Recognition
Second Story has collaborated with many of the world’s outstanding organizations, cultural institutions, and brands to create compelling projects that have been featured in the popular press and in dozens of books. The studio’s work has also garnered many of the industry’s top interactive design awards and accolades.
- Macromedia, Site of the Week, November 19, 1996 (Explore the Fantastic Forest)
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Yahoo!, Picks of the Week, September 9, 1996 (Dinosaur Eggs)
“[W]e really think you should take a crack at this great site.”
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High Five Award, July 31, 1996 (River Wild: Running the Selway)
“This site is just the right size. The pages are easy to read and there aren’t too many of them. The narrative is quite brief, but it gives you time to explore the options on each page.”
- HOW, Self-Promotion Annual, Outstanding Achievement Award, 1996 (Pinch)
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Communication Arts, Interactive Design Annual, 1996 (Ace Architects)
“The Ace Architects Web site reflects the somewhat eccentric nature of the architectural firm.”
- Yahoo!, What’s Cool, 1996 (TerraQuest: Virtual Antarctica)
- Project Cool, Cool Sightings, 1996 (TerraQuest: Virtual Antarctica)
- C|Net, Best of the Web, 1996 (TerraQuest: Virtual Antarctica)
- New Media, Invision Award, Best Overall Design Online, 1996 (TerraQuest: Virtual Galápagos)
- New Media, Invision Award, Best Online, 1996 (TerraQuest: Virtual Galápagos)
- Yahoo!, What’s Cool, 1996 (TerraQuest: Virtual Galápagos)
- Project Cool, Cool Sightings, 1996 (TerraQuest: Virtual Galápagos)
- C|Net, Best of the Web, 1996 (TerraQuest: Virtual Galápagos)
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C|Net, Best of the Web, 1996 (River Wild: Running the Selway)
“This breathtaking feature is typical of National Geographic: careful, colorful design with incredible depth of information.”
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Internet Professional Publishers Association, Ace Awards, 1996 (Dinosaur Eggs)
“Every page of the Dinosaur Eggs site is a work of art. This site is clean, refined, and beautiful.”
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Project Cool, Cool Sightings, 1996 (Dinosaur Eggs)
“National Geographic’s Dinosaur Eggs has it all: Images, design, good integration of technology, and a compelling story...Here’s another place where the marriage of content to technology really works.”
- NII Awards, Finalist, 1996 (TerraQuest: Virtual Galápagos)
- “Rule No. 1: Less is More,” The Red Herring Magazine, Nikki C. Goth, October 1996
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“Brad Johnson’s Excellent Web Adventure,” HOW, Ken Coupland, August 1996 (TerraQuest: Virtual Galápagos, TerraQuest: Virtual Antarctica)
“Johnson was charged with giving TerraQuest a look that delivers an emotional tug. He did his homework for the design of each area of the site by boning up on traveler’s historical accounts of the tour’s destination.”
- “Architects Online,” Architectural Record, June 1996 (Ace Architects)
- “Site Makers,” Graphics International, Ken Coupland, June 1996 (TerraQuest: Virtual Galápagos, TerraQuest: Virtual Antarctica, Ace Architects)
- “NoCal’s Hottest Webmeisters,” Digital Creativity, Ken Coupland, March 1996 (TerraQuest: Virtual Antarctica, Ace Architects, Pinch)
- Internet Homep@ge Design, Seiki Okuda, 1996 (Kinotype Press) (TerraQuest: Virtual Antarctica, Ace Architects, Loteria, Pinch)
- Multimedia Graphics: The Best in Global Hyperdesign, Melissa Dallal, 1996 (Chronicle Books) (Pinch)
- Designer’s Guide to the Internet, 1996 (Hayden Books) (TerraQuest: Virtual Galápagos, TerraQuest: Virtual Antarctica)