The early years
Fat-Man Collective and interactive advertising · 2006 – 2012 · London, Barcelona, Paris
Our role Interactive websites and ads, 3D engine, sound and generative visuals.
Before Hand Coded, there was Fat-Man Collective, between London and Barcelona. From 2006 to 2012, we built all kinds of Flash applications for online advertising, for brands such as Lexus, Cadbury, Nokia, Peugeot, Danone and France 24.
On 08.08.08, Fat-Man Collective launched the Fat-Site: a real-time 3D website, in the browser, built with Papervision3D. Each section is an object surrounded by cards you spin, open and browse with the mouse or the keyboard. This site runs on its engine: the code was ported from ActionScript 3 to Three.js, and the navigation is the same.
The same year, with the agency Work Club, an interactive video player for Nokia Maps: the visitor guides a lost character across Canvey Island, in Essex, while the Nokia Personal Navigators show how to find your way with the phone.
Credits
- Brands Lexus, Cadbury, Nokia, Peugeot, Danone, France 24
- Fat-Site, 3D engine and interaction Maya Benaïnous
- Fat-Man Collective team Emiliano, Fernando, David, Barnier, Beatriz, Adam, Yann, Philine
- Nokia Navigator Work Club agency, client Nokia
Photos
Team
- Maya Benaïnous · Co-founder. Artist and engineer, creator of Ledotron.
- Fernando Calvi · Art director and motion designer
