Page models

• http://www.scandinaviandesigninc.com
• http://www.danishfurnituredesign.com
• http://www.wharfside.com

Research Visit
Note form the Director  (Bio of director)

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Here are some of the details from our discussion Monday morning.

Much of what this email contains you have already heard, but it probably helps to have it written down, too.

The full name of the Archive will be: The Danish American Archive: Center for Research and Education. The word "immigrant" no longer reflects the breadth of the Archive's mission. The initial upper case T in The is deliberate and meant to indicate that this is not just one Danish American Archive among many.

In looking through some web sites yesterday the one that we found particularly congenial was http://www.scandinaviandesigninc.com/. The name, scandinavian design, all in lower case with the flowing font and the congenial blue on the upper left of the screen drew us in. The two rows of cropped photos on the right offer some intriguing possibilities, too. For our purposes they could reflect different modes of transport to America, from sailing ships to jet planes, and different methods of writing, from quill pens to hand-held electronic devices. They could also be photos of documents-newspapers, diaries, postcards, email.

The web site http://www.danishfurnituredesign.com  illustrates how the domain name and the organization name can be combined. It looks as though the domain name, danishamericanarchive, is available, so the three names as one with differences in shade (and perhaps font) may be effective. The modern, "stainless steel", look was intriguing. This site also shows how the name can extend further across the screen and the photos can run beneath the name, although we did prefer the side by side approach of the Scandinavian design site.

The web site http://www.wharfside.com presents the name of the organization in a clear and unmistakable form. The flowing quality of the script reflects the sea and the seacoast suggested by the company name. This site also has the red and white Danish flag, which might not be needed on the Archive site.

The web site http://kbcfurniture.com/ is another that we looked at in detail. The options are listed on the left. The Archive's web site might only need selections on the left, and not the top of the screen, since the number of options will be few. Nevertheless, the selections will need to be available on all, or nearly all, the site's pages. Contacting the Archive and donating to the Archive need to be obvious and straightforward.

The red and gray colors of this site are attractive. The red is darker than the typical Danish red, but it still might effectively convey associations with Denmark and Danish design.

This site also illustrates how the home page might contain a photo that is changed each month. The photo could be of some unidentified person or place, or of a person or place about which we want to learn more, or, as you happily suggested, we might even deliberately misidentify someone and see what kinds of reactions arise.

The last site we looked at was http://vestas.com. The navy blue color and the cropped photos indicative of Danish design are both attractive features.

Depending on how the name, The Danish American Archive, as well as the tag line, Center for Research and Education, look, we may not  need (or want) a logo. The name itself may be sufficient.

Hope these ideas are helpful. Let me know if questions arise.