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.

2001 Awards
2001 Press
  • “Croatia: Nazi-Era Camp Artifacts Returned” The New York Times, Reuters, December 6, 2001 (Holocaust Era in Croatia: Jasenovac)
  • “Online Exhibit of German Art Could Be Love at First Site,” The Seattle Times, Sheila Farr, November 30, 2001 (Artists of Brücke: Themes in German Expressionist Prints)
  • “The MoMA Opens an Exhibit of Art Only Visible on the Internet,” CiberPais, R. Bosco / S. Caldana, November 29, 2001 (Artists of Brücke: Themes in German Expressionist Prints)
  • “Second Story Mounts Exhibit,” Oregon Business Journal, Aliza Earnshaw, November 16, 2001 (A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution, Artists of Brücke: Themes in German Expressionist Prints)
  • “Pieces of Croatia’s Holocaust Now Online,” The Washington Post, Jacqueline Trescott, November 14, 2001 (Holocaust Era in Croatia: Jasenovac)
  • “Desperate for Youth Appeal,” Guardian, Vanessa Thorpe and Ed Helmore, November 11, 2001 (Mick Jagger: Goddess in the Doorway)
  • “Squeezed by a Renovation, the Modern Finds Space Online,” The New York Times, Matthew Mirapaul, November 8, 2001 (Artists of Brücke: Themes in German Expressionist Prints)

    “Like many online exhibitions, the site allows visitors to pursue their own paths, exploring the works by artist, by theme or by medium. Viewers can compare the artists’ depictions of cabaret scenes, or Emil Nolde’s portraits. Snippets of Schoenberg’s music set the mood.”

  • "Mick Jagger and Virgin Records Go Online to Court Younger Fans,” Wall Street Journal, Anna Wilde Mathews, November 6, 2001 (Mick Jagger: Goddess in the Doorway)
  • “Print Week in New York,” Artnet News, Sheila Farr, October 31, 2001 (Artists of Brücke: Themes in German Expressionist Prints)
  • “Second Story: Telling Tales,” Graphis, Ken Coupland, September 2001

    “An innovative Web studio that specializes in ‘elevating the art of storytelling’ harnesses breaking technology to illuminate the mysteries of an ancient ritual.”

  • “Behind the Design: I Want My Mummy,” HOW, August 2001 (Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies)
  • “Second Story Interactive Studios,” Web Design, August 2001
  • “Janet Jackson,” Create Magazine, Pete Wilton, July 2001 (Janet Jackson: All for You)

    “She’s back with a new album, a six-pack to die for and a Web site that promises to turn you into a top DJ.”

  • “The Big Reveal: Theatrical Typography,” Eye, Jessica Helfand, July 2001 (Remembering Pearl Harbor, Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies)
  • “Showcase: Remembering Pearl Harbor,” Macromedia, July 2001 (Remembering Pearl Harbor)

    “Crafting an interactive documentary for National Geographic, Second Story uses Macromedia Flash to create an intelligible and moving account of the attack on Pearl Harbor.”

  • “Reliving Pearl Harbor Online,” Oregon Business, July 2001 (Remembering Pearl Harbor)
  • "Pearl Harbor: History in the Making,” Create Magazine, Keith Drew, July 2001 (Remembering Pearl Harbor)
  • “Insights: The Magic of the Medium,” Design Interact, Julie Beeler, June 11, 2001
  • “Flicks & Clicks,” Entertainment Weekly, Hugh Hart, June 4, 2001 (Remembering Pearl Harbor)
  • “Site of the Week,” Newsday, Bob Suter, June 4, 2001 (Remembering Pearl Harbor)

    “A Memory Book featuring an interactive Searchable Archive of Survivors’ Stories—some of which inspired events in the film—is at the heart of National Geographic’s latest Web offering.”

  • “Showcase: Janet Jackson,” Macromedia, June 2001 (Janet Jackson: All for You)

    “Both dreamy and seductive, the site provides fast access to tour information, songs, lyrics, audio, video, news, and a fan forum.”

  • “Second Story Launches Site for Jackson,” Alt Pick, June 2001 (Janet Jackson: All for You)
  • “World War II Breaks Out as a Cultural Phenom, and Teens Find Its Larger Lessons Fascinating,” The Oregonian, Kristi Turnquist, May 22, 2001 (Remembering Pearl Harbor)
  • “The Date That Lives In Infamy and Online,” The New York Times, Shelly Freierman, May 17, 2001 (Remembering Pearl Harbor)

    “[A] Web site from the National Geographic Society offers a chance to explore the battle through maps, photographs, eyewitness accounts and timelines. History is in the details.”

  • “Interactive Tribute to Pearl Harbor Comes Alive,” KXL Radio, Wired Northwest, Rich Carr, May 17, 2001 (Remembering Pearl Harbor)
  • “Profile: Experience Music Project Kiosks,” Design Interact, March 14, 2001 (Inventions & Inspirations: The History of Recorded Sound, Lost Sounds: The Psychedelic ’60s, Hendrix: The Lyric Notebook)
  • “Exhibit: Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies,” Communication Arts, Jean A. Coyne, March 2001 (Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies)
  • “New, Notable & Fun,” Yahoo! Internet Life, Meaghan O’Neill, February 2001 (2020Green)
  • “Mummies and More in Antiquities Roadshow,” The New York Times, Michael Pollak, January 4, 2001 (Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies)

    “Second Story Interactive Studios of Portland, Ore., has developed a technically advanced broadband site…The 3-D site lets you explore a virtual Egyptian tomb, from the darkened entrance to the opening of the sarcophagus.”

  • The Last Mile: Broadband and the Next Internet Revolution, Jason Wolf and Natalie Zee, 2001 (McGraw-Hill) (Venice Dream Team)
  • “Resources for Teaching Kids about Money,” Your Money, January 2001 (2020Green)
  • “More To The Story!” The Oregonian, Jeffrey Young, January 1, 2001 (Unwrapped: The Mysterious World of Mummies)

    “‘Unwrapped’ showcases a broadband future that unleashes the potential interactivity of the Web to create an experience beyond what is possible with television broadcasting.”

  • Principles of Web Design, Dave Farkas, 2001 (Longman)
  • Web Design Index, 2001 (Pepin Press)