James Dawson
Web Developer in Chicago, IL

Heart Brand Reveal

Southwest Airlines –

To celebrate Southwest Airlines’ new brand, we showed off the plane’s new look in style—by spinning it around while the user scrolls.

Coolest Part

As the new Heart-branded airplane scrolls into view, it stops, rotates 360º, then continues up the page. All without taking over natural scrolling.

Highlights

Making a plane spin on scroll

I did this without a library, at the beginning of my career, and it was a moment of pure elation.

Tech Stack

Libraries

  • jsRender
  • jQuery

Fundamentals

  • CoffeeScript
  • CSS
  • Git
  • HTML
  • Jade
  • JavaScript
  • Sass

Responsibilities

  • Architecture
  • Accessibility
  • Animation
  • Component Creation
  • Mentoring Developers
  • Styling