Virtual Treasury
The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland is a virtual reconstruction of the Public Record Office of Ireland, which was destroyed in the opening engagement of the Civil War on June 30th, 1922.
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The team at VRTI partnered with Ebow for this revolutionary project; to bring these many millions of words from destroyed documents together in one digital platform, all freely available online to everyone, everywhere.
Our aim was to create a user-centered approach; working carefully with the team at VRTI to ensure that the interface accommodated the needs of their broad audience - from the general public to specialised academic researchers.
Although this website is extremely complex, great care was taken to ensure that the experience of searching the treasury on a mobile is consistent with the desktop experience.
Based on atomic principles, the design system ensures that each of the modules that comprise the overall website are built using similar elements and are therefore interchangeable and consistent; the result is a website that can expand to contain this ever expanding body of information, whilst retaining clarity and ease of use for those navigating the website.
Credits
Designed at Ebow
Creative Direction & Design:
Kieron Farrell
Lead Developer:
Glauco Russo
Original branding:
Clever Cat
Font:
Inter by Rasmus Andersson
Recognition
Golden Spiders – Digital for Good Award Winner
100 Archive - 2022 selection
DMA Awards – Best In Government And Not For Profit
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