Archive for May, 2008

University of the Arts London

May 22nd, 2008

I have been looking at various Art & Design websites for consideration as case studies for my PhD. I would recommend that all interested parties take a look at the University of the Arts London. The website is both informative and visually stimulating, facilitating live webcasts, a media player which incorporates a tagging system, a […]

Prosumer

May 19th, 2008

I came across the term ‘Prosumer’ during the course of my research. It was coined in 1980 by futurist Alvin Toffler in ‘The Third Wave’, but has increasingly been applied to the Web 2.0 collaborative processes where users unite to create products to meet their demands. Flickr, YouTube and Wikipedia, although flawed are all good […]

Baltic Gallery

May 2nd, 2008

As part of my research I have been looking at museum and gallery websites. One of my favourites to date is the Baltic Gallery in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
This site succeeds on a myriad of levels delivering a huge wealth of visual material, information on exhibits, past, present and future, learning resources, press releases and a […]