Emanuel Vigeland Museum

Emanuel Vigeland Museum

A modern reimagining of Emanuel Vigeland Museum's website , accompanied by a complete design system. Created to bring one of Oslo's most unconventional museums into the present.

Work in progress

Problem

Emanuel Vigeland Museum is not a conventional museum, it's a mausoleum, built by the artist himself as his final resting place. Located in Oslo, it hosts a small but dedicated audience and describes itself as a hidden gem. Despite its uniqueness, the website hasn't been updated in over two decades, failing to meet modern standards and leaving visitors without clear access to events, tickets, and basic information.

Emanuel Vigeland Museum is not a conventional museum, it's a mausoleum, built by the artist himself as his final resting place. Located in Oslo, it hosts a small but dedicated audience and describes itself as a hidden gem.

Despite its uniqueness, the website hasn't been updated in over two decades, failing to meet modern standards and leaving visitors without clear access to events, tickets, and basic information.

Process

Working as a multidisciplinary group of four, we approached the project research-first, through surveys, personas, MoSCoW analysis, and reading up on the artist. From there we moved into information architecture, tested through a low-fidelity prototype, and iterated. One key finding was that users consistently chose the longer path to ticket purchase, which led us to change how the tickets were presented.

Working as a multidisciplinary group of four, we approached the project research-first, through surveys, personas, MoSCoW analysis, and reading up on the artist. From there we moved into information architecture, tested through a low-fidelity prototype, and iterated.

One key finding was that users consistently chose the longer path to ticket purchase, which led us to change how the tickets were presented.

Where we're headed

We are currently in the branding phase. The graphic designers are developing a visual identity rooted in Vigeland's own works, while the interaction designers are exploring visual directions for the site, to ensure a coherent vision before moving forward with the full design system (one of my proposal being the ones you see here!)

Device mockups by Mockuuups Studio

Device mockups by Mockuuups Studio

Device mockups by Mockuuups Studio