quickly guide the user through hundreds of pieces of digital art to exactly the one he or she needs. MORE

The George C. Marshall Foundation

The George C. Marshall Foundation and Museum manage a vast collection of World War I and World War II materials pertaining to General Marshall. When they asked us to redesign their website, we wanted to give it a well-organized structure that would allow a wide variety of users easy access to the information the Foundation has to offer. MORE

National Geographic Web Adventure

National Geographic had an existing series of nature-oriented pocket guides for children and wanted an interactive web site to complement it. Using Flash technology, and a little clever activity design, we produced this site chock full of games, puzzles, animation, and sound. MORE

U.Va. Dorms VR Tour

The U.Va. admissions office hired us to build a site for prospective students showing them VR movies of the university's dormitories. We embedded the movies in an aerial map of the entire university with interactive callouts showing the location of each dorm site. MORE

Yves Delorme, Fine French Linens

For years Yves Delorme has sold their linens and clothing items in retail stores all around the globe. They needed a web site that would allow a web visitor to experience the sometimes subtle beauty and high quality of their product. We produced the site in four different parallel versions: Flash-enabled and plain HTML, in both English and French. MORE

Poetry Daily

Poetry Daily was originally a pro bono site built with three simple layouts and small handful of graphics. In our recent redesign of the now world-renown poetry site, we sought to modernize the sites look while still keeping its traditional appearance. MORE

U.Va. Rotunda VR Tour

A room-by-room series of VR tours, all within a single building. And what a building it is. One of the challenges with presenting any linked series of VR tours is keeping the user oriented. This site accomplishes that function with an "exploded" floor plan. MORE

Website for a Virginia Aesthetician

A warm and rich design for the best local day spa, which happens to be owned and operated by a member of the family. Proprietor Laura Holladay Gibson is married to GDA designer Patrick Gibson, which set the stage for a design process that was a true labor of love. MORE

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