Europeana website overwhelmed by 15 million users an hour

I’d like to think at least some of the 15 million users who tried to log on to the Europeana website were attracted by the digital brand we created for them but let’s be honest its more down to the amazing project it is. Digitising Europe’s cultural heritage, with contributors including the likes of the British Library the Louvre and Rijksmuseum. Amazing content all in one place accessible to everyone.

I got to design key templates for the main site and a suite of secondary partner sites. Simple clean intuitive interfaces that let the content to the talking

It’s a project that’s still very much in beta and CSS hasn’t been fully implemented, but the Europeans seem to be going mad for the project, here is a spot from a Spanish news channel…