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$color1: #244F75;
$color2: #60BFBF;
$color3: #8C4B7E;
$color4: #F8BB44;
$color5: #F24B4B;

@mixin easeOut {
  transition: all .6s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1);
}

@mixin break {
  @media screen and (max-width: 760px) {
    @content;
  }
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.strips {
  min-height: 100vh;
  text-align: center;
  overflow: hidden;
  color: white;
  
  &__strip {
    will-change: width, left, z-index, height;
    position: absolute;
    width: 20%;
    min-height: 100vh;
    overflow: hidden;
    cursor: pointer;
    @include easeOut;
    
    &:nth-child(1) {
      left: 0;
    }
    
    &:nth-child(2) {
      left: 20vw;
    }
    
    &:nth-child(3) {
      left: 40vw;
    }
    
    &:nth-child(4) {
      left: 60vw;
    }
    
    &:nth-child(5) {
      left: 80vw;
    }
    
    &:nth-child(1) {
      .strip__content {
        background: $color1;
        transform: translate3d(-100%, 0, 0);
        animation-name: strip1;
        animation-delay: 0.1s;
      }
    }
    
    &:nth-child(2) {
      .strip__content {
        background: $color2;
        transform: translate3d(0, 100%, 0);
        animation-name: strip2;
        animation-delay: 0.2s;
      }
    }
    
    &:nth-child(3) {
      .strip__content {
        background: $color3;
        transform: translate3d(0, -100%, 0);
        animation-name: strip3;
        animation-delay: 0.3s;
      }
    }
    
    &:nth-child(4) {
      .strip__content {
        background: $color4;
        transform: translate3d(0, 100%, 0);
        animation-name: strip4;
        animation-delay: 0.4s;
      }
    }
    
    &:nth-child(5) {
      .strip__content {
        background: $color5;
        transform: translate3d(100%, 0, 0);
        animation-name: strip5;
        animation-delay: 0.5s;
      }
    }
    
    @include break {
      min-height: 20vh;
      &:nth-child(1) {
        top: 0;
        left: 0;
        width: 100%;
      }

      &:nth-child(2) {
        top: 20vh;
        left: 0;
        width: 100%;
      }

      &:nth-child(3) {
        top: 40vh;
        left: 0;
        width: 100%;
      }

      &:nth-child(4) {
        top: 60vh;
        left: 0;
        width: 100%;
      }

      &:nth-child(5) {
        top: 80vh;
        left: 0;
        width: 100%;
      }
    }
  }
  
  .strip__content {
    animation-duration: 1s;
    animation-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1);
    animation-fill-mode: both;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    text-decoration: none;

    &:hover {
      &:before {
        transform: skew(-30deg) scale(3) translate(0, 0);
        opacity: 0.1;
      }
    }

    &:before {
      content: "";
      position: absolute;
      z-index: 1;
      top: 0;
      left: 0;
      width: 100%;
      height: 100%;
      background: white;
      opacity: 0.05;
      transform-origin: center center;
      transform: skew(-30deg) scaleY(1) translate(0, 0);
      @include easeOut;
    }
  }
  
  .strip__inner-text {
    will-change: transform, opacity;
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 5;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    width: 70%;
    transform: translate(-50%,-50%) scale(0.5);
    opacity: 0;
    @include easeOut;
  }
  
  &__strip--expanded {
    width: 100%;
    top: 0 !important;
    left: 0 !important;
    z-index: 3;
    cursor: default;
    
    @include break {
      min-height: 100vh;
    }
    
    .strip__content {
      &:hover {
        &:before {
          transform: skew(-30deg) scale(1) translate(0, 0);
          opacity: 0.05;
        }
      }
    }
    
    .strip__title {
      opacity: 0;
    }
    
    .strip__inner-text {
      opacity: 1;
      transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(1);
    }
  }
}

.strip__title {
  display: block;
  margin: 0;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  width: 100%;
  font-size: 3.5vw;
  color: white;
  @include easeOut;
  
  @include break {
    font-size: 28px;
  }
}

.strip__close {
  position: absolute;
  right: 3vw;
  top: 3vw;
  opacity: 0;
  z-index: 10;
  @include easeOut;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition-delay: 0.5s;
  
  &--show {
    opacity: 1;
  }
}

@keyframes strip1 {
  0% {
    transform: translate3d(-100%, 0, 0);
  }
  
  100% {
    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  }
}

@keyframes strip2 {
  0% {
    transform: translate3d(0, 100%, 0);
  }
  
  100% {
    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  }
}

@keyframes strip3 {
  0% {
    transform: translate3d(0, -100%, 0);
  }
  
  100% {
    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  }
}

@keyframes strip4 {
  0% {
    transform: translate3d(0, 100%, 0);
  }
  
  100% {
    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  }
}

@keyframes strip5 {
  0% {
    transform: translate3d(100%, 0, 0);
  }
  
  100% {
    transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  }
}

/* Demo purposes */

body {
  font-family: 'Lato';
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  text-rendering: geometricPrecision;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

h1, h2 {
  font-weight: 300;
}

.fa {
  font-size: 30px;
  color: white;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 36px;
  margin: 0 0 16px;
}

p {
  margin: 0 0 16px;
}

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var Expand = (function() {
  var tile = $('.strips__strip');
  var tileLink = $('.strips__strip > .strip__content');
  var tileText = tileLink.find('.strip__inner-text');
  var stripClose = $('.strip__close');
  
  var expanded  = false;

  var open = function() {
      
    var tile = $(this).parent();

      if (!expanded) {
        tile.addClass('strips__strip--expanded');
        // add delay to inner text
        tileText.css('transition', 'all .5s .3s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1)');
        stripClose.addClass('strip__close--show');
        stripClose.css('transition', 'all .6s 1s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1)');
        expanded = true;
      } 
    };
  
  var close = function() {
    if (expanded) {
      tile.removeClass('strips__strip--expanded');
      // remove delay from inner text
      tileText.css('transition', 'all 0.15s 0 cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1)');
      stripClose.removeClass('strip__close--show');
      stripClose.css('transition', 'all 0.2s 0s cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1)')
      expanded = false;
    }
  }

    var bindActions = function() {
      tileLink.on('click', open);
      stripClose.on('click', close);
    };

    var init = function() {
      bindActions();
    };

    return {
      init: init
    };

  }());

Expand.init();

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