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.
- USA Today, Hot Sites, December 23, 1999 (The Endurance)
- The Scout Report, December 16, 1999 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
- Yahoo!, Picks of the Week, December 13, 1999 (The Endurance)
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation News Radio, December 13, 1999 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
- Kim Komando Radio Show, Kool Site, December 10, 1999 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
- Britannica, Site of the Day, December 8, 1999 (The Endurance)
- Project Cool, Cool Sightings, December 7, 1999 (Not For Ourselves Alone)
- Yahoo!, Cool Pick, November 19, 1999 (Not For Ourselves Alone)
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Yahoo!, Yahooligans! New Discoveries, November 19, 1999 (Not For Ourselves Alone)
“Imagine what it would be like to live in another time, in another place, as some other person. This great PBS site lets you compare your life to that of kids in the 1800s.”
- USA Today, Hot Sites, November 16, 1999 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
- Project Cool, Cool Sightings, November 16, 1999 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
- Communication Arts, Site of the Week, November 15, 1999 (Not For Ourselves Alone)
- Netscape Picks, What’s Cool, November 15, 1999 (Not For Ourselves Alone)
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The Scout Report, November 5, 1999 (Not For Ourselves Alone)
“This fine companion Website offers a number of related resources...Simply put, PBS has done it again.”
- Archinect, Site of the Month, November 1999 (Frank Lloyd Wright)
- VirtualKid, Geography Pick, November 1999 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
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Project Cool, Cool Sightings, September 29, 1999 (The Endurance)
“There can be no doubt of the excellence of Today’s Sighting. But then it’s what we’ve come to expect from Second Story.”
- Macromedia, Site of the Day, September 8, 1999 (The Endurance)
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Macromedia, Site of the Day, September 1, 1999 (Venice Dream Team)
“This great flash design on Kodak’s website tells a marvelous story of putting kids and cameras together.”
- Communication Arts, Site of the Week, August 30, 1999 (Venice Dream Team)
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USA Today, Hot Sites, July 30, 1999 (Venice Dream Team)
“Follow the photographic journey of the young Venice Dream Team as their camera viewfinder makes its way from Las Vegas to Tokyo and points in between. A site that nicely stretches the design envelope without tearing it.”
- Netscape Picks, What’s Cool, March 17, 1999 (DreamWorks Records)
- Webby Awards, Honored Nominee, 1999 (TerraQuest: Virtual Antarctica)
- ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award, Finalist and Honored Laureate, 1999 (Kaikoura)
- HOW, Digital Design Annual, 1999 (King Cobra)
- Print, Digital Design and Illustration Annual, 1999 (Forest for the Trees)
- Communication Arts, Interactive Design Annual, 1999 (DreamWorks Records)
- Internet Professional Publishers Association, Ace Awards, 1999 (DreamWorks Records)
- Milia D’or Awards, Nominee, 1999 (Frank Lloyd Wright)
- Codie Awards, Best New Education Online, 1999 (Xpeditions)
- ComputerWorld Smithsonian Award, Honored Laureate, 1999 (Xpeditions)
- “Adventures in the Great Outdoors and the Minutiae of Bits of Matter,” USA Today, Sam Vincent Meddis, December 23, 1999 (The Endurance)
- “Motion Center Features: Masters of Motion Design,” Adobe, October 1999 (Kaikoura)
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“Second Story Interactive Design: Doing Justice to a Genius,” Adobe, September 1999 (Frank Lloyd Wright)
“An engrossing Web site that revolves around ten of the architect’s most famous buildings.”
- “Special Report—Real Time Animation,” AV Video and Multimedia, J. Scott Hamlin, August 1999 (Xpeditions, DreamWorks Records)
- “Portland Web Design Start-Up Crafts Success Story,” The Oregonian, Jackie Love, May 31, 1999
- “As Second Story’s Go, This One is Worth Repeating,” Oregon Business Journal, Dan McMillan, May 3, 1999
- “PBS Shows the Wright Stuff,” Yahoo! Internet Life, March 1999 (Frank Lloyd Wright)
- The 77th Art Directors Annual, Antje Lenthe, 1999 (Forest for the Trees)
- “Showcase: Dreamworks Records,” Macromedia, 1999 (DreamWorks Records)
- Web Design Annual 1999, 1999 (Graphic-Sha) (DreamWorks Records)
- Best of the Web, 1999 (Mediamatic) (DreamWorks Records)
- Effective Web Animation, J. Scott Hamlin, 1999 (Addison-Wesley) (DreamWorks Records)
- “Showcase: American Mile Markers,” Macromedia, 1999 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)