Supporting researchers by enabling the public to contribute
Historesch is a unique initiative from the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History. Its goal? To connect everyday citizens with the work of historians by crowdsourcing knowledge and memories around old photographs. We were tasked with creating a visual identity, website, and digital tool that would make this interaction intuitive, engaging, and meaningful.
Team in charge
Design & development
Tom
Project manager
Diogo
Lead design
Klaudio Milankovic
Lead developer
Bojan Lolic
Developer
Branding
Our brand seamlessly blends tradition with innovation, capturing the essence of timeless heritage in a contemporary digital form. The visual elements cleverly intertwine layers of history, relevance, and nostalgia, creating a welcoming and up-to-date appeal. Designed to appeal to both scholarly circles and the wider audience, it strikes the perfect harmony between credibility and approachability.
Website & web app
The core of the platform is a custom-built web app that allows users to upload, tag, and comment on historical photographs. Through this participatory tool, users contribute valuable context and knowledge, helping researchers piece together a more complete picture of the past. The website architecture was designed to be simple and welcoming, encouraging discovery while supporting long-term engagement with the project.
Het doel van onze samenwerking was het opzetten van een platform voor publieksgeschiedenis in Luxemburg—van branding tot website en promotiemateriaal. De samenwerking verliep bijzonder prettig: er werd goed geluisterd, creatief meegedacht en het hele traject was helder gestructureerd met duidelijke feedbackmomenten. Een echte co-creatie, zoals het hoort.
Joella van Donkersgoed
Principle investigator bij University of Luxembourg
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