Tips from Urban Planning for Better Design

• Philadelphia Area New Media Association

Universities are small towns, but most people have tried to apply corporate design and technical approaches to solve problems in that environment. This presentation will show how urban planning techniques can be applied to address the unique issues that universities and other horizontal organizations like library systems face. It will also talk about an open source system that was created to support this solution. This approach was devised when designing the web landscape for the entire College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University. This case study will demonstrate a respectful approach to designing for an organization that does not have a top-down power structure.

Apostropheâ„¢ is a content management system designed for maximum flexibility with a minimal learning curve. The interface is ergonomic, all content-editing is performed in-context. Manage levels of user permission. Organize and integrate photos and videos in the media library. Create complex page hierarchies quickly.

Geoff DiMasi, P’unk Avenue, is our guest speaker.