Harriman Website - Peter Kery

Design and development of the Harriman website. Harriman provides services in architecture, engineering, urban design, planning, and landscape architecture. Prior to the redesign, the Harriman website simply demonstrated a portfolio of architectural projects while updating content was based on a third-party service. Harriman, located in Maine, was developing three other studios in Maine, New Hampshire, and Boston, Massachusetts. Although all studios were cross disciplinary, marketing determined that clients gravitated to the company based on specific markets and services.

The new Harriman website needed to dynamically present projects to their audience based on market and service interests. Underlying the vast amount of projects were stories to be told about the processes of each project. Sections of the website were designated for profiles, both client-wise and Harriman-wise, on individuals involved with the projects as well as sections denoted to community activism.

The specific website goals were to:

Showcase the entire scope of their projects including their respective markets and services
Create multiple custom slideshows for individual projects and develop user interface directly on project post
Allow users to filter projects through their own personal selections of markets and services and combinations of the two
Showcase the individual leadership personalities at Harriman and allow for personnel customized social links and highlighted projects
Allow for a third-party Career portal through the website and presentation customized to integrate seamlessly through site
Allow flexibility in the homepage design for new subject matter and reordering of sections and portals
Icons development designed for immediate recognition of markets and services

Wireframes

Wireframes were established to introduce new content and display updated versions of old content. This step also began troubleshooting new development concepts for Harriman such as a project filter and project slideshows.