Van Gogh Museum vangoghmuseum.nl
The Van Gogh Museum has a new site! After building the previous museum website in 2014 and exhibiting Van Gogh's letters in a special way online in 2018, it was time for a major overhaul of the website in 2020. With the entire museum collection, smart features and more possibilities to inspire people with the work and life of Van Gogh.
New concept
Together with the internal digital team of the museum and design agency Dept, we worked on a new concept in which Van Gogh's color palette is combined with powerful stories full of interactive images, videos and comparisons.
Van Gogh's brushstrokes on your screen
The new website shows the complete collection of the Van Gogh Museum. It also shows which works are currently in the museum. The paintings, drawings and letters are also easier to search through the use of filters. And with each work, more substantive information is now available for art connoisseurs and interested people. Thanks to the ultra-res storytelling tool Micrio developed by us, visitors can zoom in online to the smallest details of the paintings. This way, even Van Gogh's brushstrokes can be experienced digitally!
Vincent for Scale
For the new website, which is visited 8.5 million times a year, we came up with a new feature that playfully indicates the size of a painting: Vincent for Scale. By placing the painting next to a figure of Van Gogh, who was 1.64 meters tall, visitors can see the true size of the work at a glance.
Thoroughly tested
As with all our digital product development, we have thoroughly tested the redesign. Not only were Polteq testers part of the team; during development, the website has been subjected to a usage test, our Real User Morning. Thanks to this user feedback, we were able to make adjustments in time and correct any ambiguities. In developing the website, extra attention was also paid to the accessibility for users with a disability. The website has been optimized for screen readers who use blind and partially sighted people when navigating.
"The teams at Q42, Dept and the Van Gogh Museum have done a fantastic job. They have built a site that is completely contemporary and that will be at the core of a digital Vincent van Gogh world."
Martijn Pronk, head of digital communication Van Gogh Museum
Links
- Blog post: Vincent for Scale (2020)
- Digital Arts: Vincent Van Gogh gets one slick rebrand (2020)
- Blooloop: The Van Gogh Museum's new website has retail, UX and colour focus (2020)
- ArtDaily: Van Gogh Museum launches redesigned website (2020)
- Tek Deeps: Major innovation for the Van Gogh Museum website (2020)
- MarketingTribune: De penseelstreken van Van Gogh op je beeldscherm (2020)
- Adformatie: Website Van Gogh Museum vernieuwd (2020)
- Emerce: Ingrijpende vernieuwing voor website Van Gogh Museum (2020)
- Van Gogh Museum: Website Van Gogh Museum vernieuwd (2020)
- Blog post: Zeven bouwers over zeven bouwsels (2015)
- Blog post: De radertjes van VanGoghMuseum.nl (2014)
- The Guardian: How we designed the Van Gogh Museum website (2014)
