Royal Scottish Academy

Art Galleries are very much the late adopters when it comes to new technologies - but the Royal Scottish Academy insisted that trend be broken when it came to their new website. Working in a multi disciplinary team, I was responsible for making their new digital present really pop when it came to their new site.

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Homepage

Royal Scottish Academy homepage design

Accessible Dropdowns

This large site necessitated an overhaul of how the client presented its large library of content. A new, accessible dropdown menu was designed and developed - not only just to the benefit of the Royal Scottish Academy, but also to be rolled out for all future clients.

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Accessible Dropdowns

This large site necessitated an overhaul of how the client presented its large library of content. A new, accessible dropdown menu was designed and developed - not only just to the benefit of the Royal Scottish Academy, but also to be rolled out for all future clients.

Large Imagery

With such a large inventory of available works, having big images best showcases the variety on offer - a key design objective of this project.

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Large Imagery

With such a large inventory of available works, having big images best showcases the variety on offer - a key design objective of this project.

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Dynamically loading in additional content via AJAX requests prevents information overload, aiding a seamless user journey through the page

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Dynamically loading in additional content via AJAX requests prevents information overload, aiding a seamless user journey through the page

Artist Detail Page

Royal Scottish Academy detail page

Transparent Header

A transparent header focuses the eye onto the exceptional imagery made available by this client

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Transparent Header

A transparent header focuses the eye onto the exceptional imagery made available by this client

Bold Typography

As a historic organisation, the RSA wanted a bold, new fresh typographic language throughout the site - with this ultra bold serif display font paired with a simple, legible body.

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Bold Typography

As a historic organisation, the RSA wanted a bold, new fresh typographic language throughout the site - with this ultra bold serif display font paired with a simple, legible body.

Subnavigation

These 'scroll to' links promote effective page navigation and act as an easy to use 'gateway' to explore the rest of the page

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Subnavigation

These 'scroll to' links promote effective page navigation and act as an easy to use 'gateway' to explore the rest of the page

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