chronological foundation
1917→Objects connect individual stories to the years of Finnish independence.
Life in Finland / Cultural storytelling / 2017-2018
National history, minus the marble pedestal.
I designed a multilingual online exhibition exploring a century of Finnish life through 100 objects.
chosen scale
EverydayRecognition gives visitors a way into history without a lecture.
languages
ManyOne structured collection travels without splitting into separate products.
digital afterlife
Still liveThe collection kept its public value after the exhibition cycle.
The cultural problem
History through objects.
Bark bread, locks and banknotes make history easier to enter than an abstract timeline.
The reading model
Object. Year. Collection.
- 01Choose an object
Begin with a familiar thing.
- 02Explore its time
Connect it to a year and a story.
- 03Keep exploring
Browse the whole collection.
After the exhibition
The exhibition lives on online.
- A reusable content model instead of one-off campaign pages
- Search and navigation that remain useful as the collection ages
- Archiving and restoration treated as product work
HAAM’s role
Digital exhibition design.
I worked on the interface, content model, translations and implementation.
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