Opening the university's research and strengths to a global audience

Shinshu University needed researchers, companies and students worldwide to quickly understand its strengths and specific research, with the information architecture and design expressing a genuinely global institution.

Research into leading university sites informed a shallow, responsive grid structure that foregrounded research topics. The main university and institute sites were cross-linked, with imagery making specialist work easier to explore.

The work created a connected information system across the university website, institute sites and publications, improving research discovery while enabling ongoing updates through a CMS.