The Story of the Children's Bureau (http://cb100.acf.hhs.gov/Cb_ebrochure)
An e-brochure and a printed version for the centennial anniversary of the Children's Bureau
Children's Bureau has been a true hero of less fortunate American childern for the last 100 years. On its centennial anniversary, I proposed to build this concept on then-and-now (19012 and 2012) and the client loved it. So I came up with a vintage background, faded warm colors for then in contrast to light blues for now and future to tell every story in the past and present (orange-brown and blue tabs: Live link above).
Wireframes:
How do you tell 100 years of history in 12 screen shots?
We worked closely with the Library of Congress to pull out photos with forgotten stories, making this visually engaging and with hyperlinks to more resources.
The intro page sets the theme for then and now. It is followed by five chapters each consisting of a then and now page.
Popup screens for those who want to learn more, while most of us want to see the whole century at a glance.
A close up of how this worked online...
and a dowloandable print version. In fact, we started with the print version.
It always helps to see the full content first.
It always helps to see the full content first.