For MainEvent™ 2004 I decided to design a graphically elaborate and eye-catching website for the Global Conversationalists. Traditionally, WF360 posts their speaker photographs and bios as a long list on a single page. For 2004 I wanted to feature the speakers with larger photos on individual pages where their titles and biographical information could be given more space and attention through additional layout work and graphic design.




By locking the design down within a specific window size and using DHTML tags I was able to employ a more graphically intensive approach to the page layouts. Each speaker is featured in an open book design which was originally conceived as a "virtual passport". Although the passport idea was dropped in the final version, the visual elements of the book pages work as an effective way to frame the content. The rotating globe was an additional flash media element that helped to keep the pages from becoming overly static.