Tag: design
“The Immigration Experience” humanizes the history of immigration law. Here’s how.
After the Great Famine, you leave Ireland for America. When anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant sentiment peaks in Boston, do you stay or move to Lowell? Or maybe your parents bring you from […]
SXSW: The danger in designing frictionless experiences like Uber, Hulu and Blue Apron
How many apps do you have on your phone specifically designed to make your life easier? Instead of waiting for the bus that may or may not come, ride-sharing services […]
How Axios mapped the “fading fortunes” of the Islamic State
Over the past two years, troops controlled by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, various Kurdish groups, several opposition groups – with support from the U.S. government – as well as forces […]
How The Boston Globe visualized extreme sports and ramped up excitement for Big Air at Fenway
On February 11 and 12, 2016, Boston hosted “Big Air at Fenway,” a snowboarding and free skiing event held at Fenway Park that featured an array of world class skiers […]
How The Boston Globe brought Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale’s unique delivery to life
The Red Sox’s acquisition of pitcher Chris Sale in December has proved fruitful: The lefty ace has had, by almost any measure, the most dominant season by a Sox starting […]
SXSW: Trump vs. the NYT, algorithmic news and other cool things we heard over kickoff weekend
Storybench flew all the way to Austin, Texas to attend South by Southwest, the world-renowned tech-and-innovation conference. Reporters Rachel Grozanick and Felippe Rodrigues, both students in Northeastern’s Media Innovation program, are on […]