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&description=Webby-Award Winning Web Site for the National Aquarium
This was a large-scale, ambitious project by The Berndt Group that resulted in the successful development of a new, more intuitive information architecture and high-end creative design for the National Aquarium in Baltimore's (NAIB) web site. The site featured extremely high usability, compatibility, excellence in design, and is powered by the RedDot Content Management System. In designing the new site, we sought to simulate the immersive, magical experience of an Aquarium visit. Noteworthy features of the site included the special Shark Quest exhibit section with a Flash game, and the high-impact design of the Animals and Exhibits section. The Berndt Group won a number of awards for this site, including a Webby for 'People's Voice' (the Webby is the Oscars of the Web). Other awards included an international WebAward for outstanding design as well as "Best in Category: Consumer Information" in the international Horizon Interactive Design Awards competition. We have worked on a number of other projects for the Aquarium, including designing Aqua Mail, the Aquarium's email newsletter, kiosk sequences and Web components for the Dolphin Play Show and Shark Quest exhibit, and an interactive CD-ROM about the Chesapeake Bay. We also designed microsites for the Australia and Frogs exhibits and a Flash-based Trip Planner application. |
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