Client: University of Illinois Housing
Next generation web technologies such as RSS feeds, calendar subscription, and rich multimedia tours
The new Housing site provides users and visitors the ability to visually and interactively navigate the geography of campus - from locations on campus, to specific residence halls, to individual room size and arrangement.
Challenge
Complex, multi-department organizations such as Housing use their website like filing cabinets where each drawer is maintained by a different staff member who has their own method of organization. As a result, these sites tend to represent an inward-looking patchwork of information.
Solution
Pixo partnered with Housing staff to establish the foundation for a new site which is usercentered in design, organization, and content. We interviewed all their stakeholders, held public meetings, and created a site that anticipates a user’s every move and meets the departments’ varied needs. Using our intimate experience working on large university projects over the past ten years, Pixo designed a compelling site with a unified identity, and helped select and implement the appropriate content management tool for Housing staff.
