#5 FlashBack - A rare and special conversation with Eric Jordan, 2Advanced Studios, covering the 2Advanced era, Erics career, web design, flash, and UX
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Send us Fan Mail Eric Jordan, the founder of 2Advanced Studios, takes listeners on a very special journey through the early days of Flash website design and how it influenced his approach to designing world-renowned immersive web experiences that created hysteria during the early-mid 2000s. Eric reflects on the rise of 2Advanced and the impact of the projects the studio produced had on designers worldwide. Eric discusses the state of creativity today in developing immersive interactive ...
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