Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art

 

Interactive touch screens featuring brilliantly executed albums created by Rinpa-school artists. Visitors can explore the albums in their entirety, along with interpretive text from the curator. The touch screens are designed to blend into the exhibition, allowing visitors to appreciate the original objects in adjacent cases without distracting technology.

PROJECT
Produced for The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art in 2012.

FORMAT AND DISPLAY
Custom HTML5 interactive application running on 22" touch screen computers.

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Director and producer: Paco Link
Production coordinator: Staci Hou
Developer: Jonathan Dehan
Design: Kevin Park and Natasha Mileshina