Second Story conceptualizes, designs, and develops interactive media experiences that enchant, inform, and entertain—pioneering new ways to inspire wonder and connect audiences to stories, ideas, and information.
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Welcome
Communication Arts features Ford Alumni Center
Communication Arts highlights the interactives at the University of Oregon Ford Alumni Center in their “Exhibit” section.
The Vault of the Secret Formula
An immersive media experience challenges visitors’ ideas about what is fiction and what is truth about Coca-Cola’s secret formula. View project
Ford Alumni Center Honored by IxDA Award
For the first annual IxDA Interaction Awards, the University of Ford Alumni Center takes home an award in the “Engaging” category.
Emily Pilloton Visits the Studio
Second Story sponsors Studio H: Design. Build. Transform. at the Museum of Contemporary Craft.
University of Oregon
Explore the towering “cascades” inside the UO Ford Alumni Center that reveal the culture, legacy, and vitality of this great university. View project
Anglo Saxon Hoard
This interpretive iPad app for the National Geographic Museum highlights a new-found treasure trove. View project
Depth Sensors for Crowd Interaction
Matt Arnold’s video post reveals the technology behind the Live Positively Portrait Wall at the World of Coca-Cola.
9 Feb. Taking it to the Streets: Rapid Prototyping and Usability with a Group Interactive http://t.co/AwcZgria
8 Feb. Next week, lead interaction designer Chris DeWan will be participating as a judge in the @Aaf_spokane addy awards: http://t.co/6kmtGKGb
8 Feb. RT @westert: Kinect meetup at Second Story next Wednesday 2/15: http://t.co/r8ilAnGv #kinect #volumetric pass it on
8 Feb. Forget smoke and mirrors, how about polka dots and mirrors? The inspiring installations of Yayoi Kusama http://t.co/xKxiUcH3
7 Feb. Saul Bass pitch film for AT&T executives: http://t.co/eoW93amH For Bass completists and anyone who has ever had to visually explain an idea.
7 Feb. RT @CommArts: Most are repositories of the past; @2storypdx ensured that the @UOAlumni alumni center equally cultivates the future. http ...
6 Feb. It is entirely possible this poster could cause a spike in designers wanting to be seafarers: http://t.co/52ya6pR6
6 Feb. We're on the ground at the IEI Emerging Issues forum in Raleigh sharing work and ideas. http://t.co/xZnCd9n6 #NCgenZ
6 Feb. “The Best of the Best” http://t.co/MPvIvjzV Ford Alumni Center is a winner in the “engaging” category for the IXDA awards!
3 Feb. Nice article by @techinthearts about our ArtClix project with @highmuseumofart http://t.co/xPYiF0aD Discusses mobile, museums, social media.
3 Feb. Curious, inspiring. A collection of 19th century lantern slides from the National Media Museum UK http://t.co/xbQ3zj9X
2 Feb. Books and Interactivity Redux (Samovar Edition) http://t.co/v3ZVLxtD
Blog
Our blog is where we share exciting project milestones and announcements, our thoughts and ideas surrounding interactive media, glimpses into studio life, and more.
Featured Post
Evolution of a Timeline
In the course of developing The National Library of Medicine Native Voices project, an interactive timeline became more of a time-circle. View post
Recent Posts
Taking it to the Streets: Rapid Prototyping and Usability with a Group Interactive
9 Feb. You hear these phrases so often in design and development circles they have become clichés—"get real fast" and…
Books and Interactivity Redux (Samovar Edition)
2 Feb. Last year, when I wrote about the future of the interactive book, I had read books on smartphones. But now I have an iPad,…
The Volumetric Society is meeting at Second Story
31 Jan. Second Story Interactive Studios is hosting the first Volumetric Society meet-up in Portland. These are interesting times…
Featured Work
This survey of projects illustrates Second Story’s enduring passion for pushing the boundaries of storytelling possibility. Explore this diverse landscape of Web sites, installations, environments, exhibits, attractions, and mobile applications that reveal the studio’s pioneering pathway across the evolution of interactive media.
Expertise
Our deep experience gives us the insight and skill to conceive of great media experiences and deliver them, working closely with clients at the boundaries of interactive design and technology.
Interactive Storytelling
We create media experiences that harness deep sources of content and tell compelling stories. We start with content and concepts and build stories that guide people through a journey of their own choosing.
Media Strategy and Planning
We transform abstract goals and objectives into clear pathways to engaging technology, interface, and storytelling solutions. We help turn raw ideas into a realizable vision with the power to move people.
Interdisciplinary Design
Our diverse design team provides comprehensive creative for every dimension of the experiences we make, from high-level user experience design to interaction design to visual and environmental design.
Multi-platform Digital Publishing
From mobile apps to Web sites to immersive environments, we create interactive media in a variety of formats and for most every platform.
Comprehensive Software Development
The technology team’s depth and range in software development inspires our creative and delivers innovative and solid results. The quality of our software is defined by our process, which combines best practices and flexibility.
Hardware Engineering and Prototyping
Our team of engineers and makers design, define, develop, and deploy hardware systems that house and support the software and interfaces that serve our stories.
“The evolution of media means the story no longer flows in one direction, from the one to the many. Through a framework of possibility that visitors use to weave their own story, the narrative is only visible in hindsight—when their path is revealed—the path that was their history, their story—that is the second story.”
— Brad Johnson, Creative Director
Second Storytellers
Our studio is intensely collaborative and collegial across all disciplines. We strive for an atmosphere in which the work is paramount, but where individual effort can also shine.
We all share a love for storytelling and a desire to make great things. What animates Second Story is the devotion to building experiences that inspire wonder, drive action, create delight.
Where We Work
Since 2006, we’ve occupied our current studio on Fremont Avenue in the Mississippi District of North Portland. Located above a bakery and a yoga studio in a converted warehouse building, we were able to design the space from the inside out, with an open plan, exposed beams, and large windows with views of downtown Portland and the West Hills.
Careers
Second Story offers individuals with a passion for interactive media rewarding careers opportunities to inform, inspire, educate, and move people by innovating new kinds of stories and experiences.
Current Openings
Other Opportunities
We also have short-term positions for a wide range of talents, including great motion graphics artists, creative coders with experience in frameworks like OpenFrameworks, Cinder, or VVVV, and experienced HTML5/CSS3/Javascript developers.
There are opportunities for internships, artist in residencies, or project-based contract positions.
Please send an introduction, your resume, and a link to your work to careers@secondstory.com.
Contact Us
Our studio is located in the historic Mississippi neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. You’ll find us here during regular business hours.
Inquires & Opportunities
Second Story is always looking for new opportunities to collaborate with partners on projects under development, or contribute our expertise to planning interpretive strategies and defining new ways to implement interactive media. Please contact us to discuss new opportunities for collaboration or to learn more about our capabilities.
