Set in the Domiz Syrian refugee camp in northern Iraq, Refugee Republic uses a mixture of illustration, photography, moving image, recorded sound and text to give viewers insight into the daily lives of the camp’s 58,000 refugees.

The online experience was designed by Dutch agency Submarine Channel – a producer of web documentaries and motion comics – who lived in the camp alongside the refugees while creating the project.

After the introduction, a labelled illustrated map appears that can be zoomed into. By clicking on parts of the map, viewers can explore different streets of the camp.

Using the arrow keys or scrolling allows users to “walk” through illustrated recreations of the roads, and experience ambient sounds, photo essays, audio recordings and footage of typical everyday activities – such as people praying at the mosque.

Click here to visit Refugee Republic.

Full article by DeZeen Magazine here.