Cultural website, review of the week #005: The Wellcome Collection
Some thoughts about the approach the Wellcome Collection have taken to their site
Ash Mann
This week's best things
The 'first ever' org chart, the Russian museum that still runs on Apple II computers, the history of the glitch that made GTA, throwback web design for a kebab chain, and a Bowie supercut
Digital career paths in the cultural sector are broken
A 'clogged and leaky' pipeline is leading to a serious and worring brain drain, and has done for over a decade now
This week's best things
The state of content discovery, an experiment to see how useful AI assistants are, some new information about why Google sucks now, Asos investing in brand building, and Werner Herzog saying Eeyore
Understand your users and let that define your approach
Talking to and understanding users doesn’t have to be complicated or difficult, and a recent V&A project provides an inspiring example of the benefits of this approach.
Cultural website, review of the week #004: The Australian Ballet
Some thoughts on the website of one of Australia's leading cultural organisations
This week's best things
Yugoslavia's digital twin, building a culture of curiosity, the Great Gloom, Cirque du Soleil's influencer network, and some slow Radiohead
What you’re selling and what people are buying are different things
It's not (only) about the art
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