website design for New Venture Brabant

New Venture Brabant

New Venture Brabant organizes a businessplan competition for innovative student entrepreneurs in the province 'Noord Brabant' of the Netherlands. New Venture Brabant is a joint initiative of the Dutch ministry of economic affairs and a couple of universities.

http://www.mailchimp.com/ very clear, not too much information, large key visual, clear call to action

http://www.trouwamsterdam.nl/ I like the grunge look and the simplicity, although I would prefer a larger key visual and a clearer single message, and the use of some color.

We made a detailed outline of a concept & style we like, but if you have much nicer ideas we're open to other concepts & styles as well. Thnx!

Homepage

-Goal: inform & attract participants for the competition
- We'd like to have one large key visual with a compilation of famous buildings from Brabant (see links below). We like a compilation like the one on the cover of this magazine: http://www.intermediair.nl/overzich…=5&yr=2010
But maybe a bit more grunge, as in this picture: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-il…st=d25d10d
Or this one: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-il…st=1c826e7
To save time, you can also work with existing pictures, as long as you're able to make pictures of other buildings in the same style (we'll ask you if you win the competition)
-Should contain a title ("Start je Start-up") and a few lines of text: "New Venture Brabant heeft de jacht geopend op de beste studentondernemers onder de rivieren. Zet jij met succes een innovatieve start-up in de markt? Ga de strijd aan met studenten van de TU Eindhoven, de UvT, Avans Hogeschool, Fontys Hogeschool en de NHTV. Met je businessidee maak je kans op € 1.000,-, een iPad, extra publiciteit én een kickstart van je bedrijf." + a "read more" link ("Lees verder" in Dutch)
-Should contain the logo's of the partner universities + the New Venture logo (which is ugly, so feel free to change)
-Clear call to action: join the competition ("Schrijf je in")
- You could also reserve some room for three testimonials (successful entrepreneurs), only if it suits your design.

Second page: more text about the competition, please use Lorem Ipsum + a form where you can subscribe

Target group: university students, 20-25 yo, urban areas, interested in entrepreneurship & innovation

Remarkable buildings in Brabant:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped…voluon.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped…dhoven.jpg

http://www.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=…40&bih=690

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped…point2.jpg

http://www.openmonumentendag.nl/mon…d/duvelhok

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped…nbosch.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped…kerk_2.jpg

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestan…asteel.jpg