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
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
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.
27 Jan. Consider voting for Ford Alumni Center in the IXDA awards http://t.co/q85bcujw Still unconvinced? Check out this teaser http://t.co/XtIbspfW
27 Jan. Neat freaks, feast your obsessive compulsive eyes on this. It’s the most organized tool-chest the world has ever seen: http://t.co/fSMvZP1t
27 Jan. Direct access to our IXDA people’s choice entries. Ford Alumni Center: http://t.co/q85bcujw Infinite Creativity: http://t.co/f2aZrwrZ
27 Jan. Hey, look who’s on the front-page of NotCot today http://t.co/zKB7UFmo @westert using the Alumni Table at the Ford Alumni Center.
26 Jan. Give us a high five in the voting booth. We have two projects eligible for the IXDA people’s choice awards. http://t.co/5JAGUtJU
26 Jan. Delicate, complex and a little bit mind-blowing. Intricate generative graphics from this young German studio http://t.co/0zekAPMD
25 Jan. We have two projects vying for a people's choice in the IXDA awards! http://t.co/5JAGUtJU Vote for Ford Alumni Center + Infinite Creativity.
25 Jan. Parisian urban hackers steal maps, sneak into underground catacombs and...restore a 19th century clock. http://t.co/59192ZeX via @dbrewerpdx
24 Jan. A shark-cage sized box of 1600 LEDs has taken residence in our media lab. Updates soon on this effort with @JulietZulu http://t.co/4B7FSKZX
24 Jan. RT @highmuseumofart: Have you used our mobile app, #ArtClix, yet? It's a great way to explore #PicassotoWarhol! http://t.co/axwrTS1Q
19 Jan. Remarkably complex personal diagrams by Korean artist Minjeong An http://t.co/DEPZcHaS via @50WattsDotCom.
18 Jan. Best Interactive Technologies from CES 2012 http://t.co/ydrtEsF7
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
Best Interactive Technologies from CES 2012
18 Jan. Engineer Matt Arnold attended CES 2012 and returned with a briefcase full of interesting impressions, which he shared with…
The Vault of the Secret Formula
8 Dec. Earlier today, December 8th, 2011, the Chairman of the Board of Coca-Cola unveiled the opening of The Vault of the Secret…
Design for Humanity: A Visit from Studio H
2 Dec. Emily Pilloton, of North Carolina based Studio H visited the studio today to share some of her socially-engaged design…
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.
