Coventry City Council
Based on the success of its previous incarnations, the Virtual Gallery website project provides everyday members of the public with the facility to create and manage their own virtual gallery space.
Users are able to construct their gallery using selected collections from The Herbert, Coventry Transport Museum and the Midland Air Museum, which they can also add to with their own personal objects.
The primary focus of the new Virtual Gallery website is on the user and their experience. Our approach was therefore centred on usability and ensuring the site looks and functions effectively for a variety of different audience groups.
The design is clean, fresh and uncluttered so as to provide as much emphasis as possible on the art itself, without needless distractions. We’ve included a very simple, colour coded navigation for users to browse the site and have ensured the gallery creation process is as streamlined and intuitive as possible.
All site content is controlled using our highly acclaimed content management system (CMS) and our experienced development team have ensured that the site complies with all required accessibility guidelines.
Above all, we wanted the site to not just look great, but at the same time provide a first class user experience. We’re confident that, following its recent launch, it will set a new benchmark for arts and culture websites across the nation.
Website Design
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Accessibility Compliance
- Hosting
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We're really pleased with the site HeadRed have produced for our Virtual Gallery project. With their original proposal they demonstrated a real understanding of the concept and design for the site.
Because of the diverse nature of the audiences using this site usability has been a key issue throughout and as well as responding to our specific needs HeadRed have come up with excellent suggestions of their own. Throughout the process they have been very easy to work with and we have benefited from having one point of contact for all queries and comments regarding design and function. On the whole they have responded quickly to our needs and to have produced everything quickly and to a very high standard.
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Paul Taylor
Senior ICT Officer
Senior ICT Officer
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