A colourful, engaging design for Women’s College Hospital’s new intranet site.

Women’s College Hospital is a teaching hospital in Toronto that’s been around since 1883. Working with Sandbox Software Solutions, I designed the UI for their internal website. They wanted the intranet to be whimsical and for their strong internal culture to be apparent through the design. They also wanted it to be distinct from the public-facing website and convey it’s a place where these people are proud to work. The final design has unique creative elements, fun and engaging colours, and people-focused imagery.

Highlighting their story

At the bottom of the home page, I pitched adding an ‘about’ block that shows a historical photo and a more recent one. WCH wants to convey that their healthcare team are a part of something bigger than themselves. By having a section that speaks about WCH’s story, this helps create that sense of pride and additionally offers an inspirational introduction for new staff.

Passing accessibility requirements

A challenge I encountered during the designing process was due to the multiple bright brand colours. To make sure text and graphics passed WCAG 2.1 at level AA accessibility requirements, I used WebAIM’s contrast checker. The final design shows the brand’s magenta, blue, and green being slightly darkened and lightened to allow text to be legible.