The BC Project
Integration of British Chinese into Politics. Website design, CMS and branding.
Client
Christine Lee & Co. Solicitors
Date
August, 2008
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The BC project is a non-partisan, voluntarily run organisation that seeks to elevate the presence of the UK Chinese community in the British political arena.
The project was founded by the prominent Chinese Solicitor, Christine Lee and is supported by the UK Chinese Embassy, representatives from the House of Lords and the House of Commons, and a variety of different organisations and Chinese community groups.
The BC Project is an organisation that I've been a part of since early 2007 and so naturally, I designed and developed the website.
To facilitate the web experience of organisation members and possible expansion of the site's functionality in the future, it was decided to use the open source content management system Joomla.
Available front-end templates for Joomla are pretty generic so although the aim for the design was to keep it simple, I still found it essential to create and develop the layout with the usual design process.
To fit within the Joomla code structure, the eventual look and feel of the site was incorporated via heavily modified php templates. Having launched in August 2008, the site will still undergo continuous development as The BC Project progresses.
Design discipline within Chinese organisations is often pretty non-existent, so part of my remit within The BC Project is take responsibility for the visual aspects of communications.
The obvious start point was the logo, and more about its development can be read here: British Chinese Project logo.
The project was founded by the prominent Chinese Solicitor, Christine Lee and is supported by the UK Chinese Embassy, representatives from the House of Lords and the House of Commons, and a variety of different organisations and Chinese community groups.
The BC Project is an organisation that I've been a part of since early 2007 and so naturally, I designed and developed the website.
To facilitate the web experience of organisation members and possible expansion of the site's functionality in the future, it was decided to use the open source content management system Joomla.
Available front-end templates for Joomla are pretty generic so although the aim for the design was to keep it simple, I still found it essential to create and develop the layout with the usual design process.
To fit within the Joomla code structure, the eventual look and feel of the site was incorporated via heavily modified php templates. Having launched in August 2008, the site will still undergo continuous development as The BC Project progresses.
Design discipline within Chinese organisations is often pretty non-existent, so part of my remit within The BC Project is take responsibility for the visual aspects of communications.
The obvious start point was the logo, and more about its development can be read here: British Chinese Project logo.