the brief
a website with the warmth of the place
sterts is east cornwall’s creative hub: a theatre, gallery and gathering place in a moorland setting, where community, nature and the arts have come together for forty years.
for its 40th anniversary, sterts wanted a website with the same warmth as the place itself, and one the team could keep running long after we finished.
we designed and built the full site in astro: home, what’s on, about, blog, support, volunteer and hire. everything but the listings lives in a cms the team manage themselves, and a set of print and digital pieces carries the same look through the year.
about
history and current work, told through movement
the about pages tell forty years of sterts through motion rather than long paragraphs.
what’s on
live listings, always up to date
what’s on reads live from ticketsource and other ticketing partners, so listings are filterable and never out of date.
logo
a mark that doubles as the loader
an animated logo that is also the site’s loading indicator.
the next event
one tap away
the next event sits in the mobile menu, and on every major page on desktop.
small touches
kind to the visitor
a gentle prompt before you go, instead of losing the visit without a word.
and one tap copies the email address, so getting in touch doesn’t mean leaving the page.
weather
a little of the moor before you book
live conditions and location sit on what’s on.
the brochure
a full year of programming, in print
the annual brochure was rebuilt to hold a full year of programming, then photographed back on site once it was printed.
