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Halden Stories

A fictional climate publication: an ink-line map of North America where each region fills with a moving photo, then opens onto five stories you drag through.

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Type
Concept, fictional brand
Industry
Editorial
Services
Editorial website, Interactive map, Motion
Year
2026
The Halden Stories map: thin ink lines of Canada and the United States on off-white paper, the West filled with a photo of a reservoir and its dam, a spinning “Discover stories” ring on it.

A real map, in fine ink

The coastlines, lakes and borders come from public map data, projected and simplified for the screen, then drawn in on arrival. Hover a region and it fills with its own moving landscape.

Five people, one slider

A click slides the map aside and opens the stories: a landscape, then a coloured card with a portrait, the city and two lines. Drag them with a little momentum, or use the arrow keys.

The Austin story: an aerial photo of a solar farm in a pine forest beside a river, then a forest-green card with a solar installer’s portrait and the city name.

Built for the thumb too

On a phone the map sits in the middle and the regions become a row of chips; each story fills the screen, photo on top, card below. In English and in French.

Two phone screens: the map in English with the West filled by its photo and a row of region chips, and the Québec story in French.
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