The International Museum for the Restitution of Looted Works of Art (MIROS – Musée International de la Restitution des Œuvres Spoliées), a multimedia phygital museum experience, has been launched by UNESCO, an advocate of cultural and natural heritage preservation for over 50 years.
Encompassing a mobile app, a virtual museum and guided tours on historical sites, this project is designed to raise users' awareness of heritage and belonging. The content is interactive, immersive and attention-grabbing. MIROS is a fictional work.
Encompassing a mobile app, a virtual museum and guided tours on historical sites, this project is designed to raise users' awareness of heritage and belonging. The content is interactive, immersive and attention-grabbing. MIROS is a fictional work.
Using an interactive map, the mobile app lets users locate looted works of art and nearby dispossessed sites. Through virtual reality and accessible information, Miros encourages discovery and engages users.
Museums and partner sites provide specific signage and documents on site. A responsive website lists the various works and provides a description of them, tracing their history thoroughly.
Museums and partner sites provide specific signage and documents on site. A responsive website lists the various works and provides a description of them, tracing their history thoroughly.
Case study
Playing hide-and-seek, the dot on the "i" wanders around, never appearing where expected, thus illustrating the concepts of emergence and vanishing. Consistent glyph spacing and upright structures evoke dispossessed places, distant and isolated from one another. HDV Font’s Brandon Grotesque appears elegant and functional, while its rounded finish lends it warmth and softness.
Logo variation on neon brand color
Stephen Nixon's 2019 design for Arrowtype, the variable font Recursive, is ideal for digital interfaces and data-rich environments. Its flexible style makes for striking headlines and easy-to-read body copy, while ensuring consistency between them. Bold and versatile, it meets international communication needs with over 200 languages supported.
Oxidized copper statues' verdigris, charcoal, plaster... This soft, melancholic monochrome is raised by a bright yellow, drawing attention, suggesting action, and enlightening the works.
The work, cast in darkness – the absence – is only visible through a spotlight, emphasizing and revealing its details.
