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.

2000 Awards

Macromedia, Site of the Day, December 7, 2000 (Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies)
Yahoo!, Daily Pick, December 3, 2000 (Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies)
Macromedia, Site of the Day, December 1, 2000 (The Endurance)
The Scout Report, December 1, 2000 (Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies)
“Simply put, this is just a really neat site that actually makes good on its promise of maximizing the storytelling potential of interactive media.”
USA Today, Hot Sites, November 29, 2000 (Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies)
Macromedia, Site of the Day, November 21, 2000 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
Yahoo!, Daily Pick, October 11, 2000 (2020Green)
“Drop by and get the skills to pay the bills.”
The Scout Report, October 6, 2000 (2020Green)
“Informative and clever in its design, 2020Green is sure to hold the attention of its audience.”
Digital Storytelling Conference and Festival, Featured Site, October 2000
Macromedia, Site of the Day, May 8, 2000 (Peregrine Falcon: Birdcam 2000)
Yahoo!, Picks of the Week, May 7, 2000 (Peregrine Falcon: Birdcam 2000)
“Take a peek into their love nest.”
Netscape, Rage of the Day, May 5, 2000 (Peregrine Falcon: Birdcam 2000)
Project Cool, Cool Sightings, May 3, 2000 (Peregrine Falcon: Birdcam 2000)
“You can’t help but admire the beautiful design of Today’s Sighting.”
MyMac Magazine, Online, Site of the Month, May 2000 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
USA Today, Hot Sites, May 1, 2000 (Martin Luther King, Jr.: Living Memory)
“When civil rights giant Martin Luther King, Jr., said that ‘we are an inescapable network of mutuality,’ he may not have had the Web in mind. But this new medium certainly reinforces that vision.”
The Scout Report, April 21, 2000 (Martin Luther King, Jr.: Living Memory)
Britannica, Site of the Day, April 18, 2000 (Peregrine Falcon: Birdcam 2000)
“The outlook for Peregrine Falcon: Birdcam 2000 looks promising.”
USA Today, Hot Sites, April 18, 2000 (Peregrine Falcon: Birdcam 2000)
USA Today, Hot Sites, March 22, 2000 (From Silver to Gold)
World-3000, World’s Best Site of the Week, March 13, 2000 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
“Second Story found a comprehensive interface to cope with an amount of over 3,304 pictures.”
Macromedia, Site of the Day, February 9, 2000 (Digital Innovators)
“Explore the art and method of four innovators in digital photography.”
Britannica, Site of the Day, February 3, 2000 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
“Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers gives new meaning to those ubiquitous green signs lining U.S. highways from coast to coast.”
World Village, Family Site of the Day, January 19, 2000 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
Macromedia, Site of the Day, January 10, 2000 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
“Matt Frondorf hooked a camera to his odometer and drove across America, snapping a photo at every mile. Designers at Second Story used Macromedia Flash to transform his 3,304 photos into a virtual cross-country drive.”
Yahoo!, Picks of the Week, January 10, 2000 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
One Show Interactive, Merit Award, 2000 (Venice Dream Team)
Project Cool, “Citing the Sightings,” January 1, 2000 (Not For Ourselves Alone)

2000 Press

“Behind the Design: EMP’s Behind the Musician,” HOW, December 2000 (Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook)
“Showcase: 2020Green,” Macromedia, December 2000 (2020Green)
“Out There,” Oregon Business, December 2000 (2020Green)
“Showcase: Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies,” Macromedia, November 2000 (Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies)
“Combining storytelling with interactivity, Second Story relies on Macromedia Flash to create Unwrapped—The Mysterious World of Mummies.”
“Financial Site for Students,” KXL Radio, Wired Northwest, Rich Carr, October 5, 2000 (2020Green)
“The site is everything I never had when I was in school....”
“Top 10 Trends: What’s Hot in Marketing on the Web?,” Inter@ctive Week, Mindy Charski, August 23, 2000 (Venice Dream Team)
“EMP Debuts Interactive Kiosk,” KXL Radio, Wired Northwest, Rich Carr, August 23, 2000 (Inventions & Inspirations: The History of Recorded Sound)
“Invision Walkthrough: Experience Music Project,” New Media, Jeff Burger, July 20, 2000 (Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook)
“Invision Walkthrough: Kodak.com,” New Media, Jeff Burger, July 19, 2000 (The Endurance, Venice Dream Team)
“Web Center Gallery: Second Story,” Adobe, Joe Shepter, July 2000 (Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook, Digital Innovators, Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers, The Endurance, Venice Dream Team)
“Motion Center Feature: Experience Music Project,” Adobe, Joe Shepter, July 2000 (Inventions & Inspirations: The History of Recorded Sound, Lost Sounds: The Psychedelic ’60s, Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook)
Second Story Tells Tale of E-Business Success, July 2000 (Intel)
“The Best Rock and Roll Clubhouse Money Can Buy,” Willamette Week, Zach Dundas, June 28, 2000 (Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook)
“In Seattle, Smashing Opener for EMP,” MSNBC, June 23, 2000 (Lost Sounds: The Psychedelic ’60s, Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook)
“Technology Brings Alive the History of Rock ’n’ Roll," The New York Times, Michel Marriott, June 22, 2000 (Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook)
“A book of lyrics handwritten by Mr. Hendrix can be found under glass in a traditional exhibit case, but in a special kiosk, the entire notebook has been digitized and made accessible by means of a touch sensitive liquid crystal display screen.”
“Goodness Gracious Guitars!,” The Oregonian, Kristi Turnquist, June 22, 2000 (Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook)
“Kiosks Offer Magic Carpet Ride Through Rock History,” The Seattle Times, John Zebrowski, June 20, 2000 (Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook)
“Portland Studio with a Big Portfolio,” KXL Radio, Wired Northwest, Rich Carr, June 20, 2000 (Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook)
“My Best, My Worst,” Critique, June 2000 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers, Venice Dream Team)
“Second Story,” Impress Web Design, June 2000 (The Endurance, DreamWorks Records)
“A Swoopy, Funky Fun House of Rock,” Smithsonian, Richard Covington, June 2000 (Lost Sounds: The Psychedelic ’60s, Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook)
“Walkthrough: Kodak’s Picture-Perfect Site,” New Media, Jeff Burger, May 24, 2000 (Peregrine Falcon: Birdcam 2000, Martin Luther King, Jr.: Living Memory, Digital Innovators, Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
“Internet Has Detractors, But It’s Still a Unique Medium,” Oregon Business Journal, Dan McMillan, May 1, 2000 (The Endurance)
“Showcase: The Bill Bowerman Story,” Macromedia, May 2000 (The Bill Bowerman Story)
“To tell the Bowerman story, Nike wanted to take people on an emotional interactive ride, not a click-next slideshow.”
“Pictures of the Nation, Mile by Mile,” The New York Times, Michael Pollak, April 27, 2000 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
“Mr. Frondorf’s highway snapshots of his coast-to-coast auto trip have been put on the Web, singly and in slide-movie form, and instead of inspiring a race to the door, they have turned the mundane into a picaresque work of art.”
“Second Story Expands,” KXL Radio, Wired Northwest, Rich Carr, April 14, 2000
“Second Story’s Goal To ‘Make the Show’ Expands,” Oregon Business Journal, Dan McMillan, April 14, 2000
“America, Mile by Mile,” The Washington Post, March 12, 2000 (Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers)
“Check out this illuminating, strangely hypnotic site.”
“Artist Spotlight: Second Story Interactive Studios,” Alt Pick, John Caserta, January 5, 2000
Webworks: Navigation, Ken Coupland, 2000 (Rockport)
“Showcase: Kodak,” Macromedia, January 2000 (Digital Innovators, Taken on the Road: American Mile Markers, The Endurance, Venice Dream Team)
Sonic Graphic Seeing Sound, Matt Woolman, 2000 (Rizzoli)