Inspire Films

Inspire Films promotes the creation of socially conscious media within local and international communities.

Problem

Inspire Films’ lack of a strong web presence hampered its efforts to generate exposure, funding, and attract guest lecturers.

Process

Site Architecture

Inspire Films, a Northwestern University student initiative, seeks to connect with a variety of audiences—students, administrators, philanthropists, and scholars.  I restructured the site content so that any visitor can quickly find desired information.


Visual Design

An organization engaged in visual media, Inspire Films needed to project a strong aesthetic image, one that demonstrated its awareness of current web trends and evoked its grass-roots principles: “We’re so not Helvetica,” proclaimed one of the Inspire Films co-chairs in an early design meeting.  By combining textures and paint effects with clean typography, I struck a balance between the grungy aesthetic requested and the professional appearance Inspire Films needed to continue its growth within the Northwestern University and beyond.


Solution

Following the website’s launch, Inspire Films has experienced a substantial improvement in communication with and interest among its primary audience, the Northwestern University student body.

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