The document describes 5 cultural apps: 1) Man over Woord - An app to keep dialects alive 2) Citytripplanner.com - A website and mobile app to plan city trips 3) The Waste Land vs. Van Gogh - An engaging app that compares a poem to a painting 4) MuseUs - A museum app that lets users create their own exhibitions by matching statements to exhibits 5) Biophilia - An app for playing music by Björk

1. Cultural apps. A selection
Bruno Koninckx
Memori - Lessius

2. Selection
• 1 Man over Woord
• 2 Citytripplanner.com
• 3 The Waste Land vs. Van Gogh
• 4 MuseUs
• 5 Biophilia

3. 1 Man over Woord
• Keeping dialects alive

13. 2 Citytripplanner.com
• Planning a city trip
• Website and paper or mobile app

24. 3 The Waste Land vs. Van Gogh
• Engaging vs. Boring

45. 4 MuseUs
• Museum app
• ‘create your own exhibition’
• Give users an incentive to look at cultural
heritage in a different way
• Support learning on cultural heritage through
modern technology
• … but keep it simple

46. How it works – general outline
• Match statements to exhibits
• Statements are provided by museum and can e.g. be
– Feelings (melancholy)
– Conflicting words (spicy-soft)
– Poetry
– …
• Exhibit can be different types of cultural heritage items,
e.g. :
– Paintings
– Statues
– Film scenes
– …

47. How it works – the app

48. How it works – the app

49. How it works – the app

50. How it works – facebook

51. How it works – personal exhibition

52. 5 Biophilia
• Playing with Björk’s music