drw Design: Portfolio

Oakland School is a small co-ed boarding and day school that enables children who have dyslexia, learning disabilities, or organizational and study skills difficulties to reach their academic and personal potential.

Originally, this was a makeover project. The past versions of the site were made by either volunteers or amateurs. See the “before” (shown at the bottom).  We created version 1 of the site in 2002. We created a site for their Foundation in 2006.

In 2007 , they were still happy with the design, but we did a major code and technology upgrade, redesigned the home page to include a slide show and a video, and put them into a content management system.

In 2009, what started as a few tweaks turned into an entire redesign.  We have a new appreciation for how lively and warm the color orange can be. The site’s layout is more contemporary, with big bold images.

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