OUGD603 - Brief 01 - Art Platform - Initial Research

To start my research I asked my peers, friends, and family who are creatives or interested in the art scene, the platforms, websites and methods they use to find artists, galleries, and exhibitions which they are interested in. 

What platforms do you use to find this information? 

• Eventbrite
• Following Facebook groups 
• Art Gallery Websites: Tate, V&A etc. 
• Timeout website events page
• Eye magazine events page (here)
• See events other people are attending on facebook  
• Googling: galleries in ______ (city)
• Word of mouth
• Websites such as Leedslist
• Instagram - Friends
• Various Art and Design Magazines
• Design Blogs - It's nice that, booooom, creative review

The problems with these methods are that it is easy to miss events, as not everything is featured on these websites. You're only getting a small fraction of the and picture and when you do it is hard to save the event in your diary and difficult to find similar events again. 

Helpful features that you would want for an app/website

Push Notifications

• New exhibitions in your city
• If your favourite artist is in a city near you 
• Design talks in your city
• Disciplines you're interested in.

How you search 

Search everything in different ways:

• by city
• dates
• artist/designers name
• events
• galleries
• exhibitions 
• Interests: photography, illustration, painting, sculpture etc. 

Algorithms 

Builds algorithms based on things you've attended of things you'd like, related artists, rate the event, etc. 

Calendar/Favourites

Save favourites and events that interest you to your own personal calendar so you never forget about an event, reminders of dates. 

User

Anyone with an interest in the art scene/design world which can range from students to OAPs. Needs to be accessible to all.