Newhall Estate
Website design + Brand development + Brochure design + more
Mansfield Traquair Trust
Formed in 1993, the Mansfield Traquair Trust initiated and oversaw the restoration of the former Catholic Apostolic Church on Broughton Street, Edinburgh. The Trust aimed to ensure the church had a long future, as well as repairing and conserving its fabric and murals for the general public to enjoy.
Project services
The Brief
Tasked with promoting the church, referred to as “Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel”, the Trust commissioned Firefly to design and build their website. The brief specified that the website should showcase the beautiful murals by Phoebe Anna Traquair, a much-celebrated artist from the Arts and Crafts movement, as well as facilitating a database of information and photography.
The Creative Outcome
The image-led website design features large scale, impactful photography, allowing the breathtaking murals and building to speak for themselves and captivating the Trust’s target audience. The responsive website design and easy to use navigation, enables visitors to access comprehensive information about the church quickly and seamlessly across desktop, tablet and mobile.
The use of highly legible typography and clear typographic hierarchy further facilitate an optimum user experience, guiding visitors through the website and breaking up key information in an easily digestible way. We used a clean, refined layout and a combination of white and red backgrounds. This minimal design allowed us to highlight important information, without distracting from the stunning imagery.
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“Thank you so much for your work on the report infographics, and especially the speedy turnaround – they really helped us get to where we needed to be in time for the official launch and circulation to press yesterday.
We’ve had loads of coverage for the recent report today and hoping to get more across the week. Also a huge thanks again for your work on the branding and templates generally. Working the report up using the Citizens Advice Scotland report template didn’t take me long at all and we’re so very happy with how it looks!”
Erin Gray
Service Communications Manager
Citizens Advice Scotland