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Elaina Natario

Elaina Natario is a designer, storyteller, coder, and gif enthusiast. Currently a front-end designer at thoughtbot. …

Other things I do

Research and user experience, user interface design, illustration, lettering, and front-end development (HTML, CSS, and presentational JS).

  • interactive

    Four stories tall, a million stories long

    A multimedia look at the now-closed Boston Globe printing presses.

  • longform

    Trump’s anti-immigration playbook

    How a trio of Harvard-educated blue bloods led a crusade to keep the “undesirables” out and make America great again.

  • interactive

    Snow Totals

    How much snow has fallen in the Northeast?

  • interactive

    Iron Will

    A photo essay detailing one woman’s hike through the Appalachian Trail, despite her battle with Lupus

  • interactive

    Election 2016

    2016 presidential and Massachusetts election results

  • interactive

    50 words

    True stories about Boston told by its denizens in exactly 50 words.

  • interactive

    True crime

    Shocking tales of true crime in New England, solved and unsolved.

  • interactive

    The Despereate and the Dead

    Few have paid a higher price for the dismantling of the mental health care system than the loved ones of people with a serious mental illness.

  • interactive

    Decoding Trump’s and Clinton’s speeches

    A categorized analysis of rhetoric in the 2016 presidential convention speeches.

  • interactive

    Make It Stop

    Editorial on gun violence since the assault weapons ban expired in 2004.

  • interactive

    Arresting Words

    When police make arrests, they often walk into a verbal storm. Culled from BPD records, these phrases say a lot about the harder edges of city life.

  • interactive

    Experience Big Air

    A first person look at what it is like to experience big air snowboarding.

  • interactive

    Star Wars: By the Numbers

    Star Wars fun facts and saber sounds.

  • illustration

    Triple Decker

    A killed illustrated Boston triple-decker originally made for decision-based game/interactive.

  • longform

    Clash in the Name of Care

    A Boston Globe Spotlight report about the practice of concurrent surgeries at MGH.

  • interactive

    2015 Most Stylish Bostonians

    The most fashionable Bostonians shown through cinemagraphs, both creepy and hilarious.

  • interactive

    The Issue of Food

    A landing page of stories and videos concerning the politics, culture, and sustainability of food.

  • illustration

    Clam Chowder

    Killed chalkboard lettering for a Boston Globe feature.

  • illustration

    66 Bus

    Little baby 66 bus. Drunk AF.

  • interactive

    How Meb Won the Marathon

    A closer look at the strategy behind Meb Keflezighi’s historic victory at the 2014 Boston Marathon.

  • prototype

    Article 3.0

    A quick 2-day prototyping exercise of what a new Boston Globe article page could look like.

  • interactive

    The Staff of Life and Love

    Ninety-year old Sheldon Kriegel of Sharon makes challah for his children, near and far, every week and has for years.

  • interactive

    Field Guide

    A visual guide to the 2015's fall fashion trends.

  • illustration

    Burger Warrior

    Out to fight bad guys. And to amuse you while your page loads.

  • interactive

    Journey to Myanmar

    A visual travel essay through the various regions of Myanmar.

  • interactive

    Dining Out Reviews

    The essential in-depth guide to the best restaurants around town, now in a handy web app!

  • longform

    The Fall of the House of Tsarnaev

    A look at the lives of the Tsarnaev family leading up to the marathon bombings.

  • interactive

    Cuba on the Cusp

    A multimedia travelogue of Cuba, past and present.

  • interactive

    High School Football Rivalries

    A searchable database of Eastern Massachusett’s high school football team records.

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