A short viewing time
Thirty seconds creates focus without demanding prior knowledge.
Independent digital museum prototype · German / English / French
What
stays?
A four-minute experience about memory, attention and learning to look closely.
The starting point
What do we notice — and what disappears?
Visitors look at an artwork or object for 30 seconds. Then it disappears and they draw what they remember. The task is not about drawing well. It turns looking into an action and makes personal attention visible.
Experience flow
Look.
Draw.
Compare.
- Choose a work
Select one of three open-access artworks and objects.
- Look for 30 seconds
Take in the whole work before the image disappears.
- Draw from memory
Record a shape, movement or detail with simple digital drawing tools.
- Reflect on attention
Answer three short questions about colour, focus and the movement of your eyes.
- Bring the original back
Use a slider to layer the drawing over the artwork and compare them.
- Discover and keep
Open three details, then download a personal record of what stayed.
The learning idea
Drawing turns looking into action.
When the image disappears, visitors have to decide what mattered to them. Comparing memory with the original makes attention tangible without turning the experience into a test.
Design choices
No right or wrong
The drawing becomes a record of attention, not an assessment of artistic skill.
Memory over the original
The comparison slider shows differences gently and immediately.
Three ways to enter
A painting, a vessel and a mask invite different kinds of looking.
Role and contribution
Learning Experience Design · Concept · Writing · Visual Direction · Interaction Design · Prototyping
I developed the learning structure, writing, visual system, drawing interaction and working browser prototype. The experience is available in German, English and French.
Project notice
This is an independent, self-initiated Salon Format prototype. It was not commissioned by or developed in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The three reproduced works are provided by The Metropolitan Museum of Art through its Open Access programme and are marked as Public Domain (CC0). Full object credits appear inside the experience.