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Dominion
has created a unique design that reflects the grandness
and beauty of the Armourers’s Hall – a stunning
blend of 16th and 17th century armour and paintings. However,
in this instance the present plays just as strong a role
as the past; the site has a contemporary structure and an
intuitive interface, and it is full of well-organised information.
Functionality has not been sacrificed in favour of visual
elegance.
Attractive metallic colours and detailed
graphical engraving effects and used throughout the site’s
pages to represent armour, brass, and gold. Many photographs
of the Hall’s rooms and treasures are featured on
the site and these can be enlarged to show greater detail;
in particular, the home page – aside from acting as
a gateway to the various sections of the site – offers
a view of the magnificent Livery Dining Hall.
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In the construction of this online information
source, the Worshipful Company of the Armourers and Brasiers
aspires not only to provide information about the Company’s
historical significance, charitable activity and support
of Material Science education, but also to promote their
Banquet and Conference Facilities and to communicate with
their members.
The
secure, database-driven Members’ Area of the site
is identified by a tasteful yet striking shift in the colour
scheme, and it offers logged in members the ability to view
events, member details and news articles, as well as to
download printable PDF versions of the Company’s newsletters.
This section is fully searchable, and is easily controlled,
updated, managed and expanded via the online administration
area.
The Armourers' Company was founded in
1322 and has occupied the same site in the City of London
since 1346. Joining with the Brasiers (workers in copper
and brass) in 1708, the Company is now one of the leading
charities in the UK supporting metallurgy and materials
science education from primary school to postgraduate levels. |
