100 years of Bauhaus. The digital cosmos of Weimar

Exchange with guests from all over the world

The website klassik-stiftung.de is the most important information channel for visitors, tourists and a specialised audience from the fields of research, science and teaching. As a central public relations tool, it plays an ever-increasing role in communicating cultural offerings to guests from all over the world and in dialogue with museums, libraries, archives and research institutions.

Increased complexity

Kosmos Weimar is also extremely diverse in the digital space: the digital offerings range from service information, information about the facilities, exhibitions, events and the education programme to a research channel about the scientific projects, programmes and events. Various online catalogues (catalogues raisonnés, work databases, literature, essays, holdings, collections) are also an important point of contact for research purposes. The offering has grown year on year, which has diluted the structure. Before the relaunch, many users perceived the website as confusing. The various target groups were also not adequately addressed.

Technical redesign

We opted for TYPO3 as the CMS in order to optimise the KSW information cosmos on the backend side and make editorial work easier for editors. As part of the technical redesign, the integration of numerous internal and external content and pages was thought through and realised, including an event, education and publication database, a photo library for the presentation of digitised material and an online ticketing system.
The event database was designed using a special search plugin so that users can differentiate between different event types and usage scenarios. In addition to KSW events, events organised by other institutions are also recorded.

The faceted SolR search

For extensive information offerings such as the Klassik Stiftung Weimar website, an intelligent search is the be-all and end-all. That's why we have opted for the open source-based search platform SolR, which is fault-tolerant and highly scalable - which is why it is also popular for applications in the big data environment. The advantages of the faceted search: The results can be filtered according to content type (research projects, educational programmes, collections, events, exhibitions, press releases, pages). For example, exhibitions and events can be searched by topic, (event type), institution and date.

Projects with purpose

For over 30 years, we have been working with remarkable institutions from the education, science, culture, administration or business sectors. 

All our projects are based on common features: their demand for a high standard of editorial quality, their complexity and the fact that they are part of a greater societal change.

Throughout our work, an innovative and strategic outlook is key. At the same time, we have the highest demands on usability, design and the underlying technology of our work. All of these components must prove sustainable in the long term.

In all contexts, we value a comprehensive understanding of the diverse organizational cultures of our clients. We know how to support employees in change processes and how to moderate cultural change.

We see consulting as a joint process in which we use co-creative elements as effective and active forms of collaboration. Our aim is to involve all relevant stakeholders in finding solutions in order to achieve an optimal result that will be accepted in the long term.

Awards

Our work has received many awards. We work on projects with journalistic standards and high benchmarks for design and usability. Thanks to these criteria, 3pc was awarded the Grimme Online Award as well as other prizes.

Our Clients

For over 27 years, we have been successfully working with federal ministries and public institutions, cities and communities, universities, research foundations, museums, cultural institutions as well as private businesses.