All workCase study · 2026

Boulder CountyFilm Commission/

The front door for filming in Boulder County — designed in Figma, built in WordPress.

Client: Boulder County Film Commission
Industry: Film commission · Boulder Chamber
Agency partner: Maniac
Platform: WordPress · Elementor Pro

Boulder, Colorado — the FlatironsFilm. Connect. Create.

Overview

Made for the people behind the camera, and the county in front of it.

The challenge

Four audiences — productions, local crew, businesses and students — and a Sundance festival on the way, all through one front door.

The approach

Lead with the place, then make every next step obvious — locations, permits, crew and events, one click from home.

What we delivered

Figma full design

19 page templates and four mega menus — home, directory, locations, Filmed in Boulder, events, membership and Sundance.

WordPress development

Built in WordPress on custom Elementor widgets and dynamic templates the Commission runs themselves.

Creative Directory

200+ local listings, searchable by category or city, with featured tiers and self-serve listings.

Locations & productions

Filterable filming locations with permit guidance, linked to the productions already shot there.

01 — Typography

Geometric,and grounded.

Futura PT gives every headline the confidence of a title card. Work Sans keeps listings, permit notes and event details easy to read at any size.

Primary

Headings · Medium & Bold

Futura PT

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

0123456789 / & ?!

Secondary

Text & UI · Regular to SemiBold

Work Sans

Regular
Medium
SemiBold

02 — Colors

Boulder Red,on a warm canvas.

A deep Boulder Red for every action, warm off-white surfaces instead of stark white, and near-black type — with a foothill green for the deepest sections.

Actions & highlights

Boulder Red

#941F38

Hover & emphasis

Deep Red

#7A0D25

Page background

White Light

#F7F3EE

Tinted panels

Boulder Red 4

#F2E8E7

Type & dark sections

Black

#212223

Deep accents

Dark Green

#0D1D0F

03 — Figma full design

Nineteen templates.One system.

Every template was designed at full fidelity in Figma — home, directory, locations, Filmed in Boulder, events, membership, Sundance and more — then built page for page.

Home1440 · Desktop

Creative Directory1440 · Desktop

Sundance1440 · Desktop

Locations1440 · Desktop

Inside the archives

Hover a page to scroll it

Filmed in Boulder — page design — Filmed in BoulderTemplate

Location single — page design — Location singleTemplate

01 · Home

Homepage

Lead with the place

The Flatirons up front, then a homepage that routes four audiences — productions, local crew, businesses and students — straight to what they came for.

Mega menus for Events, Community, About and Film in Boulder
Featured filming locations with permits in context
Plan Your Production, split by audience

02 · Community

Creative Directory

200+ listings, one search

Local crew, vendors and creative businesses, searchable by category or city — with featured listings, member profiles and related creatives on every page.

Search with category and city filters
Featured and member listing tiers
Self-serve add and edit listing flow

03 · Film in Boulder

Locations

Every location, with the paperwork attached

Each location pairs its look with who manages the land, which permit applies and how far ahead to file — and links to the productions already shot there.

Location filters by style and setting
Permit and access notes on every location
Filmed in Boulder archive linked to locations

Locations archive

Location single

04 · Sundance 2027

Sundance

Ready for the festival

A hub for Boulder’s part in the 2027 Sundance Film Festival — spaces to lease, spaces wanted, vendor interest, upcoming events and the questions people ask.