Everyone Is a Designer Now: Rethinking the Client’s Role in Web Design

August 27, 2025 Insights, UX and Design

The line between designer and client is no longer as clear as it once was. With platforms like Drupal, WordPress, Shopify, Salesforce, Acquia Site Studio, and Squarespace, clients are shaping digital experiences every day, often without realizing how much...

Web Accessibility Isn’t Optional Anymore — And the Clock Is Ticking

June 5, 2025 Accessibility, Insights, UX and Design

If you’ve been putting off making your website accessible, you’re officially running out of time. Starting in April 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice will begin enforcing WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards for all public-facing government websites, likely including...

Lunch & Learn: The Value of Visual Communication

January 24, 2023 News, Projects, UX and Design

Last week, Clarity held a ‘Lunch & Learn’ hosted by our web designer Eric Leech.  The goal of this discussion was to illustrate the importance of using visual communication.  Virtual meetings remain part of the day-to-day flow of business,...

MUSE Creative Awards Honor Metra Website Redesign

September 2, 2021 News, Transit, UX and Design

Season 2 of the 2021 MUSE Creative Awards has honored our work on the website redesign for Metra, a large project recently completed and launched by Clarity Partners.  Metra is a commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area...

The Magic of Design

January 4, 2021 Insights, UX and Design

What is visual design? Visual design is best known as a website or application’s aesthetic appeal.  Like magicians, who know when and how to leverage our gaps in perception, designers strategically use things like color, fonts, and layouts to...

Clarity Partners to Redesign Website for Rothschild Investment Corporation

November 15, 2017 Projects, UX and Design, Web Application / Development

Clarity Partners (Clarity) has been chosen by Rothschild Investment Corporation (Rothschild) to redesign their website.  The primary function of the current site is to communicate with their current and potential clients.  While it has served Rothschild well in this...

Clarity Wins WebAward for Cook County Website

September 8, 2017 Government / Public Sector, News, UX and Design, Web Application / Development

Clarity Partners received a 2017 WebAward for Outstanding Website in the “Web Development” category for its work on the Cook County of Illinois website implementation, branding and governance. The WebAwards, presented annually by the Web Marketing Association since 1997,...

Just Launched: New Northbrook Park District Website

May 18, 2017 Government / Public Sector, News, UX and Design, Web Application / Development

Northbrook Park District (the District) launched their new website (www.nbparks.org) that was designed and built by Clarity Partners. Since December 2016, the District and Clarity have been working together to improve and modernize the District’s website. To better serve...

Northbrook Park District Chooses Clarity for Website Redesign & Implementation

December 12, 2016 Government / Public Sector, News, UX and Design, Web Application / Development

The Northbrook Park District (the District) selected Clarity Partners to re-platform, improve and modernize their current website. The District provides a wide variety of programming and events for the 33,000+ residents of Northbrook, Illinois and maintains a large number...

Metra Launches New Clarity-Built Website

July 11, 2016 News, Projects, Transit, UX and Design, Web Application / Development

Metra, one of Chicagoland’s most utilized forms of transportation, launched a new and improved public website that was designed and built by Clarity Partners. The new website features a comprehensive schedule display, a new real-time train tracking map, online...