Collecting Digital Designs: Reasons, Definitions, Challenges, and Implications (Natalie Kane talks to Gil Pasternak)

Abstract

Natalie Kane: The V&A has had ambitions to collect digital objects for some time, but it took a few steps to get there before creating a dedicated collecting position. The V&A first made some experiments in exhibition-making as a means to understand digital design within the institution. In 2009, for instance, the museum opened the exhibition Decode, which was curated by Louise Shannon and featured digital design practice current