Species-in-pieces.com Website Review

A CSS-based interactive exhibition celebrating evolutionary distinction. In Pieces is an interactive exhibition turned study into 30 of the world’s most interesting but unfortunately endangered species — Each species has a common struggle and is represented by one of 30 pieces which come together to form one another. The collection is a celebration of genic diversity and an attempting reminder of the beauty we are on the verge of losing as every moment pas*es. These 30 an*mals have been chosen for their differences, so that we can learn about species we didn't know about previously as well as the struggles they have surviving. Many of them evolved in a particular way which makes them evolutionarily distinct. Take for example the Kakapo, an an*mal which evolved without natural predators and thus didn’t require instincts to defend itself. Unfortunately — and as is the case with most of the species showcased here — humans began easily hunting upon encroaching their range, then introduced the stoat and other forms of pest control for other species. The Kakapo was almost completely wiped out through this introduction and fights on today because of this catastrophic lack of judgement. When you dig into a lot of research around this topic, it’s not long before you see the real darkness that is going on. Millions of years of evolution has occurred and humans are in danger of ruining it through desperation for financial gain or greed. There are some species here who as grim as it sounds, would require a small miracle to survive because the numbers are too low to rationally In Pieces hopes to educate and inspire, and provoke thought on this complex and intricate topic. I sincerely hope that you can take something new away and enjoy this collection as much as I enjoyed researching, designing and building it. Born out of tinkering with a simple property, this project is unabashedly part-digital experiment. The core technology used here is Since hearing about CSS polygons, I've been a little surprised at the lack of furore around the technology, so I wanted to create something