Before and After: NYU Review of Law and Social Change
Client “Pain Points” or Issues:
- Long feed of indistinguishable articles
- Legibility concerns
- Confusion between print and online efforts
- Clunky workflow for online publishing, including subsections, footnotes and article annotation
- Lack of distinct branding or style
Design and Development Responses and Solutions:
- New system combining manual curation of featured articles and robust automated feeds
- Typography overhaul for readability while retaining long-form compatibility
- Streamlined architecture for print-orginated articles vs. digital-only entries
- Overhauled workflow limiting user error when pasting from Word or Google Docs
- Vastly improved footnotes, inline with text, vs. endnotes
- Coherent, text-based branding and overall style without relying on image assets.
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