The Guggenheim

web design
Project Overview
The Guggenheim is a global art museum institute with locations in New York, Venice, Bilbao, and Abu Dhabi. Our challenge was to completely restructure and design their existing site, originally designed by Pentagram in 2008. With thorough research, analytics, and strategy, our team at Big Spaceship set out to accomplish some major challenges, striking a balance between putting visitors first, and creating a digital destination that encourages the online exploration of artwork.

View the new site:Guggenheim.org
Scope
Strategy, Analytics
UX / UI
Website Redesign
Collaborators
Elisa Penello, Design
Jeanelle Mak, Design
Dabney Donigan, UX
Jason Permenter, Design Director
Kat Sekar, Analytics
Lesley Melincoff + Grace McCants, Production
Utility & Accessibility
We created and organized the website to be intuitive while keeping the primary focus on visitor relationships. Content is easily accessible and integrated across one global umbrella and brand image. Visitors are presented key information (and catered information when mobile location targeting is active) with easy gateways to spend hours within the Guggenheim’s rich and diverse content.
Digital Museum
Many art-lovers around the world are unable to experience  a brick-and-mortar Guggenheim location. Easy gateways were created to encourage exploration of the exhibitions as well as the rich archival content which dates back to the 1930s. An immersive experience showcases artwork as if the user were physically at the museum. Digital visitors can explore artwork to scale, listen to audio tours, watch video and see high-quality images of artworks from multiple angles.
The Guggenheim Brand

This long overdue redesign brings the institution into modernity. The design is rooted in brand strategy and hierarchy of the innerworkings of the Guggenheim Institution. After many years in use, the website still delivers excellent user experience and provides rich digital content to visitors all over the world.