An Triantán is a music school and creative hub based in Marino, Dublin. During a wider rebranding project, the organisation needed a new website that better reflected its evolving identity and supported both current and prospective students.
The existing website no longer represented the school's vision and made it difficult for users to find important information. My goal was to create a modern, accessible website that showcased An Triantán as both a music school and a thriving creative community.
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Following conversations with the school owner and key stakeholders, I identified several areas where the website could better support users and reflect the organisation's goals.
The challenge was not simply to redesign the interface, but to reshape how users understood and navigated the organisation online.
Early stakeholder discussions revealed that visitors arrived at the website with very different goals and expectations.
These audiences included prospective students researching classes, existing students looking for practical information, musicians seeking rehearsal spaces, and members of the local community exploring creative opportunities.
This highlighted the need for a content structure that could support multiple user journeys while remaining simple and intuitive.
One of the biggest challenges was reorganising the site's content.
The previous structure made it difficult for users to find information relevant to their needs. To address this, I redesigned the site's information architecture and introduced a dedicated Student Hub.
The Student Hub became a central location for student-specific content, including:
This reduced clutter within the main navigation while making essential information easier to access.
Research and stakeholder feedback showed that users regularly accessed the website on both desktop and mobile devices.
As a result, responsiveness was a key consideration throughout the design process. Every page and component was designed to perform consistently across screen sizes, ensuring users could easily access information regardless of the device they were using.
Key considerations included:
Alongside the visual redesign, the website's content also needed to evolve to reflect the organisation's new identity.
I reviewed and rewrote key sections of the website to create a more consistent tone of voice and better communicate An Triantán's mission.
Content was restructured to be clear, welcoming and easy to scan, helping prospective students quickly understand what the organisation offers while supporting existing students with practical information.
These improvements helped position An Triantán as a vibrant creative community rather than solely a music school.
This project reinforced the importance of information architecture in creating effective digital experiences.
While the visual redesign played an important role, the greatest impact came from simplifying the content structure and designing around the different needs of the site's users.
It was particularly rewarding to combine UX design, content strategy and visual design to support an organisation that promotes creativity, learning and community engagement.