After much feedback, evaluation, planning—including a healthy dose of debate and discussion—the all new GDC.net website has launched at long last, with a section devoted to the GDC BC Chapter.
Having served with a number of my GDC colleagues on the web committee over the last two years, I am personally very proud of the result and grateful to the bright, colourful and friendly concept designed by Tetro Design in Winnipeg and developed by SmallBox Software using the latest version of their custom CMS.
There’s still a ton of content to port over, such as the entire back catalogue from the old GDC/BC blog to the new, integrated system, but the new site has a sleek, intuitive navigation system, built-in events calendar, integrated e-commerce system, email campaign management tools and much more.
Special thanks to David Coates FGDC, Web Chair and Rod Roodenburg MGDC, National VP of Communications, and everyone who worked hard to make this happen—it’s bound to be a success and usher in a new era of the GDC brand and message online.
Posted by Mark Busse
Tags: Associations, blog, David-Coates, Design, gdc, News, Rod-Roodenburg, smallbox, society-of-graphic-designers-of-canada, tetro, website, Websites
Alex Bunchan (April 9th, 2008)
Nice try Tetro! but this redesign is a far cry from effective.
For a start, the site’s purpose is convoluted and confusing. The layout is as cluttered as the last design and gives the impression the site is for an organization of lawyers not designers. It’s neither functional or beautiful. it’s just there.