VLISCO Silent Empire

A side-scrolling universe in parallaxed 2D

Client

VLISCO

Vlisco has been designing and manufacturing distinctive fabrics loved by African women since 1846. The specially crafted fabrics – Wax Hollandais, Super-Wax and Java – continue to be made with time-honoured methods and materials in Helmond, the Netherlands.

Project

Website for VLISCO's Silent Empire campaign

The photography and dresses for this campaign were quite abstract and extreme, so we decided to present them in a slightly different way: a side-scrolling universe in parallaxed 2D.

Tech

ActionScript3, Greensock GSAP, interactive parallaxed 2D.

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