We've just launched the beta of Reality Sandwich, a group blog -- built with Drupal by CivicActions -- for an emerging global network of intersecting communities that includes Burning Man participants, utopian techies, radical environmentalists, spiritual seekers, yoga enthusiasts, and the electronic dance scene.
The site is at http://www.realitysandwich.com.
The challenge facing us was to make the range of topics the site covers clear to any visitor, and to show the inter-connection between them to those who might not immediately recognize the site's gestalt. We chose to make the site's taxonomy a strong element in the design, prominently labeling each post with one of the six main categories: psyche, eco, tech, life, commons, and arts.
Another interesting aspect of the design is its use of color, which is particularly bold, with many of the text elements changing color dynamically with each page reload.
We intend to turn the site into a full-on social network, so that registered users can easily connect with each other, based on shared interests. To do so, we will be extending current Drupal modules. In the meantime, we're enabling all registered users to post comments, create public user profiles, and ping each other through the "contact" feature. We're also using CiviCRM to manage the user accounts.
Here's the launch announcment: