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