Star Touch

The Toronto Star introduced an interactive news app for tablets called ‘Star Touch’. It was a heavily designed, award-winning product that stayed on the market for 3 years. As Lead Designer, I transformed print stories into 
interactive and engaging experiences.

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A Story About Evolving Definitions

This story is about words that have changed their meaning through technology. I used bright, energetic colours to capture the eye, and a split screen to further illustrate the comparison.

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Portraits Created by a Typewriter

To further reinforce the theme of the story, as the user scrolls up, the images appear through the typewriter.

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Super Moon

Story about an upcoming super moon. As the user reads through the story, the moon slowly eclipses 
and turns red.

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