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For a nonprofit or foundation, writing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a website redesign can feel like a daunting task. You know your current site isn’t working: it’s outdated, hard to manage, and no longer reflects your mission. But translating that frustration into a clear, comprehensive document that will attract the right agency partners is a challenge. A great RFP is the foundation of a great project; a vague one is a recipe for mismatched expectations and a painful process.
A prospective student’s first real interaction with your university isn’t on a campus tour; it’s on your website. At Project6, we’ve spent over two decades helping colleges and universities build digital experiences that convert visitors into applicants. Before they ever speak to an admissions counselor, they try to navigate your digital campus. Too often, what they find is a frustrating experience: a site that’s hard to use on their phone, a search bar that returns outdated links, and a navigation menu that makes it impossible to compare programs. Every moment of friction is a reason to close the tab and look at another school.
Most nonprofit brands don’t fail dramatically—they fade. It’s a pattern we’ve seen repeatedly in our work with foundations and nonprofits. Programs expand, missions evolve, and the world moves on, while the logo and website quietly fall behind. It’s a slow drift, not a sudden crisis. One day you look up and realize your organization’s public face no longer reflects the vital, impactful work you do every day. This isn’t failure—it’s growth. And it means it’s time for a change.
Most university websites don’t break overnight—they drift. A department launches a microsite, a research center builds its own platform, and a new graduate program gets a standalone domain. Each move solves a short-term problem, but collectively they create a fragmented digital presence that confuses prospective students, dilutes the university brand, and becomes a nightmare to maintain. Before long, your single institution speaks with a dozen different voices, none of them in sync.
We’re proud to unveil the newly released 2025 Annual Report for the Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF)—one of the many nonprofit and foundation organizations we support. This is a publication we designed, produced, and managed through final printing. The Annual Report brings to life the groundbreaking work of scientists supported by the foundation.
The Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company (OMIC) has long been a trusted partner in healthcare, supporting ophthalmologists with expert guidance, educational programs, and vital resources. However, as digital expectations grew across the industry, OMIC’s outdated website no longer reflected its leadership or provided members with the experience they needed. To modernize its healthcare digital presence, OMIC partnered with Project6 to design and develop a secure, accessible, and member-focused platform that strengthens its role as a leader in ophthalmic risk management.
Project6 Design has been recognized for its outstanding work in Design (Best Environmental + Sustainability Web Design) at the 2025 Netty Awards, recognizing creative excellence in digital work. Winning among some of the best in the industry is an incredible honor, reinforcing our commitment to innovation, excellence, and impact.
Project6 partnered with The Glaucoma Foundation to reimagine its 2024 Annual Report—enhancing visual storytelling, improving data presentation, and spotlighting the impactful work driving glaucoma research forward.
As a proponent of best practices in Accessible Design, Project6 is proud to sponsor WordPress Accessibility Day.
The local non-profit East Bay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (East Bay SPCA), is one of the most innovative organizations in the East Bay. They sought an agency that could come to their rescue with a comprehensive new online strategy.
Project6 Wins Gold and Silver at the 22nd Annual Horizon Interactive Awards Competition.
Ensuring your website is accessible to all is becoming increasingly important for every website. What used to be optional, is now required.
Being green has always been on-brand for Project6 Design (PMS 381). And now it’s official: Project6 is proud to be certified as a California Green Business by the City of Berkeley/County of Alameda for our commitment to sustainable practices.
The Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts has invited Esten Sesto, Co-founder and President of Project6, to join as a juror on their invitation-only panel of professionals from acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms.
The MUSE Creative and Design Awards have released their lists of winners for their first competitive season of 2023 and Project6 brought home three silver awards. Hosted by the International Awards Associate (IAA), the competitions had received over 6,300 entries from across the globe.
The Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) coalition of 450+ partners galvanizes change and provides critical information and resources to immigrants, their communities, and supporting organizations.
The Family Caregiver Alliance turned to Project6 Design, its design agency of record, to expand its suite of branded collateral.
Multilingual guided questionnaire helps medicare + medicaid recipients learn about choices available to maximize their health coverage.
With more than two decades of branding and web design experience in the San Francisco Bay Area, Project6 continues to innovate and design websites ranked in the top 1% of all entries in W3 Awards.
P6 is honored with two awards for work in education and one award for the redesign of project6.com.
The San Francisco Bay Area design firm was awarded a silver medal for its work with the Family Caregiver Alliance.
Bay area web design firm creates new brand identity and website for the Family Caregiver Alliance.
The award-winning design firm received a silver award for its work in the nonprofit sector, designing a bold new web presence for the Hertz Foundation.
But what does mobile-first indexing mean, and what does it entail to be ready by the spring 2021 deadline? Put simply, mobile-first indexing means that Google will rely mostly on the mobile version of any website in order to index and rank it.
The San Francisco Bay Area web design company received four MUSE awards, including two gold, at the 2020 MUSE Creative Awards. Out of 3,820 submissions from 50 countries, the creative work of Project6 Design has been honored with four prestigious awards, two gold and two silver, for the 2020 MUSE Creative Awards competition.
Bay Area web design firm wins four awards, including three gold awards, at the 18th annual horizon interactive awards competition.
Project6 Design Goes Platinum with Its Website Design for Sam Clar.
With Headquarters in Japan and over 30 locations world-wide, I-PEX is the leader in creating extremely specialized semiconductor connectors.
San Francisco Bay Area graphic design firm Project6 is pleased to announce that it has been distinguished as a world-class design firm yet again.
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The award-winning design firm was honored with the highest distinction—Excellence in nonprofit web design—at the 2019 Communicator Awards.
The Bay Area web design company received a Rose Gold MUSE at the 2019 MUSE Creative Awards.
UCSF’s Boxer Lab, headed by Dr. Adam Boxer, is known for its out-of-the-box approach to understanding and combating neurodegenerative conditions. But without a significant web presence, their work wasn’t reaching as wide of an audience.
The San Francisco Bay Area web design company takes home three awards, including one Gold award, at the 17th Annual Horizon Interactive Awards Competition.
The Nok Nok logo had a good long run, but in the fast-paced industry of next generation authentication, products, services and brands themselves evolve quickly—so it was time for a change.
In spite of being a relatively young company, Rylko Builders has already made a significant footprint on the Bay Area.
The awards, which focus on honoring creative work from the best small agencies and firms worldwide, are just the latest distinction in Project6’s illustrious history.
The awards, which focus on honoring creative work from the best small agencies and firms worldwide, are just the latest distinction in Project6’s illustrious history.
San Francisco Bay Area website design and development company Project6 is proud to announce that it has been awarded the 2018 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development.
Project6 Design Wins at the 16th Annual Horizon Interactive Awards Competition.
Project6 is proud to learn their work for the Center for the Art of Translation won Gold, Silver and Excellence awards.
Project6 redesigns and builds the Clackamas.edu website.
Website Redesign for CrossFit Games
Project6 rebuilt and designed the games.crossfit.com website with significant improvements to the older system.
Project6 design brands and designs magazine and science center sites for world-renowned Greater Good Science Center.
Project6 Design recognized for prestigious interactive media award.
The Horizon Interactive Awards, a leading international interactive media awards competition, has announced the 2016 award winners to highlight this year’s “best of the best” in interactive media production.
Project6 is proud to launch our latest website design project for the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program.
Project6 Design is thrilled to announce our latest website design launch: Center for the Art of Translation.
ELAN wins a Davey Award!
Traina Foods produces the world’s finest sun dried fruit, serving manufacturers, ingredient companies and distributors.
ClimateWorks Tracker Microsite
Project6 Design is proud to launch the ClimateWorks Tracker microsite for the ClimateWorks Foundation.
Project6 Crafts a Website for Music Lovers!
San Francisco Bay Area graphic and web design agency Project6 Design is pleased to announce the launch of a new website for SpeakerCraft.
Project6 design agency is proud to announce the website redesign for Sindeo, a progressive mortgage lending corporation.
San Francisco Bay Area graphic design firm, Project6 Design, has been awarded three Silver Communicator website awards in the 22nd Annual Competition.
San Francisco design agency Project6 Design is pleased to announce the launch of a new website for Career Girls.
San Francisco Bay Area graphic design agency, Project6 Design, has been awarded four 2016 Horizon website awards.
San Francisco Bay Area graphic and web design company Project6 Design is pleased to announce the launch of a new brand identity and website for Integrated Healthcare Association.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) came to Project6 Design with a need for a marketing campaign to increase awareness of the influenza virus and pandemic flu.
Project6 Design, a leading San Francisco design agency, is pleased to announce the launch of a new website for the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC).
San Francisco Bay Area graphic design firm, Project6 Design, has been awarded three silver 2015 Davey Awards. Awards were received for the Rosendin Electric, Trihydro Corporation and Lighting Services Inc websites.
San Francisco Bay Area graphic and web design company, Project6 Design, has been recognized with a silver W3 award for the design and development of the Cartelligent website.
San Francisco Bay Area graphic design firm, Project6 Design, has been awarded two 2015 WebAwards. Standard of Excellence Awards were received for both the Rosendin Electric and Trihydro Corporation websites.
Gold and Silver! Five New Awards for Project6
San Francisco Bay Area graphic design agency, Project6 Design, has been awarded five 2015 Communicator awards.
Putting the Sparq into Solar Startup Website
Project6 Design is always excited to assist startup companies with establishing their visual brand and communication strategy.
Project6 Design, a San Francisco Bay Area web design and development firm, announces the launch of a website for the SCAN Foundation.
San Francisco Bay Area graphic design firm, Project6 Design, has been awarded four 2014 Horizon Interactive awards.
Project6 Design, a San Francisco Bay Area graphic and web design company, proudly announces the launch of a website redesign for Trihydro, a leading provider of environmental engineering services.
San Francisco Bay Area website design agency and development firm, Project6 Design, has received three Standard of Excellence awards in the 2014 WebAwards competition.
San Francisco Bay Area graphic design firm, Project6 Design, is proud to announce that they have won two new honors from the 20th Annual Communicator Awards in the Charitable Organizations/non-profit and Food & Beverage website categories.
San Francisco Bay Area graphic design firm Project6 Design won the Pixel Award competition’s Food & Beverage category for the design and development of the Biscoff website.
Project6 Design, a San Francisco Bay Area graphic design firm, launched an interactive feature for the “Lean” health care management model on the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) website.
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Berkeley, CA – San Francisco Bay Area graphic design agency Project6 Design has earned three honors from the 2013 Davey Awards—including a Gold Award for the Biscoff website! The Nok Nok Labs, Inc and Leisure Sports websites both received Silver Awards.
An independent authority on web design and development, Best Web Design Agencies, has ranked Project6 Design as one of the best web design agencies in three areas: Best Responsive Web Design Company, Best Web Development Company, and Best Web Design Company.
Project6 Design, a San Francisco Bay Area web design and development firm, launched a responsive website and Drupal CMS just in time for the RiseSmart’s debut of its RiseSmart Compass product at the HR Technology Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas.
Berkeley, CA – San Francisco Bay Area graphic firm Project6 Design earned recognition for two websites in the 2013 W3 Award competition: the Biscoff and Nok Nok Labs websites each garnered a silver award for outstanding website design.
Berkeley, CA – San Francisco Bay Area web design agency and development firm Project6 Design is proud to announce three honors from the Web Marketing Association’s 17th international WebAward competition.
San Francisco Bay Area graphic design firm Project6 Design, Inc is proud to support the dyslexic community with the launch of a new website and Drupal CMS for the non-profit organization Headstrong Nation.
Portland, OR – At DrupalCon Portland, Project6 design agency was awarded the 2013 Blue Drop Award for Best Sports Website for the Leisure Sports Club Sports website.
Project6 Design, a San Francisco Bay Area web design company, is excited to announce the launch of a dynamic, responsive website for Vaughn Construction.
Project6 Design, a San Francisco Bay Area design and branding firm, has been awarded five Communicator Awards for outstanding corporate identity, website, and brochure design over the past year.
This week, San Francisco Bay Area branding and graphic design agency Project6 Design celebrated the launch of the redesigned LumaStream website, showcasing LumaStream’s game-changing, low-voltage LED lighting platform.
Project6 Design launched the website for AUL – America’s premier service contract administrator based in Napa Valley, CA.
San Francisco Bay Area branding and graphic design agency, Project6 Design, is proud to announce the unveiling of a new brand and website for innovative biotech vaccine company PaxVax.
Award-winning San Francisco Bay Area web design agency Project6 Design is proud to launch the website redesign for Disability Rights Advocates.
New York, NY – The winners of The 2012 Davey Awards have been announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts.
Winner: National Council on Crime and Delinquency – NCCD Website Redesign. Beats Charles Schwab, Experian, and KB Home.
San Francisco Bay Area branding and website design firm, Project6 Design, is proud to announce two honors from the Web Marketing Association’s 16th Annual WebAwards.
Project6 design agency launched a new site for Self-Directed IRA Investment Services Firm, The Entrust Group.
Award-winning San Francisco Bay Area development and web design company, Project6 Design, is proud to announce the launch of a website for Cogent Legal.
Award-winning San Francisco Bay Area development and web design company, Project6 Design, announces the launch of a new Drupal website for the National PREA Resource Center (PRC).
Project6 web design company wins two ‘Award of Distinction’ awards from the Communicator Awards. The awards were for Websites for nonprofit / charitable organizations.
Project6 Design, a top San Francisco Bay Area branding and web design company, proudly launches the redesigned website for Language Automation, Inc. (LAI).
After extensive strategy and web design and development work in 2011, San Francisco Bay Area branding and web design company, Project6 Design, is proud to announce the launch of a new website for the Global Health Sciences division of UCSF.
Project6 Design, an award-winning San Francisco Bay Area branding and web design company, proudly launches the website for the National Girls Institute (NGI), a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance understanding of girls’ issues and improve program and system responses to girls in the juvenile justice system.
Project6 Design has drawn on years of expertise as a top Bay Area Drupal agency to create the P6 Profile, an installation profile for Drupal comprised of over 70 of its favorite modules and their optimized settings.
San Francisco Bay Area branding, print design and web design company, Project6 Design, has completed its branding and design work for the 2012 World Affairs Conference – Navigating in a Shifting Global Landscape.
Project6 Wins Silver!
California HealthCare Foundation gets a complete overhaul of their website.
Goodwill 2010 Annual Report Designed by Project6
UPDATE: 5/10/12 This project won the Communicator Award for design distinction for nonprofit website design.
SaaS-based start-up Doxee looked to Project6 Design to create their new brand identity.
Bay Area Academy Launches New Website
Project6 web design company launches the new website design for the California Maritime Academy, a campus of the California State University.
University of California – San Francisco launches a new website for the School of Dentistry.
OpSource Launches New Website
Project6 Design re-designed and developed the corporate website for OpSource, a leader in enterprise level cloud and managed hosting services.
Project6 delivers interactive flash banners for Technorati for the Verizon Droid campaign.
Project6 Design wins three awards from the American Design Awards.
The Hermes Creative Awards is an international competition for creative professionals involved in the concept, writing and design of traditional materials and programs, and emerging technologies.
Project6 Joins Drupal Association
Project6 joins the Drupal Association to show support for the community.
New Blog Created for Geek.net
Graphic design firm honored with multiple awards for communications consultancy’s web site refresh.
Project6 Launches Crown Moving Drupal Website
Crown Worldwide Moving and Storage launched it’s new site today, designed and developed by Project6 Design.
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UCSF Launches the Financial Aid Website
UCSF launches the Financial Aid website, designed and built by Project6 using the Drupal CMS system.
eBay Classifieds is Live
Project6 Design Wins 2 Silver Awards
Project6 Wins 3 Awards from W3
WorkScore Launches
Nanosolar Launches Drupal Site
Save the Redwoods Spring Bulletin
Conference program guide about the global priorities facing the Obama administration The World Affairs Council of Northern California is complete.
San Francisco Film Festival Awards Night
Project6 Design Launches Children’s Book Press
Children’s Book Press, a San Francisco based non-profit launched a new website today.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health launched a public awareness campaign today called “Infect Me Not”.
Tyco Federal Credit Union Blog
Microflex Launches New Website
Today Enphase Energy launched their beta website.
Celerity Launches Japanese Website
Celerity launches Japanese version of their website.
Lennar Launches New SOLARplus Website
Panamax Launches Their New Website
SunPower Launches Their New Website
M&A Forum Launches a Beta Site
Kabira Technologies goes live with a new brand and a new website.