expanding Museum access in a post-pandemic world

In a post-pandemic world, we see more of the world while at home. It can be hard to find immersion while not being able to be physically present in the space. This project explores how elements and emotions from physical experience might be recreated or translated into digital form.

Challenge

Reimagine the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Divine Egypt exhibition as a holistic digital experience.

What I Did

Design and prototype.

Design

To curate a more screenless experience, I opted for no boxes or boundaries. I wanted to have the artifact be the focal point.

Sandstone tones were chosen to compliment the subject matter. For this project the MET's standard Austin Serif typography was applied.

“ How can this be impactful and truly memorable?”

– Erica, 4d thinking studio

Insight

This design became less about visuals, focusing more on the way those visuals were presented.

reflection

Exploring analogous experiences was a big part of this journey and yielded fun design concepts. Ultimately finding a peak moment — whereby the design would delight and excite the user in a memorable way — became the driving force behind this project.

View the prototype

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