Temple Bar Gallery & Studios

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Scope of the mentoring

A clear, focussed and well-informed brief for the designer is an essential element in the construction of a successful website. As part of our New Media Mentoring scheme, Aoife Flynn of asquared is mentoring Rayne Booth of Temple Bar Gallery and Studios as she develops a practical and informed brief for the organisation’s new website.

The mentoring has already begun with a period of research and evaluation, in a process which engaged with the management team of TBG&S so as best to inform the target brief. Research has explored what examples of leading practice online (nationally and internationally) TBG&S would like to draw inspiration from in terms of form and function. A process of evaluation will consider the successes and weaknesses of the current site, and establish what additional elements need be drawn into the
new website.

Aoife will assist Rayne to balance the outcomes of this process with the practicalities of the age-old constraints (time and money), and in so doing will assist Rayne to develop a brief most fitting to the needs and resources of TBG&S at this point in time. Finally, on completion of the brief, Aoife will advise Rayne on how best to approach and engage the most suitable web designer for the project.

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Sharing the learning

Rayne’s report will be a DIY guide to how to write a brief for a website, with some of the commonly overlooked areas highlighted.

This mentoring will be complete on the 31st of March, and Rayne’s report will be posted on this website on 16th of April. Following this, those who are interested in finding out a bit more will be able to ask Rayne about the process on the Arts Ireland LinkedIn group.