The Art Canada Institute is an innovator in the art history space, creating authoritative publications on the defining figures of Canadian art history. Our role involves supporting the ACI’s mission through the design and the development of their website and its publication systems.
At the heart of the ACI initiative is a proprietary publication studio that powers their flagship Art Books project. A robust content management system empowers authors and editors to collaborate as they produce interactive online books and their downloadable PDF counterparts. The studio’s reach extends across the website, surrounding the Art Books with rich editorial content and interactive media, all in both English and French.
ACI’s Art Books are deeply personal stories of the artists they depict, and we’ve developed a modular system that allows the editorial team to craft flexible narratives around each artist. Chapter management, interactive galleries, and a diverse range of content options breath life into these truly unique biographies.
The editorial and long-form nature of their publications lend themselves to mobile and tablet consumption, and we developed a responsive strategy that focused on comfortable long reads. Careful consideration was given to the visual presentation, with emphasis on legibility and clean, simplified layouts.
