Litmus Press
Cultivating a critical, poetic space for singular, expansive works of contemporary literature.Visit website
LITMUSPRESS.ORGLitmus Press is an independent publisher that specializes in innovative cross-genre and interdisciplinary work by poets, writers, translators, and artists.
Launched in 2020, our goal was to showcase a comprehensive poetry catalog to:
- Seamlessly combine content from three presses and two additional websites.
- Highlight their extensive network of contributors and authors.
- Promote new book titles and special events.
- Make it easier for users to browse and/or search.
- Promote membership and support.
- Add useful resources like teaching guides.
The site was designed to feel engaging and friendly while celebrating the intellectual rigor of the work, specifically in the fields of feminist avant-garde worlds of poetry, literature, and art.
SERVICES
- Responsive Web Design
- Custom Web Features
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LITMUSPRESS.ORGSERVICES
- Responsive Web Design
- Custom Web Features
A Feature-Packed Website
Taking a plethora of data and creating pathways for both the client manage the site and users to access and navigate it, we:
- Worked closely with client to advise on best methods to import filemaker database to ease burden of manual data entry.
- Created easy-to-use filter tools for their Catalog, inviting customers to easily browse titles by publisher, genre, availability, and also by contributor role.
- Built comprehensive search tools allowing users to find titles by author, artist, translator, editor OR by publisher within the Contributors section. Having this companion section allows users to find the authors they are looking for, as many have multiple book titles.
- Built a new ecommerce shop that incorporated products, membership, and donation pages for customers looking to make a purchase or to support the organization.
- Created a dedicated space for resources that extend the mission and educational efforts of their contributors
Our Approach to Design
Our work always puts the clients needs and identity first. For Litmus Press, we took time to understand their brand, history, literary contributors, and supporters/customers in order to design something that felt new and exciting while being totally aligned with what Litmus Press has always represented; specifically, we:
- Expanded a color palette and selected typefaces meant to complement the Litmus Press brand and their brilliant works of literature.
- Made the navigation simple and intuitive, with eye-catching graphics, clear nomenclature, and calls to action.
- Created a photo-forward Contributor page to more easily connect site visitors to their extraordinary list of authors, editors, artists, and translators.
