I promised updates on the data coming from the QR code implementation in the Love Lace exhibition so here are the results of the last 4 weeks since opening. Already we’ve released updates to both the iOS and Android versions of the Love Lace App. Perhaps surprisingly it has been the Android App that has [...]
Entries Tagged as 'QR codes'
Making Love Lace – a cross device exhibition catalogue & the return of the QR
July 6th, 2011 6 Comments
Estee Wah has been busy bringing Love Lace, our upcoming contemporary art exhibition, online. She’s been wrangling content and ensuring that the website is able to act as a fully fledged (and expanding) catalogue for the show as well as revealing much of the individual artists’ processes in a behind the scenes section. This exhibition [...]
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Shortened URLs as an alternative to QR codes
May 3rd, 2010 8 Comments
The first time we did something with QR codes at the Powerhouse was in 2008 during Sydney Design festival. Last year we experimented with them on object labels with mixed results. Now for our latest fashion exhibition, Frock Stars, we’ve replaced QR codes on labels with our new shortened URLs. We’ll be keeping an eye [...]
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Roll your own URL shorteners for your museum
March 26th, 2010 5 Comments
Last week I got a tweet from Te Ara asking about URL shorteners as their favoured one, tr.im, had stopped accepting URLs. So I’m happy to announce that we’ve implemented our own URL shortener – from.ph – for internal use only. Luke had been thinking about this for a couple of months and we’ve been [...]
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A quick QR code update
April 8th, 2009 8 Comments
As regular readers know, we’ve been trialling QR codes and a little while back rolled them on a small selection of object labels in a Japanese fashion display. I’ve been keep an eye on their usage and some of the continuing problems around lighting, shadows, and low-resolution mobile phone cameras like the current iPhone 3G. [...]
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QR codes in the museum – problems and opportunities with extended object labels
March 5th, 2009 12 Comments
I think QR codes have a lot of potential – potential that hitherto has not been realised. The underwhelming uptake of the codes outside of Japan has a lot to do with the poor quality marketing campaigns so far run with them. If I am going to have to install or worse still, find on [...]
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Some QR code clarifications
October 23rd, 2008 2 Comments
I’ve had several emails, tweets and general interest in more information about our QR code experiment so here’s some more information. Firstly, it has to be said that the experiment was sub-optimal. We made mistakes – but I think that making mistakes in order to learn from them is something Australians (and museums) need to [...]
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Sydney Design QR code wrap up – so did anyone use it?
October 16th, 2008 4 Comments
A little while ago I blogged about an experiment we were doing with QR codes. In summary, we placed a QR code in the back of the Sydney Design 08 festival programme which gave access to a discount voucher for the festival and ensured free entry to the Museum during the event. The big question [...]
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Our first QR code experiment goes live
July 29th, 2008 12 Comments
The Powerhouse Museum has gone live with its first public experiment with QR codes. QR codes are really glorified barcodes with the capacity to hold far more information than a standard barcode. Because of the prevalence of mobile phone cameras and the desire of telcos to drive data usage on mobiles, QR codes are getting [...]
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