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Innovative Digital Ecosystem

for MOMus

Client

Metropolitan Organization of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki (MOMus)

Metropolitan Organization of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki (MOMus)

About the client

MOMus is a cultural organisation, a gateway to the vibrant visual art scene in Thessaloniki and Athens, encapsulating a rich cultural heritage, and being a focal point of cultural interest in Greece and South Europe.

Deliverable

Strategy, design, development, and implementation of a comprehensive digital ecosystem, including a website, an application for both IOS and Android, digital signage, a Digital Asset Management (DAM) and a Content Management System (CMS), and the digitalisation of 1000+ artworks of the organisation.

About the deliverable

In today's digital world, the way we experience art and culture is constantly evolving. Foreseeing this need and by wanting to stay ahead of the curve, MOMus required a unified digital ecosystem that not only would enhance the end user/visitor experience but also streamline their internal operations

Hypertech made this happen by using the latest UX/UI design principles, incorporating user and client feedback in the process, and following the user-centered design (UCD) and Action-centred design (ACD) accordingly.

One of the most exciting aspects and team’s goals for the project was to ensure its scalability. As technological breakthroughs keep debuting on daily basis, it was obvious, even from the research phase, that the size of the project and the number of products that would be developed couldn’t be purely focused on the current user and client needs. Therefore, during the strategy and approach design, Hypertech made a decision in regard to the technologies and frameworks that would ensure a long-lasting course. From Drupal and Omeka S, to reusable components in design and development, all were carefully selected to seamlessly accommodate future expansions and technological advancements.

Interoperability was an additional element that was decided to reflect the products delivered. This was achieved by treating and considering all the products developed as part of a larger digital ecosystem that would not only offer consolidation within each specific product’s parts, but also among the systems communication. This means that for example the DAM would interact with the CMS, the CMS would update the website, the apps, and the signage, etc. saving the admins valuable time and minimizing the error margins.

To top it all, all activities were based on Agile methodology to ensure the robustness of the new digital ecosystem, easy pivoting whenever required, and repetitive circles of testing and adjustments.

MOMus Website

Serving as the digital front door to the museum, the new MOMus website > https://www.momus.gr is a pivotal element in this multi-faceted project. Utilising UX principles and e-Culture trends, the site was planned and from now on serves an intuitive and logical navigation experience.

Built to be responsive across devices, the website facilitates effortless access to essential museum information, featured exhibitions, and educational programs as well as access to details on its expansive art collection. Hypertech also introduced new features (e.g. an interactive calendar, filters, and search functionalities) that added value to the overall experience and pushed further content discoverability.

The agile development methodology allowed for iterative refinements based on user and client feedback, making the website not just visually appealing, but also engaging, and functionally vigorous.

Watch the promo video >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A17AnqRMUyY

MOMus Tour & Play App

The MOMus Tour & Play App takes the museum experience to a new level, offering an engaging way for visitors to interact with art. Built using the latest mobile UX design principles and following a hybrid development approach, the app provides a blend of educational and interactive elements.

Whether it's through gamified features like "Treasure Hunts" or in-depth information about artworks, the app enhances the visitor experience. It serves as an educational tool that's both fun and informative, redefining how museums can leverage digital platforms to increase visitor engagement.

Download on Google Play >>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.momus.momus&pli=1

Download on App Store >>> https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/momus-tour-play/id6450505129

MOMus Digital Signages

The Digital Signage platform serves a vital role in expanding MOMus’s reach by the museums’ visitors. Designed with user engagement in mind, the system displays curated content in strategic locations, both within its museums and in various commercial areas where MOMus may want to include them. It serves as an additional touchpoint for educating passersby and visitors, effectively extending the MOMus brand beyond traditional boundaries.

Digital Asset Management (DAM) System

The DAM system was another cornerstone of this comprehensive project, designed to revolutionise the way MOMus manages its extensive art collection from a single touch point. Utilising best practices in user-centered design (UCD) and action-centered design (ACD), the Omeka S system offers a user-friendly interface for efficient asset management.

For the case of MOMus assets were considered not only the digital representations of the art collections, but all the data and metadata that came with each one of them. Such examples are their titles, dimensions, description, creator, type, and any other detail that describe it in any possible way, that mostly make sense for the end user. These were carefully selected, based on popular corresponding standards such as Dublin Core and CIDOC-CRM, and now are also presented at the website, the app and the signage. Of course, other metadata, that are only of a high value to the museum curators and admins, remained safely in the system.

Apart from sorting out and organising such data and metadata for it to be suitably integrated and read by the DAM system, Hyperetch S.A. guaranteed for the system admins to be able to properly curate such content, edit and overall maintain all the MOMus heritage in a single and safe digital environment.

Overall, the DAM provides for MOMus a unified platform where every piece of art is given a unique digital identity, simplifying both internal workflows and external engagement. The agile approach ensured the system's strength and scalability, allowing for future expansions and refinements.

Content Management System (CMS)

Based on Drupal, the Content Management System that was developed for MOMus was designed to be the center of all the front-end products. The organisation’s users now have a one-stop system through which they can arrange all the content updates for the website, the app, and the digital signage as well as multiple points within them.

The navigation within the system is also based on the principles of the UCD and therefore, allows the organisation’s content editors to easily discover the sections, quickly create or update content, and delete the parts that no longer offer value.

Digitalisation of artworks

One of the challenges of the project was to enrich the organisation’s heritage in the digital world. As the implementation of a DAM system was in progress and the new website from now on would also facilitate a new section for the MOMus collections, allowing the users to discover the artworks, it was important to augment the current digital database with more quality digital representations of the artworks.

For this purpose, Hypertech digitalised more than 1.000 of the most significant works of art that the organisation has in its possession. The procedure was carried out with strict professionalism and respect for the art, making all the steps carefully designed and agreed among the parties involved. The guidelines of the digitalisation itself were clearly defined and required top quality, so that the organisation could use it in all forms, from high-quality printable material to digital versions for the online users to get inspired.

Discover all the digitalised material of MOMus at >>> https://www.momus.gr/collections

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Strategic product launch

Strategic product launch

for the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

No matter if it’s digital or more of a tangible one, launching a product is a strategic process that can make or break it for your business or your client. Truth be told, for years now marketers have figured out the specific steps to be taken to successfully build a <b>product launch</b>. The reality though is not that straightforward like going from A to Z. The key is all about <b>building anticipation</b>, something that we successfully tested with the Archaeological Museum’s brand-new app.<h2 style='font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1rem'>Leveraging the anticipation marketing technique</h2>html<p class='custom-text'><b>Anticipation marketing</b> is the strategy that focuses on the users’ curiosity and excitement. It’s all about periodically offering the right amount of information that builds anticipation until the actual product launch. 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Outside the museum, the app covers the area of Northern Greece specialising in the city of Thessaloniki where users can discover 80+ places of archaeological interest that are connected to 250 museum exhibits and their unique stories.</p>html<img style='border-radius: 20px;box-shadow: 0px 10px 42px -6px rgba(120,119,119,0.75);margin-bottom: 2rem;' src='/projects/project-amth-1.png' />html<p class='custom-text'>Such a product was of great importance for the museum as it would contribute to its overall digital transformation and was planned to further promote the museum to the city’s visitors from all over the world. 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Analysing the end users from a critical standpoint may seem like the obvious step, but it takes dedicating the proper amount of time, searching in the right spots, and specifying needs and pain points to create users’ profiles that will hopefully use your product. For this case the data was taken straight from its analytics, contacting museum visitors, and learning from the competition, which helped to know what user category would become the early adopters, who would follow, and who would remain loyal users. </p><li>Craft a unique selling point </li><p>As nowadays many museums are following the road of digital transformation, it was important to clearly define what is or are the unique selling points of the AMTH app. After research, it was obvious that the idea to combine the museum with the rest of the city of Thessaloniki and the rest of Northern Greece was key to attracting archaeology lovers and city visitors from all over the world. Of course, the audioguide, the storytelling texts in 12 languages, and the suggested personalised tours also helped it stand out from the competition and attract the attention of the municipality as the app would benefit the city in general. </p><li>Build and execute a 360-launch plan</li><p>There are many choices out there to promote a product but, you need to know what better suits yours and its audience. Dividing our promotional strategy into three parts (prior, during, and after launch) and utilising both digital and offline material and platforms was the solution for the case of our client’s app. All steps were clearly stated in a file that showed what, when, how, and why allowed the team to stay focused, measure the success at each step of the way, and readjust when and if required. </p></ol><h3 style='font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;'>Before launch</h3>html<p class='custom-text'>Each step of the launch plan includes specific steps that also require material to be used. In the case of 'Museum On The Go,' this included 1) <b>A dedicated landing page:</b> This is one of the main and probably the most straightforward moves, as it’s more than logical for users to have a reference point to discover your product. From the early stages of the product, and once the first designs were ready, the landing page > <a class='accented-link' href='https://www.museumonthego.gr/en/museum-on-the-go/' target='_blank'>https://www.museumonthego.gr/en/museum-on-the-go/</a> was built with the notice that it’s coming soon. The website was constantly updated during the project's progress and promoted both from the client’s (AMTH) website and media and our own. At this stage, the main use was to direct users to it from other promotional activities. 2) <b>A launch of a Tease Video:</b> Such a video has a single goal, to finally show a bit of the product and its functionalities while not making it yet available. 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The design approach was followed through the whole promotional lifecycle and in all web and offline material used.</p><p style='font-size: 1.125rem;'>The prior launch steps included:</p>html<ul style='margin-left: 2rem;font-size: 1.125rem;'><li><b>Digital Platforms:</b> To create an initial buzz and make people start talking and wandering about the upcoming product it was important to take advantage of the core media available by the client and Hypertech itself. It was a spherical effort, based on the overall marketing plan, that started from the initial announcement to the constant updates, up until the BETA version release. 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The process was boosted with initial ads in social media, which also helped to better figure out the targeting that responds and shows interest.</li></ul><h3 style='font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: -2rem'>The launch</h3>html<p class='custom-text'>Launch may be a specific day on the calendar, but, it may also last a while as several actions might be taken. 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Interactive visualisations redesign

Interactive visualisations redesign

for EFSA

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Interactive scroller

Interactive scroller

for EFSA

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Website and Progressive Web Application

Website and Progressive Web Application

for EFSA

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Data visualisation product

Data visualisation product

for EFSA

To accompany the annual publication of the European Union Report on pesticide residues, Hypertech designed and developed an interactive data visualisation product that supported the annual report by depicting its results in an appealing and user-friendly manner, to supply users with multiple angles of exploring the output of scientific research.To begin with, our company liaised with the scientific team responsible for writing and publishing the report as well as the different stakeholders involved in the development of the product, to catalogue the needs associated with the online publication and gain a better understanding of the dataset and the domain it covers.Our team was able to explore the underlying dataset using Python Jupyter Notebooks and formulate visualisation proposals that highlight the relationship of different variables, taking into consideration the intricacies of the domain and the sensitivity of information (regional and national data availability, existing legal and regulatory frameworks, etc.).As a result, a cohesive information architecture and design proposal was presented and endorsed by the direct beneficiary and Member States' stakeholder groups, which allows users with different domain knowledge, interests, and goals regarding the publication itself (media, citizens, EU staff, Member State officials, etc.) to make the most of the available information.At the same time, Hypertech aimed to offer a maintainable solution for EFSA; that is, the product’s dataset should be able to be updated annually without hampering the performance and visual output of charts, plots, and various UI elements and the overall user experience offered in the initial product. To achieve the above-mentioned goal, the technical stack used for the development was: html<ul><li><b>React JS:</b> to build a component-based web application, both at the controller and the presentation level that could be easily maintained and scaled in future developments.</li><li><b>AntV</b> (<a class='bold-600' href='https://antv.vision/en' target='_blank'>https://antv.vision/en</a>) to have an ecosystem of data visualization JavaScript libraries, that include a design system approach from which EFSA could benefit in the long term.</li></ul>

Consulting for the website redesign

Consulting for the website redesign

for BBI JU

Hypertech was assigned the project "Assistance with the preparation for the launch of a new website" from the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) in March 2021.The successor of the BBI JU, the European Partnership for Circular Bio-based Europe (CBE), was aiming to launch a new website that will continue to channel the missions and objectives already established by BBI JU, that is protecting biodiversity, promoting a low-carbon economy, and encouraging economic growth by structuring and strengthening the circular bio-based industries sector. The project lasted five months and Hypertech’s role was to provide assistance, guidance, and advice to the organisation during all the stages of the project, segmented in the following tasks:<b>Task 1: Analysis of current website users</b><br>A full and detailed analysis was conducted, to evaluate the current situation and propose the next steps for optimization. The methodology included interviews with the members of the organisation through which Hypertech extracted the business priorities & objectives and identified the enablers and possible difficulties. The next step of the process was to find best practices for the industry and select the most relevant KPIs for the analysis of the current situation. The last step was to analyse the selected KPIs, compare them with the competition, and conclude with specific actions to formulate the proposal.<b>Task 2: Definition of target audiences for the new website</b><br>To meet user needs for an optimal user experience (UX) of the project in scope, Hypertech identified the exact target audience, through interview sessions with stakeholders and current users. In this direction, the main factors defined and decided included the main user goals and the ease of use, the final targeted audience or users, detailed characteristics of end-users, key industry-standard trends or techniques in similar projects. Hypertech’s team aimed to validate the suggested target audience and ensure that all potential users and stakeholders are adequately represented, and thus their needs and goals were taken into consideration at the new website development.<b>Task 3: Formulation of recommendations on the website content, structure, and navigation</b><br>Hypertech is providing a complete solution with a specific structure, content, and navigation tailored to users’ needs and goals and a cross-platform compatible, accessible, and search engine optimized website. Subtasks of this activity include the new information architecture with the creation of the new sitemap, formulation of the editorial styles and guidelines in regards to the tone of voice and wordings, and the high-fidelity mockups of the proposed solution. Specifically, Hypertech provided detailed design recommendations, that offer a systematic approach to color usage, specific UI elements, and interactions that adhere to brand guidelines in the form of high-fidelity mock-ups of all the webpages templates, such as homepage, list pages, login, contact forms, rich content pages, category pages, menus, and additional navigation items.<b>Task 4: Formulation of accessibility guidelines for the new website</b><br>Accessibility defines a user’s ability to use the website or web service, so the design phase should take into account users with all different disabilities, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, neurological, social, cultural, or conceptual. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 define how web content can be made accessible to people with disabilities. Hypertech provided all accessibility principles and recommendations for the Web accessibility of the new website that was developed.<b>Task 5: Formulation of recommendations on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)</b><br>Hypertech identifies three dimensions of optimizing a website for search engines: content, technical, and onsite, and through this task provided recommendations of optimizing the website for search engines pre-and post-launch with mandatory and optional audits.

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