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America's Most Admired Lawbreaker

A 15-part story exposing the criminal greed of a global corporation

In 2015, HuffPost Highline and bestselling author Steven Brill imagined “a new kind of experience for readers: one that combines the comprehensiveness of a book with the interactivity and immediacy of the web.”

We co-created it with them.

Client

Category

Storytelling

Date

2016

Ground up

We were brought on board as Steve Brill and HuffPost were writing the article and assembling its shocking primary source material.

Our designers worked closely alongside the team at HuffPost to craft layouts, designs, interactions and showcase pieces that would bring the experience to life for readers with accuracy and potency.

Interactive timeline

Each chapter of America’s Most Admired Lawbreaker has its own timeline showing the twists and turns of the Risperdal saga. They respond to the reader’s progress, presenting events within the context of the article.

Each date can be expanded for detail, and the timeline is independently scrollable so readers can jump back and forward without losing their place.

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Data stories

In a story of multinational criminality, there’s a lot of data – and money – that threatens to cloud the truth. Working closely with Highline's executive editors we crafted clear, engaging data visualisations and interactives to help readers understand the facts.

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Original illustrations

Every chapter was paired with a full page parallax illustration based on its theme. We wanted to evoke a mood without prejudicing the reader’s judgement. A deliberately simplified colour palette added gravitas to these interactive designs.

Gladeye illustrators produced more than 60 illustrations and animations for America’s Most Admired Lawbreaker that heightened the story's emotional impact and gave it a unique visual tone.

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The gorgeous, innovative design on our Highline story on Johnson & Johnson is by Gladeye

Arianna Huffington

Founder, The Huffington Post
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It's so rare to find people who can engage with really complex subject matter and come up with such innovative ways of telling a story.

Rachel Morris

Executive Editor, Huffington Post Highline

Project Awards

The Webby Awards

Nominee - Best Individual Editorial Experience

Best Design Awards

Gold Pin - Small Scale Websites

Best Design Awards

Finalist - Design Craft

Pixel Awards

Winner - News and Publications

w3 Awards

Gold - Publishing

w3 Awards

Silver - Visual Appeal

Awwwards

Site of the Day

CSS Design Awards

Site of the Day

Project Statistics

5 Million

people read this story

62

illustrations and visualisations

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