interactive studios type publicly owned industry interactive design founded 1994 headquarters portland oregon united states number of employees 30 35 website www.secondstory.com second story s headquarters in the mississippi neighborhood of portland oregon second story is an interactive media with studios in portland atlanta and new york . it was co founded by brad johnson and julie beeler in 1994 evolving from brad johnson presents which began in 1994 in berkeley california . the firm is known for interactive storytelling in many digital formats for a wide range of brands and cultural institutions . 1 notable projects from recent years include the ford alumni center at the university of oregon the vault of the secret formula exhibit at the world of coca cola and the media for the age of mammals exhibit at the natural history museum of los angeles county . they have designed interactive web sites and installations for the national archives the museum at gettysburg national military park the library of congress the national baseball hall of fame national geographic museum of modern art in new york and the grammy museum . 2 in 2004 the studio was a finalist for a national design award in communications design . 3 4 the university of oregon project recently earned second story an award at the 2012 interaction design association ixda awards . 5 in 2012 the studio was acquired by sapient nitro . sapient nitro 6 sapientnitro s donald chesnut chief experience officer said the acquisition strengthens sapientnitro s ability to craft storytelling for today s always on consumer . second story continues to operate as its own brand while getting pitched as part of the sapientnitro product family . contents 1 services 2 history 3 references 4 external links services edit the studio consists of a team of producers strategists writers content experts designers developers and engineers who engage in an iterative cross disciplinary and collaborative process that focuses on storytelling content and technology . second story has worked in most digital media including web sites mobile devices site specific installations and digital environments . history edit for its work since 1994 second story has received many awards in competitions festivals and events including two best of shows at how magazine s interactive design awards in 2009 for the visitor experience at the library of congress 7 and in 2011 for the design your own ballpark kiosk at the kansas city royals hall of fame 8 . second story has also been recognized by i.d. annual review the ixda awards aiga 365 communication arts interactive design annual print magazine s digital design annual the one show interactive and the art directors awards including 2 gold . in the museum industry their work has been recognized by the american association of museums in almost every category of the annual muse awards and their web sites for cultural institutions have won nine best of the web awards at the annual museums and the web conference . their web sites have been featured and awarded in the sxsw festival the sundance film festival and the webby awards . references edit read richard . portland s second story lets museum goers step into the picture the oregonian . accessed on march 27 2012 . schneider keith . history and science the video games new york times . accessed on march 26 2012 . warren elizabeth . national design museum announces finalists for fifth national design awards on interior design . accessed on march 26 2012 . second story named finalist for national design award portland business journal . accessed on march 26 2012 . interaction awards winner 2012 on ixda s awards site . accessed on march 26 2012 . heine christopher . sapientnitro buys second story ; digital in store heating up . recent moves indicate interactive retail could be 2013 battleground accessed on november 7 2012 . taute michelle . 2009 interactive design best of show on how magazine . accessed on march 26 2012 . taute michelle . 2011 how interactive design awards best of show on how magazine . accessed on march 26 2012 . external links edit second story s official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title second story interactive studios & oldid 734794450 categories companies established in 1994companies based in portland oregondesign companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in oregonhidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 august 2016 at 19 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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