The story's landing page allowed readers to click on a location to be taken to the corresponding story. Each week a new location was unveiled.

Background video and audio loops drew viewers into an immersive experience.

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A responsive photo mosaic clicked into full-width photo galleries to showcase the photographer's stunning images and maximize the visual experience.

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A separate, less graphically intensive version of the series was created for mobile. It was the first time the paper presented separate desktop and mobile designs of a story.

Interactive News Story

The Wilds of Italy

I collaborated with developers at Italian newspaper La Stampa to design a series called Italia Selvaggia (“The Wilds of Italy”) for the publication’s MediaLab, dedicated to innovation in storytelling.

The series followed a writer and photographer to five locations in Italy that still retained their wild, natural beauty. Each week I received the writer’s copy, photos and raw video. I fashioned these into a visual design featuring a liquid layout, parallax scrolling, background video loops and full-width photo galleries. The idea was to plunge readers into an immersive experience, allowing them to imagine themselves in these remote locations.

We created a separate, less graphically intensive version of the series optimized for mobile. It was the first time that the newspaper presented separate desktop and mobile designs of a story.

View Italia Selvaggia on La Stampa’s website (best on Firefox & Safari).