Lighter, Stronger, Faster: The Herreshoff Legacy

Client: MIT Museum
Studio: Bluecadet
Role: Lead developer, Collection Visualizer
Technologies: Cinder, GLSL
Award: MUSE Design Awards, silver winner in Architectural Design—Pop-Ups & Temporary

The MIT Museum's exhibition Lighter, Stronger, Faster charts the prolific work of marine technologist and innovator Nathanael Greene Herreshoff. Our Collection Visualizer allows visitors to quickly see key innovation moments and highlights from Herreschoff's 75-year career.

A fully scalable timeline of more than 10,000 blueprints and documents allows visitor to zoom in to any historical detail in a breeze. The system swaps in high-resolution versions of the assets on demand, ensuring an informative and streamlined browsing experience.

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