The Economist Debates
Developed in 2011.
The Economist holds Oxford style debates in digital form on its website. (This has since transformed into the Ideas Arena section). The goal was to represent this style of discourse on their website. A key feature of this style of debate is all comments are directed to the moderator, and audience members do not discuss amongst themselves.
We designed an interaction pattern where users could comment on specific paragraphs from the 2 people debating, and when they did other user’s comments were hidden.
Design Team
| Role | Designer |
|---|---|
| Designer & Prototype Dev | James Spahr (Me) |
| Visual Design | 1 Designer |
