Arran Folk Festival
The organisers of the Arran Folk Festival approached me to create a new site where they could present the programmes for their annual music festival. I took the approach of combining imagery relating to ‘Arran’, ‘Folk’ and ‘Festival’.
- Arran Folk Festival (archive)
Atop each page lies a stylized image of Goatfell, a testament to its imposing outline as seen from Brodick, Arran’s gateway.
![[ Goatfell Sketch ]](/folio/folkfest/rough.gif "From rough coloured pencil sketch.")
![[ Goatfell Header ]](/folio/folkfest/goatfell.gif "To stylized image for the web.")
For the home page, I envisaged a set of posters for each area of the site, and a canonical poster for each year the site has covered. The posters also reappear on sub-pages approriate to the content.
![[ Poster for 2003 ]](/folio/folkfest/pro2003.gif "2003 Button")
![[ Poster for 2002 ]](/folio/folkfest/pro2002.gif "2002 Button")
![[ Poster for 2001 ]](/folio/folkfest/pro2001.gif "2001 Button")
![[ Poster for 2000 ]](/folio/folkfest/pro2000.jpg "2000 Button")
The page design consists of the Goatfell header and a three shade system for other areas of the page. Using style sheets, a simple system was possible whereby each page has three shades of a different colour. The typography is purposefully strict as the main purpose of the site is to disseminate details.
![[ Page Snapshot ]](/folio/folkfest/page.gif "Snapshot 1: Sample Page")
To enable visitors to book tickets by cheque, I produced a printable booking form in Adobe Acrobat format. The form is clearly laid out and retains the Goatfell header.
![[ PDF Snapshot ]](/folio/folkfest/form.gif "Snapshot 2: Acrobat-based Booking Form.")