Cosmic Collections - the Cosmos and Culture website competition
On 24 October the Science Museum is launching a competition to release hundreds of stories from our recently opened Cosmos & Culture exhibition on to the web. Join in as the Museum brings together astronomy enthusiasts, designers and web developers in order to create an amazing mashup of creativity and ideas. We're giving you the chance to make your own website with our objects, and not only does taking part look great on your CV, but we're offering £1000 prizes for the winning entries.
Got some great ideas, but not sure how to turn them into a website? Sign up below to find some team mates.Log in (top right-hand corner) with username cosmonaut — password collections to edit this page.
RSVP for the event launch to let us know you're coming:
The data relating to the remarkable objects on display will be made open to the public so that competition entrants can 'mash it up', combining it with external resources and software to create new interfaces. This is a bold experiment for the Science Museum - we're releasing our data and what happens next is completely up to you. Your challenge is to create brand new web interfaces for the objects - to shine a new light onto them and bring the stories behind them to life. In the meantime, check out some of the videos about Cosmos & Culture exhibition and astronomy on youtube.
Sign up for the launch event
Come to the launch event, to be held in London on October 24 at the Science Museum, to find out more about the competition and meet people who have the skills you need to put together a winning web interface. Sign up at http://cosmiccollections.eventbrite.com/ and add your details below to put together a team.
Who can enter?
You don't need to be in London to enter the competition - submission and judging take place online, and we'd love to see international entries. Collaboration and multi-disciplinary teams are encouraged - add your details below to find potential team mates.
Contact us
If you want to get in contact, email via the event contact page or tweet @coscultcom or with the hash tag #coscultcom. The tag for images, video, blog posts, etc, for the competition and launch event is 'coscultcom'.
Log in (top right-hand corner) with username cosmonaut — password collections to edit this page.
We've made a public account so you can edit pages without having to sign up - use the details above to log in and add yourself to the list.
| Your name, contact details |
Stuff I know lots about... |
I'd like to meet people who know about... |
Coming to the launch? |
| [Edit this page to add your name here e.g. Mia] |
[e.g. web developer with knowledge of museum audiences ] |
[e.g. designers, jQuery skills, astronomers] |
[yes/maybe/no] |
Richard
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Web design/UI, GNU/Linux, FLOSS, operating systems, computer hardware. |
the above and linked data. |
yes |
| Corinne |
Audience research or user experience; FOSS user perspective. Desktop publishing, design and website usability. Teaching andlearning. |
FOSS integration in public, voluntary, and education sectors. |
yes |
| Jim |
Web design/UI; Photoshop, xhtml, css, hand coding, w3 standards, SEO |
Web Development, Emerging technologies, SEO, Design and Layout |
yes |
| Thomas |
Archaeology, European Prehistory, Geomatics, |
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yes |
| Alice |
Science communication theory. |
Something other than science communication theory. |
yes |
| Cathrine |
Design, interactions, nanotechnology, ice cream |
Astronomy, programming |
yes |
| Michel |
Explaining science to non-experts / Some basic experience in web design from school days(www.fest.de.tf (not updated since 2004 and lost the server login - hence the empty links anddisplay flaws) |
web design / development / history |
yes |
| fatima |
General science! |
Astronomy... |
yes |
| Stuart |
Astronomy |
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yes |
| Natalie |
I know a lot about illustration, and i'm fascinated by the cosmos! |
Wed design and astronomy! |
yes |
| Adam |
Actionscript, PHP, Javascript, Databases, UI |
Design, Astronomy, History/Content |
yes |
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