California Resources Corporate website + homepage system
Energy for today. Carbon managementfor tomorrow. One homepage for both.Energy for today.Carbon managementfor tomorrow.One homepagefor both.
We designed and developed a responsive corporate homepage that connects CRC's established energy business, Carbon TerraVault growth platform, operating footprint, investor resources, and public information in one navigable system.
The concept, interactive
One front door
for every audience.
Open the menus, search the site, switch operating regions, and open the contact panel on desktop or on a phone. Links out to crc.com and sending from the contact panel are switched off in this preview, so nothing is sent.
The challenge
Explain a complex platform without flattening the business.
CRC needed one corporate front door for two connected stories: an established energy business and a growing carbon-management platform. The homepage also had to serve investors, interest owners, partners, communities, and job seekers without turning into a wall of corporate navigation.
The work was to create clarity without removing depth. Each audience needed a direct route, while the page still had to explain how operations, infrastructure, geography, and Carbon TerraVault fit together.
Interaction design
Complex information, organized
around the questions people bring.
Search, operating regions, business stories, and responsive navigation share one visual and interaction system. The interface lets someone move from a broad corporate question to a specific place, project, resource, or next step without losing context.
What we built
A corporate homepage that works
like an information system.
Nine major sections follow a deliberate sequence: define the platform, locate the operations, explain the infrastructure, introduce Carbon TerraVault, then support sustainability, investor, news, and career paths.
- A four-scene hero that introduces the energy and carbon-management story through real operating landscapes.
- Structured desktop navigation, a scrollable mobile hierarchy, and a site-wide search layer.
- Interactive operating-region, infrastructure, and news controls that turn dense information into focused states.
- Responsive contact routing and audience paths for investors, interest owners, careers, and corporate inquiries.
The editorial system
Distinguish the two businesses
without splitting the brand.
Deep navy, warm gold, field photography, and a high-contrast serif give the established energy story weight. Carbon TerraVault introduces a quieter green accent and proof-led structure, so the growth business feels distinct while remaining part of one CRC platform.
Energy for California. Progress for the future.
A high-contrast serif for the platform statement, a plain grotesque for the corporate detail, and tracked gold labels to name each chapter.
What we made
Two businesses,
one clear homepage.
Information architecture
Organized the established energy business, the Carbon TerraVault growth platform, the operating footprint, and investor resources into one route a visitor can follow.
Editorial system
Built a type and layout system that distinguishes the two businesses on the page without splitting the brand in two.
Responsive design and build
Designed and developed the homepage so the same structure holds from a desktop display down to a phone.
Investor and publication access
Surfaced reports, filings, and public materials where people look for them instead of behind a secondary menu.
Clarity without removing depth.
Design & front-end
Brendan leads UI/UX, branding, and front-end execution, making software simple, clear, polished, and easy for real people to use.
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