Revamping a leading academic platform
AlphaApps partners with Prototypes for Humanity to modernise their website and empower their team with a custom content platform
Web Development
Product Design
CMS Integration
Digital Transformation
Overview
Prototypes for Humanity (P4H) is a global initiative under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, bridging academic research and real world commercial deployment through an annual summit in Dubai that engages institutions including Harvard, Imperial College London, and ETH Zurich.
Despite its world-class reputation, P4H's digital presence didn't reflect its ambition and they needed a partner to change that.
Prototypes for Humanity needed a reliable partner to navigate the following challenges
An outdated website that no longer reflected the organisation's global stature and growing programme portfolio.
A static content structure requiring developer involvement for every editorial update — slowing down communication around events, projects, and ventures.
No centralised content management system, creating bottlenecks in publishing new prototype showcases, summit updates, and news.
Difficulty presenting a fast-growing ecosystem of academic institutions, ventures, and partners in a coherent, scalable digital format
Key Objectives
Design and develop a fully revamped website that reflects P4H's standing as a global innovation leader.
Build a custom CMS using Strapi to give the content team complete editorial independence.
Create a scalable, structured architecture capable of growing alongside P4H's expanding programme and venture portfolio.
Deliver a fast, accessible, and visually compelling experience for academics, partners, investors, and the public.
Approaching the challenge
Building a world-class platform for world-class innovation
We delivered a complete digital transformation — a redesigned, high-performance website paired with a fully custom Strapi CMS, empowering P4H's team to manage their content independently and present their work with the authority it deserves.
Discovery & strategy
Sessions with the Prototypes for Humanity team to understand their mission, audiences, and content needs, setting a clear direction before any design began.
Information architecture
A fast growing ecosystem of programmes, projects, and ventures, restructured into a clear, scalable structure that's easy to navigate and grow.
Design led overhaul
A research-informed visual redesign that reflects Prototypes for Humanity's prestige and communicates its scale, credibility, and ambition.
The solution
A scalable and integrated platform
platform
A revamped web experience
A fully redesigned website that communicates Prototypes for Humanity's mission with clarity and impact serving as a central hub for the organisation's global ecosystem of programmes, projects, and partnerships:
Searchable and filterable project gallery
Dynamic modular homepage with flexible CMS-controlled sections
Effortless content management
A custom built headless CMS on Strapi giving Prototypes for Humanity's team full editorial control over their platform, putting full content control in the hands of Prototypes for Humanity's team.
Dynamic content management across key pages.
Full data migration from the old website with zero data loss
Editorial independence for the entire content team.
SEO & Performance Optimisation
Built to be found, every page is optimised for search engines and fast load times from day one.
Structured data & meta tags.
Sitemap generation.
Performance optimisation.
A Modern tech stack
Next.js
Strapi CMS
AWS Cloud
