When one of the Italian professors at Sarah Lawrence decided it would be a good idea to make a website for the Italian department, she came immediately to me, as she knew I had quite a bit of experience with web design, including with language department websites.
This professor wanted the Italian website to feature a great deal of aspects of Italian culture without being too overwhelming or “stuffy.” I designed the layout around some various pieces of art she had sent me and used a collage effect to include as many as possible. I also added a few snippets of the Italian language to every page, for an added effect.
The day after it was launched, while in Italian class with the professor, she immediately pulled it up on the presentation computer and proudly proclaimed it as my work in front of the entire class.