Photobooth Redux
The next After Hours Preview Party isn’t happening for another two months, but I have recently been doing some work on the Party People Photobooth. During the Picasso Preview Party, we experienced...
View ArticleNew Teens website
Last week, after quite a bit of work, the re-designed teens site went live: (larger screenshot) In discussing what a new site might be like with Witt, Christi and WACTAC, we came to the conclusion that...
View ArticleQuartz Composer in Leopard
Most techies probably know that Leopard has been out for a while now. Aside from all the goodness that is Time Machine, the thing that has me most excited is the new version of Quartz Composer. Create...
View ArticleExhibition wiki for Worlds Away
In the research process for Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Design Director and Curator Andrew Blauvelt uncovered many interesting words invented to describe suburbia. Andrew enlisted now-former...
View ArticleBuilding the Walker’s mobile website with Google AppEngine, part 1
Over the summer, our department made a small but significant policy change. We decided to take a cue from Google’s 20% time philosophy and spend one day a week working on a Walker-related project of...
View ArticleBuilding the Benches and Binoculars Touchscreen Kiosk
[flickrvideo]http://www.flickr.com/photos/vitaflo/4119139342/[/flickrvideo] For our exhibition Benches and Binoculars, I was asked to create a touchscreen kiosk. The artwork in Benches and Binoculars...
View ArticleDigital Wayfinding in the Walker, Pt. 1
An ongoing conversation here at the Walker concerns the issue of systemic wayfinding within our spaces — certainly an important issue for an institution actively seeking attendance and public...
View ArticleWalkerart.org Design Notes #1
As you’ve likely seen, we recently launched a brand new, long overdue redesign of our web presence. Olga already touched on the major themes nicely, so suffice it to say, we’ve taken a major step...
View ArticleBeyond Interface: #Opencurating and the Walker’s Digital Initiatives
The new Walker Art Center website “heralds a paradigmatic shift for innovative museum websites in creating an online platform with an emphasis on publishing,” write Max Andrews and Mariana Cánepa Luna...
View ArticleMultitouch Kiosks Highlight Collection
It’s difficult to blog about a collections-focused touch screen in a museum without drawing comparisons to the amazing Collections Wall at the Cleveland Museum of Art — and feeling entirely inadequate....
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