providing print quality object images for free public download
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Providing Print Quality Object Images for Free Public Download MCN2009
Sarah Winmill14 November 2009
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The Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum, front façade
As the world's leading museum of art and design, the V&A enriches people's lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world
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The Victoria and Albert Museum
Chihuly chandelier photographed by Claudedecf on 28 February 2006 and posted on flickr
As the world's leading museum of art and design, the V&A enriches people's lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world
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The Victoria and Albert Museum
Volume overlap 1 photographed by rbrw on 21 December 2006 and posted on flickr
As the world's leading museum of art and design, the V&A enriches people's lives by promoting the practice of design and increasing knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of the designed world
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V&A Collections
Approximately 1.1 million three dimensional objects
The Three Graces by Antonio Canova (© Victoria and Albert Museum)
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Search the Collections
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Search the Collections
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Search the Collections
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Search the Collections
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Old publication and delivery process
iBook
Laptop computer
Hand held computer
Internal DMZ Web
DAMCopy ofImages
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The Digital FuturePlan challenge
Hemp string (c.400-1000) Mazartargh fort site
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V&A Collections
Approximately 1.1 million three dimensional objects
The Three Graces by Antonio Canova (© Victoria and Albert Museum)
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Collections Information System object records
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Copyright assumptions
Images were flagged as still in copyright where;
the artist was known to have died in or after 1936; or
the artist with no know death date was known to have been born after 1836
Images were flagged as out of copyright where;
the artist was known to have died in or before 1936; or
the artist with no know death date was known to have been born before 1830; or
there was no birth or death date for the artist but the object was made before 1830
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Old publication and delivery process
iBook
Laptop computer
Hand held computer
Internal DMZ Web
DAMCopy ofImages
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Publication and delivery process
iBook
Laptop computer
Hand held computer
Internal DMZ Web
DAM
Proxy
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Publication and delivery process
iBook
Laptop computer
Hand held computer
Internal DMZ Web
DAM
Proxy
Copy ofThumbnails
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Publication and delivery process
iBook
Laptop computer
Hand held computer
Internal DMZ Web
DAM
Proxy
Copy ofThumbnails
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Terms and Conditions
‘Special’ use only
Academic/educational/scholarly publications
Scholarly journals
Student theses
Private study and research
Critical editorial use
Charity, Society and Trust Newsletters
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Terms and Conditions
Print-run under 4,000
One-time use
Inside publication use only i.e. not for book jackets or cover pages
Reproduction of images up to A5 size only
All images must be credited as follows: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
No copyright or proprietary right is conveyed with the use of any image downloaded from this site
Images may not be passed on for third-party use
Images may not be used on any electronic media
Images may be cropped but not changed or manipulated in any way without written permission from V&A Images
Where the number of images to be reproduced exceeds 25% of the total number of illustrations used in the Licensed Material, V&A Images must be notified in advance.
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Design
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Design
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Design
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Navigation
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Development
Web Technical Manager with two Developers
6 month development cycle
SLES Linux Servers
MySQL Database Server
Python/Django API
PHP/Symfony front-end
Drupal account management
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Delivery
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Delivery
One Web Developer
1 week
– (Plus a little testing and bug fixing)
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Full catalogue Search the Collections
“ This is a very exciting development for the V&A as for the first time we are able to make our wealth of knowledge and expertise available to everybody. We know our visitors and website users want to know more about the V&A’s collections, whether it is a school child working on a project or an artist or craftsperson looking for inspiration.”
Mark Jones, Director