More than three hundred military outposts line Matsu's coast, built when these islands were the Cold War's front line. Today some sit abandoned, some stay preserved, and others have reopened as cafés, art galleries, and guesthouses. The shift spans years and islands, and almost no one gets to see it happen. We built an online exhibition for A Battlefield in Transition, so a story still being written could keep reaching people.
Challenge
A battlefield carries weight. Too solemn and no one reads it; too beautiful and the history loses its gravity.
Design Decisions
Let the imagery carry it.
On-site photography sits at the core, shown large, with generous white space and restrained tones. The places speak for themselves, without decorative scaffolding.
Folded the islands into one map.
Dozens of scattered outposts across Matsu collapse into a single explorable map. Tap any point to step into that site's story.
Gave every outpost four eras on one timeline.
Fishing era, military readiness, battlefield transition, and rebirth all unfold on the same axis. Readers see how a site has changed, and a rendering of what it becomes next.
Wired in a live Instagram feed.
The site pulls directly from the official Instagram, so new events and on-the-ground moments surface in real time. A project that keeps moving stays warm and current, instead of frozen at launch.
Branding