/Expedition_Titanic

To advertise a new expedition to the Titanic shipwreck, RMS Titanic Inc wanted to have an online, semi-live account of the expedition's efforts to document the current state of the wreck and the environment around it. The resulting website worked both as an explanation of the project - with photos, maps, 3D renderings, and videos - and as a journal of its results via multiple constantly updated media feeds, a novelty at the time. It was, in my opinion, a unique storytelling experience that used the medium at its best.

Implementation wise, the website was made of an interesting mix of motion graphics, unique interaction metaphors, text, and media galleries. I am particularly fond of the main page scrolling: it doubles as a metaphor for diving deeper and deeper, until the visitor gets to the actual shipwreck information at the very bottom of the page. Small tidbits like that, or the semi-realistic water physics simulation used in the home page, were also super fun to code.

This was a fun project, not just because of the beautiful content and UI, but because of the mission. It triggered a brief mini-obsession with the Titanic in me that didn't subside until I bought a Titanic replica for my desk and read a couple of books in the subject.

Interestingly, while this was build in Flash, this is a website that would work wonderfully using today's (HTML5) technology.