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Non-Profit Web Design Wins Best in Class Award

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We are thrilled to announce that our latest non-profit web design project has picked up top honors at the Interactive Media Awards (IMA). The NewSchools Venture Fund website won the coveted IMA Best in Class Award with an overall score of 484 (out of a possible 500) in the ‘Nonprofit’ category. The Best in Class award is the highest honor bestowed by the Interactive Media Awards. It represents the very best in planning, execution and overall professionalism.

How The Judges Rated The Site

  • Design: 96/100
  • Content: 97/100
  • Feature Functionality: 100/100
  • Usability: 93/100
  • Standards Compliance & Cross-Browser Compatibility: 98/100

Total: 484

Congratulations to Iron Design Director Alice Bybee for, well, the design! Additional kudos to Sam Evans for his standards-compliant coding prowess. Respect!

Find out more about the NewSchools project.

 

Iron Gives SF Food Bank A Boost

Warm wishes from Iron!

You may have heard the phrase “You don’t get credit for trying.” Well, this year, Iron gave people just that. Our holiday puzzles were sent to two thousand people with the promise of a donation to the SF Food Bank, for every puzzle solved. And while the puzzles received rave reviews, fewer solved them than we hoped. So we made our gift based on how many people tried. (Hey – it was the holidays!) Those who did solve the puzzles enjoyed a chuckle, as they uncovered set-up/punch-lines like “It’s been such a busy year, we had nary a moment to put together our holiday card… so we made you do it.” But everyone who took a moment to check them out had a hand in feeding a hungry San Francisco family. Thanks for the support!

‘Paris High Noon’ Book Site Launches

Is the reading public finally ready for some cowboys killin’ Nazis? Yes, yes we are.

Introducing: Paris High Noon.

An explosive new site designed by our very own Art Director, Dave Caraker to promote Trent Tano’s manuscript. Boasting a bold graphic interface and a clever interactive character and timeline slider, this site is sure to bring Tano’s book some serious street cred. Check it out! 

(psst…Trent is seeking representation so if you know any literary agents and publishers, please pass it on!)

Iron Helps Nonprofit Connect Ability to Opportunity

The toolworks.org website launch completes our rebrand for Toolworks, a self-supporting nonprofit that is devoted to helping people with disabilities connect with the opportunities in their community. After redesigning their identity and stationery system, we created templates for their day to day operational needs, brand guidelines and began work on bringing their brand to life through their website.

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