Online Artwork Presentation

On behalf of	Lindenau-Museum Altenburg
Period	2024–2025

Concept
Screen design

For the Lindenau-Museum Altenburg, we are realising a flexible interactive system that brings the exhibited works to life in an interactive story. Flexible and customised use is the top priority.

A painting of a woman with two children can be seen in the background. The woman and the child to her left are looking down, while the child on the far left is looking at the woman. Tears on the woman's face indicate that this is a photograph of an old painting. Above it is written in white letters ‘Contents BELLISSIMO.DIGITAL’. Below this is a list from 1 to 6 and titles next to it.

Award Winner!

Winner of the DigAMus Award 2025 in the “User Experience” category

Creating digital access

Task and approach

We have been working with our technology partner Content & Code GmbH for the Lindenau-Museum Altenburg since the end of last year. The aim is to digitise the museum's artworks and make them easily accessible to a wide audience. In addition to an illustrative listing of the works in the form of online collections, users are to discover work contexts and associated stories in a playful and interactive way through so-called Digitellos.

The screenshot of a computer screen shows the website of the Lindenau Museum in Altenburg. Under the heading ‘On the run’ there is a short text about Joseph and Mary, with a photo of a painting underneath. On the photo, a white circle with a blue triangle indicates that it is a video that can be played. To the left of the text, an angel appears to be flying on a blue balloon.

The detailed presentation of the graphic realisation can be seen. The different headline sizes and implementations as well as the colour palette can be seen. In the centre is a quote from Albert Einstein, above which a small angel flies on a balloon. At the top right is a round section of a painting of Mary and Jesus.

The graphic of three white playing cards can be recognised on a blue background with a blue pattern on the edge. The front card reads 54, the others are hidden behind the first card so that only the corners are visible. At the bottom is the inscription ‘Number of paintings created by Fra Angelico for the monastery of San Marco in Florence from 1439’.

One hand holds a black mobile phone. The museum's website can be seen on the screen. The headline reads ‘St Francis of Assisi’. Below it is a text. Below the text is an angel hanging from a blue balloon.

Connecting to existing systems

Our approach

The main focus is on efficiently connecting the new digital system to the existing plant databases. At the same time, the focus is on easy use and maintenance of the system by the company's employees. This means that the digital offering can always be kept up to date by employees. The quick presentation of the works is uncomplicated and arouses curiosity about the art and the exhibitions.

Three screenshots of computer screens are superimposed. On the far left and above the others you can see a map of Italy on the screen and certain marked cities. Next to this is a photo of an old painting on the screen. The last screenshot shows a round section of a painting. Underneath it is written ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’.

The picture shows an opened laptop and hands that appear to be typing on the keyboard. The screen shows a ‘colour puzzle’. Three colourful pictures are next to each other. Below them are circles of the colours red, yellow and blue. There are question marks above the colour circles.

Developing interactive formats

(creative) realisation

In the first half of 2024, we designed the online presentation for the Lindenau Museum Altenburg. This works as a narrative, digital presentation format in which visitors are guided through the museum's collection in a playful and interactive way. At the joint exhibition of the Lindenau-Museum Altenburg and the Augustinermuseum in Freiburg, we were able to finalise the online presentation for ‘bellissimo’ and show it for the first time. The format functions as a modular system. The museum staff can easily create new online presentations by inserting additional design elements and thus directly add new works to the website. The flexibility of use of the system is very important here, so that each exhibition can be presented individually. The online presentations on bellissimo digital and on the works of Walter Jacob are a good example of how different and versatile the system can be used.