Stanford University
Our partnership with Stanford began with the redesign of a 100+ page annual report for the Department of Sustainability in 2013. Over the years we have transitioned the print annual report to digital with the goal of each year’s changes improving story-telling while reducing the report’s carbon footprint. In our efforts to streamline content, we created multiple custom data visualization solutions. From 100 printed pages to one web page!
We love the opportunity to serve Stanford’s mission of building a sustainable campus and inspire other campuses to join in, and appreciate the yearly ambition to improve on the report. This long-term collaboration is an example of how the openbox9 team makes your mission, our mission.
Sesame Workshop
Working with Sesame Workshop is a creative balance of discussing heavy issues families face around the world while also creating hope. In collaboration with Design Army, the three teams shared ideas and created a website solution that brightly talks about the work accomplished and the work to do. Our interactive solutions are fun, like if Big Bird wrote website code, and the trimmed-down content strategy moves and informs readers through the site. With no shortage of great stories to tell, the challenge of curation led to a website architecture strategy that provides the reader ‘a sunny day… sweepin’ the clouds away.’
In addition to strategy solutions, our technical solutions provided Sesame Workshop a ‘template’ site which can now be used by them each year in-house to prepare their next report— we hope all our clients feel empowered to use the communication tools we build!
University of California
The University of California’s commits to be carbon neutral by 2025. With 17 locations, that commitment will have a wonderful impact on the state and world. In order to lead in this way, communication is critical. Communication informs and inspires by telling progress through data and stories— and this website has a lot of both. Our website solution is rich with information collected, curated, and designed into a beautifully crafted interactive presentation. openbox9 knows the importance of designing and presenting facts with aspirational copy and developed an efficient process to guide the way.
The report presentation equips campuses to boast about their accomplishments, which creates pride while unifying the various locations to collectively fulfill their commitment. Each year we are motivated by the combination of communication, design, data interpretation and visualization, UX, story-telling… and California is pretty grand.
National Wildlife Federation
Lions and tigers and bears, oh joy! Our longtime friends at the National Wildlife Federation have a flock of stories and herd-size accomplishments. There is never a challenge of what to say, but rather, what should be told and how to make that message accessible. openbox9 has developed an annual report website solution that shows bite-size info so a reader can be impressed with the scale, while providing multiple ways to dig in deeper on a story that leads to action. The result is a stunning visual stroll through the year that excites the reader to join them in the work of conservation.
An added bonus to working on the Impact Report is the opportunity to advance and adjust NWF’s overall visual branding system. This annual project gives both teams an opportunity to refine the look of NWF and set a course for the next year. Never settling for the status quo is what we love about our partnership.