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Take Your Time - Olafur Eliasson

Shannon Darrough, Senior Media Developer at MoMA, says...

The site features continually updated images taken by visitors who are given special cell-phone cameras to wear that document their journeys through the show, thereby depicting a candid and experiential view of the exhibition (and one that is in accordance with the artist's practice). These images can viewed by date, visitor name, most recent, and in random order. The site also contains images of the works and Olafur's studio, video, and interactive floor plans.

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While nothing replaces being there, MoMa excels in online presentations that convey texture, scale, context and information.

Shannon Darrough, Senior Media Developer - Digital Media for MoMa, designed this site. I asked him about the interaction between the online designers and the Artist, Curators and the Exhibition team.

Shannon kindly replied…

it does depend a lot on the curatorial team. I haven’t worked with all of them, of course, but the ones that I have had the pleasure to work with have approached these projects in many different ways. Some have been very “hands on"; others (often those that are less familiar with the medium) give us a free hand in the concept and design.

Web design heaven!

Flash is the perfect medium for sites like this though I do wish they would use deep linking so I could direct you to the wonderful Walk through video.

Visit Web Designers’ Interviews for an extended interview with Shannon.