Harvard Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs
Scope of Project
- Content strategy
Web design
Print design
Website care
The Challenge
The Harvard Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs promotes global engagement at Harvard through negotiating international agreements for research, bringing international students to Harvard, and supporting international research and centers abroad. They came to us in need of a simple solution to show a multitude of international activity at Harvard in a simple and condensed way.
The Solution
We created a printed trifold and one-page website that consolidates and communicates the vast array of international work, students, faculty, research, and centers at Harvard throughout the world. Stats and facts, an interactive map, highlighted stories, and student imagery help give a snapshot of international activity both in print and online each year.
Consolidating the Content
We were asked to take an enormous amount of content about all the international activities across every school and center at Harvard and represent it in a simple and quick format. We worked hard to understand the content and help the client pull out select pieces of information through infographics, a map, and spotlights telling specific stories from around the globe.
Creating the Design
Students at Harvard provided rich and beautiful photography from around the world, which we used to create a stunning typographic treatment. This simple approach helps lend balance to a piece that is full of information.
Highlighting Institutional Statistics
Highlighting the essential statistics each year helps showcase the breadth of Harvard’s international programs in a simple way.
Delivering a Digital Experience
We used the digital platform to our advantage to help show the same information from the brochure in an online format. We created a responsive website with lots of interactivity that adheres to ADA standards. The site is set up to easily switch out information and imagery each year in order to update with the current yearly stories and stats.
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Interactive Map
Data Visualizations
How can we show growth and give even more credibility to an established international program? Interactive charts and graphs were introduced, showing a visual representation of two important international statistics. These are far from a static image and can be customized and updated with ease.
We have worked with Ace Creative for almost a decade for an annual project which acts as a key communication for the work of our office. They helped us build out our vision—for what had been a successful printed design they had created—and transformed it into a dynamic web-based presentation. We are delighted with the results, and thankful for the expertise, patience, and creativity that Ashley, Irene and Jon have brought to the table.