Out of Eden Walk

UX and visual design for the mobile-first digital experience for Paul Salopek’s epic, seven-year walk retracing the migration of our human ancestors across the globe. The primary objective of the project was to present the writer’s geographical data and rich content in a way that orients users within the journey regardless of when they join the digital experience. Users are able to select from a map view or a narrative view to access Paul’s dispatches and milestones (snapshots of the journey taken every 100 miles in the form of photos, video, and interviews with locals) and participate in a community of people who are likewise interested in the journey and its educational value.

 
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Large-screen experience, showing narrative timeline in conjunction with map view. Interaction with one would affect the placement and position of the other.

(NOTE: larger-screen image shown smaller than actual size.)

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