What you’re selling and what people are buying are different things
It's not (only) about the art
Ash Mann
Cultural website, review of the week #003: M+
Some thoughts about the website for Hong Kong’s global museum of visual culture
This week's best things
WTF are content credentials? Kati Price on 10 years at the V&A, the value of Wikipedia and the good internet, the world's most popular painter reacts to a review, and Robyn+the Nobel Peace Prize
Is trust the magic, missing ingredient?
An exploration of the importance of trust in decision-making, and the role that digital can play.
Cultural website, review of the week #002: Berliner Philharmoniker
Some (mildly despairing) thoughts on the website of one of the world's most renowned orchestras.
This week's best things
What can humans do better than AI? An article about the Tank Museum's YouTube success, an explanation of why brand is important, and Lin-Manual Miranda at a poetry slam.
Kulturkraft 2024
A few thoughts from this year's Kulturkraft conference in Copenhagen
Cultural website, review of the week #001: National Portrait Gallery
The first in a new series, some thoughts on what the new NPG site does well, and less well.
This week's best things
A checkout audit, films on Tiktok, Millennial and Gen Z shopping habits, research showing how difficult simplicity is, a gallery of footers, and 40 years of This Mortal Coil
Where has your audience gone? And why aren't they coming back?
Some pondering on the challenges the cultural sector is facing attracting and retaining audiences.