Bloomsday · IdeasNo. 01

A fewBloomsdayideas.

Alex Thornton

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Hi, I'm Alex

Software engineer, 5 years.
Delta Air Lines (inflight wifi)
and a few startups.

I built Terrain 6: turn anywhere on Earth into a 3D-printable topographic puzzle.

0 → 10ksocial following in 5 months

I like making things: software,
design, video, 3D printing.

Terrain 6 topographic puzzles — Terrain 6 · a place you can hold

The Delta team, mascot and propeller plane — At Delta

The photo booth Alex built for his wedding — Our wedding photo booth

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The 3D course map

you've seen this one. Here's where it could go next.

01
Still getting polished
Very open to copy changes and feedback.
02
Clips for social
Short flyovers sized for Reels and Stories, to get people exploring it.
03
Maps to share
Poster-style images of one stretch, like Doomsday Hill, or the whole course.
04
On your site
It drops into the page you have today.

3D course map during a run

3D course map on a phone

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It can drop into the site
you have today

one snippet; it only loads the 3D map when someone clicks.

Explore the course embedded in the existing Bloomsday site — 01 · On the page

The 3D map opened over the existing site — 02 · Click to explore

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Or, a home page redesign

a little newspaper. A little race poster.

Redesigned Bloomsday home page — The front page

Course section with the built-in 3D map — The map, built in

Redesigned home page on a phone — On your phone

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My Bloomsday

a little web app for each runner. No download.

Open it from your confirmation email or the QR on your bib.

01 · Before

My Bloomsday before the race — Countdown, corral
and course.

02 · Race day

My Bloomsday race-day live splits — Live splits
for your people.

03 · After

My Bloomsday after the race — Results, your cards,
your photo.

A little something to share

Before the race: an I’m in card for stories — Before · “I’m in”

After the race: an I finished Bloomsday card with your time — After · “I finished”

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Bibs with a little personality

a pixel version of the shirt from your first Bloomsday. First-timers get a mystery shirt.

The first-shirt bib: your first Bloomsday finisher shirt in pixel art

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Or, your runner on your bib

the pixel character you made at sign-up, with your number.

The pixel-runner character bib design

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A finish-line photo booth

scan your bib. Your name, time and pace flip into place.
Your friends take the picture.

The split-flap finish board after a bib scan: name, chip time, pace, places and Doomsday Hill climb

The printed board has room for a sponsor panel.

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How it could be built

A · My pick

Print + split flaps

The poster-style board with real flap displays. Looks great in photos, reusable every year.

B

One big screen

A large outdoor display with one results layout. Simplest to set up.

C

Print + screen

The printed board with a smaller screen window. A middle ground.

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That’s it.
What do you think?

alex thornton