The Ani Art Academies site represented something of a brand merger. On one hand it is the new educational outlet of acclaimed artist Anthony Waichulis. On the other hand it is the charitable sibling of Ani Villas.
As such, our foremost design challenge was to incorporate the characteristics of both brands. The resulting site design closely leverages the layout and typography of its namesake, but draws its use of color, texture and line-work from the Waichulis School. Not to mention their gorgious library of visuals.
As a resource for interested students the site includes an application and general information about the curriculum and schedule. Additionally the site is a showcase for graduates interconnecting related news articles, profiles and gallery images for each artist.
The site is both scalable and dynamic through it use of the Drupal CMS. Its maintainers can add, edit, sort and remove content while moderating comments and managing student applications via Drupal’s user system.
We're honored to have had the website selected for a 2011 American Graphic Design Award in the interactive category by Graphic Design USA.