My Highlights_Medamo
In the research project Digital Publishing Toolkit Loes explored the fields of e-publishing and e-book technology for visually oriented publications. Some art and design publishers are lacking knowledge on this topic. In art education design students are trained to design paper publications while the market and consumers are increasingly reading on electronic devices. The usual e-book technologies have not yet been developed for visually oriented publications. In collaboration with nai010 publishers and Puntpixel a digital version of the Stedelijk Museum Highlights Catalogue was designed. This project named ‘My Highlights’ was conceived as a mobile application allowing the user to easily browse and filter a large collection of objects from Highlights catalogue of the Stedelijk Museum. After the user selects optional additional material (essay, interview, images, etc.) one is able to generate a personalised EPUB based on the selection available for offline use – for example on a smartphone while visiting the museum itself. networkcultures.org/digitalpublishing/2014/11/19/building-my-highlights
