A searchable archive of 4,000 mill patterns dating back to 1890.
Loom
Overview
The collection was catalogued by mill and year, which is not how anyone looks for a pattern. We added visual facets — scale, repeat, palette — and made text search secondary. Research requests to the archivist dropped by half as people found things unaided.
Problem
The collection was catalogued by mill and year, which is not how anyone looks for a pattern.
Approach
We added visual facets — scale, repeat, palette — and made text search secondary.
Outcome
Research requests to the archivist dropped by half as people found things unaided.
A searchable archive of 4,000 mill patterns dating back to 1890.
The collection was catalogued by mill and year, which is not how anyone looks for a pattern. We added visual facets — scale, repeat, palette — and made text search secondary.
Research requests to the archivist dropped by half as people found things unaided.
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