Artstart

ArtStart is a NSW Government initiative for young people in NSW aged 12 to 24. The program builds skills and community networks through creative projects and events, highlighted in a two-week biennial festival held across the state. 

RipeOnline, leaders in online strategy and community building, were engaged to produce a website that would be a central reference point for the festival’s programs (past and present) and also provide an ongoing home for Artstart during the festival’s off-season.

surfacemedia was then engaged by RipeOnline to design the website’s interface, and integrate a Content Management System to allow the site to be self managed.


Solution


RipeOnline worked with Artstart to identify user profiles and interaction design requirements through a series of workshops. surfacemedia then created an interface design that would appeal to the youth sector. It incorporates imagery from a broad cross section of visual and performing arts, and features flash animation.

The solution involved the integration a Content Management System that allows Artstart staff to create and manage website content with ease.

The website features user registration and log-in for site members to contribute content to the site’s Web2.0 enabled ‘Studio Spaces’.

Visit www.artstart.com.au


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Services provided

RipeOnline
Online Strategy
User Profiling
Functional Specifications
Project Management


surfacemedia
Functional Specifications
Interface Design
HTML & CSS Programming
Flash Design and Programming
CMS Integration