Thursday, January 31, 2008

Industrial Drawings from the Smithsonian







Collection Principles:


The text and images do a decent job of conveying the idea of a work in progress. There is a wide range of illustrations from doodles on napkins, to glossy corporate commissioned ones. Another aspect to the collection, is that there is a portion of the site dedicated to the inventor and creator of the drawings.


Object Characteristics:

Images are clear and the viewer is able to get a closer view. Each image is a different type of drawing, there aren't two that are exactly alike, which is why I chose this as an exhibit. Each drawing also

Metadata:

Not great. There is some basic information about each drawing under the illustration. What is good about the information is there is a bit of biography about the illustrator to the right of the object and again, information about each illustrator.



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