Curating your Brand
Laura Ristea and Alin Tamasan, Strategist and Designer, Hye Studio (RO)
Presented at We Are Museums Bucharest on Monday 6 June 2016
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But the way we interact with museums is
changing. Rijksstudio is an example.
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The way we consume culture is changing. Cooper Hewitt
reopened in 2014 with a whole new experience.
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The Cooper Hewitt Pen allows visitors to play with the
objects, instead of just looking at them.
7. Museums are no longer
a collection of objects.
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Your competition as a museum is life in 2016: Wikipedia, Pinterest
or, why not, Netflix. You’re one of the many entities creating
content and asking for attention.
“A Thing That Puts Stuff on the Internet”
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– Wolff Olins on V&A Museum’s rebranding in 2002
“V&A moved from a museum to
an art & design brand that
operates on a world stage.”
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15. Find your idea.
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Focus on the one thing that represents you.
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Connect creativity and technology
Museum of Digital Arts, Switzerland
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“What we sell is the
ability for a 43-year-old
accountant to dress in
black leather, ride
through small towns
and have people be
afraid of him.”
— Harley Davidson Manager
23. Bring the idea to life.
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Bring the
brand idea
to life
What you create and sell
How you tell people about yourself
How your people behave
Your physical environment
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Airbnb follows a hospitality scheme to
guide how they behave to users.
32. Try to have a simple idea.
Find your own look.
Consider elastic ideas.
Wrap-up
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33. What are you about?
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Exercise 1 Pick two partners.
Please draw a name from the bowl.
Write down the idea of the brand you selected.
Now justify your answer.
Let’s talk!
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Exercise 2 Pick an idea from the bowl.
Use the brand idea you drew as the brand idea of
your museum and think of 4 things you could do to
bring it to life.
Let’s talk!
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A bit on branding
Not marketing, not advertising
A process of discovery, not invention
It’s about who you are
Not something rigid
Simple, clear and human
It takes time