University of Minnesota
September 2009
Northrop is one of the University of Minnesota’s major icons and its central ceremonial and presentational space. As an organization, the Northrop must present an attractive, compelling face to its many different audiences and do so in a way that allows them to showcase beautiful videos and imagery, share lots of information and promote ticket sales.
Gorton Studios worked with the staff of the Northrop to design and develop a media-rich website. The site has ample room to showcase upcoming artists, events and news, both on the homepage and throughout the site. It also ties into Facebook, Twitter and MySpace and cross-connects content within the site to facilitate lively after-show discussions of events and performances.
Northrop staff are ecstatic with the results (we've heard words like “Glorious”). And, not only did Gorton Studios deliver on their short-term needs, we also provided them with a flexible structure to continue growing the site and the training to be able to do so.
The new site is built using the Drupal framework, which is increasingly being embraced by the University of Minnesota for a tremendous range of web needs. It also happens to be Gorton Studios' favorite tool to make great things happen for our clients.
