Project Highlights

• Designed the full visual identity, interaction flow, and motion language for the exhibition.
  
  

• Created custom portrait illustrations to strengthen visibility where historical images were limited.
  
  

• Developed scroll-based animation sequences blending narration, texture, and archival storytelling.
  
  

• Directed the intro experience narrated by actress Rosario Dawson.
  
  

• Built a responsive digital experience optimized for accessibility across devices.

Goals

• Bring overlooked women’s histories into focus through immersive, emotionally resonant storytelling.
  
  

• Use illustration, motion, and narration to humanize each story despite limited historical visual material.
  
  

• Create an intuitive, accessible interactive experience that invites audiences to slow down and explore.
  
  

• Build a design system that reflects the museum’s mission of visibility — from typography to motion to narrative pacing.

Results

• Awarded multiple Anthem Awards and recognized as a Webby Honoree.
  
  

• Featured in The New York Times and widely shared across the museum and education communities.
  
  

• Helped establish the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum’s digital exhibition model during its formative phase.
  
  

• Elevated the visibility of women whose stories were previously fragmented, lost, or under-recognized.