The Trend Curve™

The international authority on color and design trends in home furnishings

  • Home
  • TTC Blog
  • About Us
    • What We Do
    • Consulting
    • About Michelle Lamb
    • The Trend Curve Story
    • The Trend Curve Team
    • Life of a Trend
  • Contact
  • Members (now open)
    • *Member Homepage*
    • Member-Only Posts
    • The Trend Curve for Members
    • Trend Flash™
You are here: Home / Design Thinking / Looking for Inspiration? Visit the Google Art Project

Looking for Inspiration? Visit the Google Art Project

February 3, 2011 By Steve Borsch -

Looking for inspiration from some of the greatest artists in history? Now you can view their art and collections from some of the top museums in the world.

Google this week unveiled the Google Art Project a “…unique collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art museums to enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail.”  The top three aspects that excited us about it are:

  1. Explore museums with Street View technology (from Google Maps): virtually move around the museum’s galleries, selecting works of art that interest you, navigate though interactive floor plans and learn more about the museum and you explore.
  2. Artwork View: discover featured artworks at high resolution and use the custom viewer to zoom into paintings. Expanding the info panel allows you to read more about an artwork, find more works by that artist and watch related YouTube videos. The Google engineers that created the Art Project call this “brushstroke-level detail” and it certainly is that!
  3. Create your own collection: the ‘Create an Artwork Collection’ feature allows you to save specific views of any of the 1000+ artworks and build your own personalized collection. Comments can be added to each painting and the whole collection can then be shared with friends and family. This is also a great way to share collections with colleagues and clients.

Here is a short overview of the Project from the Google Art Project YouTube Channel and gives you the essence of this exciting, free art showcase online:

Filed Under: Design Thinking  

Recent Posts

  • From Japandi to Japanese Craft
  • Revenge Travel: Now It’s Impacting Home Furnishings
  • Retail Delight: Kitchen Living Dining Copenhagen
  • Valentine’s Day: Tokens of Affection at Brown Thomas
  • What’s Trending: Japanese + Italian Mashups

Posts by Category

Post Tags

Ambiente Americasmart Animal Skin Asian Style Black and White Ceramic Chelsea Flower Show Christmas Color Copper COVID-19 Design Details & Embellishments DMC Dogs Florals Functionality Geometrics Halloween High Point Furniture Market Key Items Kids Licensing Lighting Maison & Objet Marble Metals and Metallics Mixed Media Paper Pattern Retail Reconnaissance Shape Showtime Spring/Summer Sustainability Tabletop Textiles Texture Thanksgiving Toy Fair Transparency Trendcurveteam Valentine's Day White Wood Trends

Site Menu

  • Home
  • TTC Blog
  • Exclusive Content
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Sign Up for Email Updates

  • Hidden

Connect With Us!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Contact Us

The Trend Curve™
16 Penumbra
Lake Forest, CA 92630

Phone: 949-662-1515
Fax: 952-893-1264
Contact us here

Copyright © 2023 · The Trend Curve™ · Trend Staff: Log in