prometheus is a distributed digital image archive that currently makes more than 3,496,000 images of over 120 databases from institutes, research facilities and museums researchable on a common user interface.

Situated at the Institute of Art History of the University of Cologne, prometheus is supported by the non-profit association prometheus e.V. which promotes the ongoing developments of the digital media for science and research.

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Redesign-Workflow

22 April 2024 | By: Corinna

We mentioned it briefly in the last newsletter: the realization of a new design in the image archive is currently our “biggest” project. We work together on the open source design and prototyping platform Penpot from Kaleidos, discuss individual drafts in weekly Zoom sessions, for example for the list view of the search results or about the upload workflow and make overarching decisions about functionality and design. Here is a view of the complex workflow at Penpot for the individual areas at prometheus from “search” to “administration”.

To be continued …

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