Daigo Fujiwara: UI/UX/Interactive designer

Breaking down David Ortiz’s struggles, by at bat

Client: 

Boston.com (web only)

Deliverables: 

Flash

Hit chart (data was available from mlb.com with little bit of researching) created for Red Sox’s struggling slugger. Turned around from idea to final product in less than 6 hours. “Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz has had 157 plate appearances in 2009 through May 14. Here is the look at his at-bats. Use [...]

Interactive News Graphics, Jan. to March, 2009

Client: 

The Boston Globe/Boston.com

Deliverables: 

Flash

The Society of New Design (SND, snd.org) holds The Best of Multimedia Design competition every quarter. For the Jan. 1, 2009 – March 31, 2009 period, my department at the Boston Globe was selected as “Quarterly Winner” for 5 projects, all of which I was part of.

Globe 100 interactive ticker symbol

Client: 

The Boston Globe, business section

Deliverables: 

Flash interactive with xml database

Visualized and interactive presentation of 100 company names selected by the Boston Globe of “The Best of Massachusetts Business 2009.” This flash interactive reads xml database and let used interact, reorganize and sort by various values. I pitched the idea to the editor, organized the information, designed UI, coded and carried out to the final [...]

Interactive map of the Boston Marathon: Viewers’ guide

Client: 

The Boston Globe Sports section

Company: 

The Boston Globe/Boston.com

Deliverables: 

Flash, SWF file

Boston Marathon, which happens in April every year, draws a large crowd from all over the world. This “viewer’s guide to Boston Marathon course” was created by piecing together a multiple maps that gets published every year in the Boston Globe’s “Marathon preview” section.

The interactive holds a lot of information accumulated over the years by [...]

Position-by-position comparison of the Red Sox, Rays, and Yankees

Client: 

The Boston Globe Sports section

Company: 

The Boston Globe/Boston.com

Deliverables: 

Flash SWF with xml data

The Boston Globe’s 2009 Baseball Preview section focused on the “American League East.” Surprise of the year of ‘08, the Tampa Bay Rays, have joined perennial contenders Red Sox and the Yankees to form arguably the strongest division of the Major League. To compare the character of those three distinguishably different teams, this interactive allows [...]

The evolution of the AL East

Client: 

The Boston Globe Sports department

Company: 

The Boston Globe/Boston.com

Deliverables: 

Flash

As part of 2009 Baseball Preview section. Working with sports designer Brian Gross.

Breaking down the 2008 AL East race

Client: 

The Boston Globe Sports department

Company: 

The Boston Globe/Boston.com

Deliverables: 

Flash, SWF file.

Pitched the interactive idea to the editor. I’ve conducted research, wrote copy, designed functionality and look and feel, coded Action Script in Flash and implemented to Bostoncom.

This interactive has selected as a September 2008 quarterly winner of Society of News Design The Best of Multimedia Design, as well as Quincy’s ‘Goliath’ crane accident, and [...]

Single-family homes in Massachusetts, 2008

Client: 

The Boston Globe Business department

Company: 

The Boston Globe/Boston.com

Deliverables: 

Flash, SWF file with xml data.

The average assessed value for single-family homes in Massachusetts fell for the first time in more than a decade last year, even as property tax bills continued to climb. SOURCE: State Department of Revenue Matt Carroll, Daigo Fujiwara / Globe Staff

Dissecting Matsuzaka, 2007

Client: 

The Boston Globe Sports department

Company: 

The Boston Globe/Boston.com

Deliverables: 

Print, Illustrator EPS fle. Additional on-line version.

As part of 2007 Baseball 2007 Preview section, I went to Florida to figure out how the Boston Red Sox’s new pitchers pitches, and made it into full-page infographic.

Beijing 2008: Interactive Olympic venue map

Client: 

The Boston Globe Sports department

Company: 

The Boston Globe/Boston.com

Deliverables: 

Flash, SWF file.

Click on a sport name to highlight its venue and get a schedule snapshot, or click on the venue for sport information. For detail on Olympic Green click here.

2008 ALCS Red Sox-Rays hitters’ scouting report

Client: 

The Boston Globe Sports department

Company: 

The Boston Globe/Boston.com

Deliverables: 

Flash, SWF

The Boston Globe purchased information (xml feed) from Inside Edge Inc. prior to the 2008 American League Championship series. This interactive graphic demonstrates hitters’ strengths and weaknesses.

Improvements to Fenway Park

Client: 

The Boston Globe Sports section

Company: 

The Boston Globe/Boston.com

Deliverables: 

Flash/SWF

I created this Flash interactive with Globe’s artist Javier Zarracina. I did the research and writing, and put the graphic together using Adobe Flash CS3. “Fenway Park has undergone a series of annual improvements since the current owner group purchased the team in 2002.”

This interactive has selected as a November 2008 quarterly winner of Society [...]

Beaches of Cape & Island

Client: 

The Boston Globe travel section

Company: 

The Boston Globe/Boston.com

BostonWorks redesign, July 2006

Client: 

BostonWorks, job section of Boston.com

Company: 

Boston.com

Deliverables: 

Website redesign

Lead User Interface(UI)/User Experience(UX) designer for redesign of BostonWorks.com, a job classified section in Boston.com. Coordinating all aspects of the redesign with product manager. Collaborating with all parties involved, such as the editorial managers, developer, content producers, sales, promotions, and advertising while advocating for the best usability and user experience for the visitors of the [...]

Redesign Boston Consulate-General of Japan official site

Client: 

Boston Consulate-General of Japan

Company: 

Boston Consulate-General of Japan

Deliverables: 

Wedsite redesign, templates and style guide

Boston Consulate-General of Japan provides a lot of information to local Japanese nationals, and the website has became large and hard to navigate. Reorganization of information and redesign, focused on finding the right information, was implemented in 2009, while following strict guideline of Japanese government’s website rules. All Japanese Embassy/Consulate-General has to match the look [...]