Apotheosis of Knowledge
The institutional home of a Lagos research publisher, with a long-form archive on its own subdomain.
- Sector
- Research publishing and education
- Platform
- Next.js
- Services
- Website design & build, Brand identity, Motion & video, Content & copywriting
- Live site
- aokltd.org(opens in a new tab)
The brief
A publisher that exists to counter shallow content online cannot have a shallow website. The site had to feel permanent and credible, carry long-form research comfortably, and show the company’s registration and standing to partners and investors.
What we did
- 01
An editorial system in two typefaces, Space Grotesk and Source Serif 4, with a restrained navy and quill-blue palette.
- 02
A logo that constructs itself on arrival: the ring draws, the A rises and the quill lands, then steps aside as the visitor scrolls.
- 03
The Vault at vault.aokltd.org: a research archive with category indexes, reading progress and a random Nigerian fact generator you can drive from the keyboard.
- 04
An investor prospectus and a verifiable registration page, because credibility is part of the product.
- 05
Built with Next.js and generated statically, so pages arrive quickly and are easy for search engines to read.
- Brand identity
- Website design
- Next.js build
- Motion design
- Editorial content
In numbers
- 20
- long-form research articles in the Vault
- 131
- sourced facts in the random fact generator
- 2
- typefaces carrying the entire system
Measured
| Category | Mobile | Desktop |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 63 | 81 |
| Accessibility | 96 | 96 |
| Best practices | 96 | 96 |
| SEO | 100 | 100 |
Want a site built to this standard?
Tell us what you’re working on. We reply by email with the questions that matter and, where it fits, a fixed proposal.