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Curaturae: Writing with Open Access, Jono, LLC | International Design Awards Winners

Curaturae: Writing with Open Access

CompanyJono, LLC

Lead DesignersJono Brandel

Design TeamSunny Oh and Hiro Yamane with support from NEW INC, Cooper Hewitt Interaction Lab, and Verizon 5G Labs

CreditsVideo by Matthew Miller of Ways & Means

Prize(s)Bronze in Multimedia / Interactive Media

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Entry Description

Writing with Open Access (http://curaturae.com/) is a 'writing tool' that connects your words to images from Smithsonian’s collection of 3M+ artifacts. Type something (a poem, song, or message) and the app responds with images inspired by your words in real-time.

This is made possible by combining two technologies: natural language processing libraries and Smithsonian's Open Access initiative to make millions of artifacts publicly and programmatically accessible.