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    Sleeping Giants: Aviation Afterlife in the Desert

    Client

    Eastman Kodak

    Date

    June 2001

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    Through a visual collage of photographs, ambient slide guitar, and audio narration, this Web site gives the public access to life inside this remote aviation retirement center.

    From the sky, it appears like a vast tapestry stretching for miles across the Arizona desert. Arranged in intricate parking patterns, thousands of military aircraft that once flew over Vietnam and Saudi Arabia shimmer in the relentless sun. This is AMARC (Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center), where retired military aircraft come for rest, recycling, and rehabilitation. Using photographs by Kodak.com editor David Kassnoff as the basis for the design, the site is structured to allow the animated aviation photography—and the voices of AMARC employees—to speak for themselves. Visitors are serenaded by desert-inspired acoustic guitar riffs as they follow the process of planes from Hibernation to Awakening to the Flight Out.

    Press & Awards

    Macromedia Flash Interface Design, Darcy DiNucci, 2003 (Macromedia Press)
    Communication Arts, Interactive Design Annual, 2002
    One Show Interactive, Finalist, 2002
    HOW, Interactive Design Annual, Merit Award, 2002
    Print, Digital Design Annual, 2002
    SXSW Web Site Competition, Finalist, Online Movie/TV, 2002
    Macromedia, Site of the Day, October 1, 2001
    Yahoo!, Picks of the Week, September 24, 2001
    Flash Film Festival, Finalist, Story, 2001

    Credits

    Producer
    Aleen Adams
    Designers
    Gabe Kean, Martin Linde
    Developers
    Seb Chevrel, Sam Ward
    Motion Designer
    Martin Linde
    Sound Design
    Brad Purkey
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