Cultural apps. A selection

Bruno Koninckx

Memori - Lessius

Selection

• 1 Man over Woord

• 2 Citytripplanner.com

• 3 The Waste Land vs. Van Gogh

• 4 MuseUs

• 5 Biophilia

1 Man over Woord

• Keeping dialects alive

2 Citytripplanner.com

• Planning a city trip

• Website and paper or mobile app

3 The Waste Land vs. Van Gogh

• Engaging vs. Boring

4 MuseUs

• Museum app

• ‘create your own exhibition’

• Give users an incentive to look at cultural

heritage in a different way

• Support learning on cultural heritage through

modern technology

• … but keep it simple

How it works – general outline

• Match statements to exhibits

• Statements are provided by museum and can e.g. be– Feelings (melancholy)

– Conflicting words (spicy-soft)

– Poetry

– …

• Exhibit can be different types of cultural heritage items, e.g. :– Paintings

– Statues

– Film scenes

– …

How it works – the app

How it works – the app

How it works – the app

How it works – facebook

How it works – personal exhibition

5 Biophilia

• Playing with Björk’s music