All articles by Fabian McDonald

Exhibitions and events are an integral part of the life of any cultural institution, so how to handle ticketing is of vital importance. In this article we look at how we integrated one of the most popular systems used by museums and galleries around the world and how we got it to play nicely with our clients' brands.

As part of our work on rebuilding the Australian Museum website a key aspect was developing and implementing the visual design. And like any design project, the Australian Museum website had its own set of unique challenges worth discussing.

It all began with a Tweet: Your website design is impossible to read! White words on a white background don’t work!... clearly something is wrong here, but what exactly?

We recently launched the Collection Search feature on the Art Gallery of South Australia’s website, which enables advanced search across nearly 45,000 items. The IC’s design lead outlines the site’s search features, including a lightbox with zoom that allows you to view the artist's technique on the artwork detail page