UC Berkeley site makes CA’s SOTW

This just came to my attention, but earlier this year UC Berkeley’s own department of Spanish and Portuguese Web site was picked for Communication Art’s Design Interact Site of the Week (Week of January 29th, 2007). You can read the Design Interact analysis in their Site of the Week archive, but from a UC Berkeley identity standpoint I was pleased to note the following:

• Use of University Oldstyle in the site’s logotype


• Use of the UC Berkeley signature


• Use of the UC Berkeley seal*

All-in-all the department of Spanish and Portuguese site looks great, is in line with W3C and usability standards, and for the most part includes the main identifying components of UC Berkeley’s identity guidelines. If only all our Berkeley sites—including this one—looked so good. ;-)

*Why an asterisk? Because the trademarked Berkeley seal is typically used for promotional and merchandising purposes. In the case of Web sites, the University of California seal in conjunction with the Berkeley signature should be used.