Collecteurs

The ultimate social network for artwork collectors.

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A digital museum for work that normally never leaves a private collection.

the challenge

Collecteurs, The Collective Museum of Private Collections, is the world’s first digital museum of privately held work, open to collectors anywhere. Most of the work it shows has no public exhibition history, because it hangs in somebody’s home.

A collector only publishes a piece if they keep control of what is visible and to whom, and a visitor only returns if browsing a private collection feels like visiting a museum.

objectives

  • Move the site off Blaze onto React, and give it a new, feature-rich design.
  • Buy back the load time that a page full of artwork inevitably spends.
  • Give collectors enough control over visibility that publishing a private piece is a decision they are willing to make.

our solution

We moved the site to React, substantially cutting load times, and rebuilt the interface on top of it.

The design is monochromatic, so nothing on the page competes with the work being shown. The layout is half fixed and half scrollable: context stays in place while the collection moves past it. A large featured-article area carries the editorial side of the museum, metrics are visible throughout, and social interaction is built into the pages.
Off-the-record encryption went in on our recommendation.
Collecteurs is crowdfunded and has been covered everywhere from The New York Times to niche titles like Artuner. Our collaboration with them has run for years and is ongoing.
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"We have been using CoC’ services for 3 years. They have quite successfully became an extension of our operation. Their team not only code but also provide ongoing guidance and advice to improve our product. The technical challenges we faced have always been met with their positive attitude and technical ability to provide unique solutions. Our product has many unique features like Off-the-record encryption and these features are integrated because of the guidance and know-how of CoC team. "
Evrim Oralkan
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