Advanced functionality, beautiful to look at.

With monamu, we fulfilled our own wish to apply user-centered development methods from the very beginning. It was important to us that monamu be equipped with a friendly, unobtrusive design to ensure a pleasant user experience. This includes a range of functions that is certainly unmatched in this price category, allowing us to address a wide variety of tasks comprehensively and effectively.

A control element that fades in and out for better readability. Here in the state just before becoming invisible.

User-centered development for platform users and visitors.

An early monamu pilot received a rating of 4.1 out of 5 for user-friendliness in 2019 during its deployment at the Triennale Fellbach, based on an evaluation with over 100 participants. Since then, we have worked to further improve the user experience through no fewer than five scientific studies, along with numerous tests and evaluations with users and cultural professionals.
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We have aimed to address every detail. For example, a control element fades out during scrolling to provide a more spacious and uninterrupted reading area and reappears when the user changes direction. It’s a small detail, but it actually makes reading much more pleasant for the user.

Spacious "cover page" of a station.

Modern and timeless design, that lets the contents shine.

monamu presents itself in a stylish but unobtrusive user interface design, helping users easily find and execute all necessary functions. The focus is on the content, e.g. with large station images, easy-to-read texts and simple controls for multimedia content. Our aim was to create a robust navigation system paired with an elegant appearance. We believe we have succeeded.

In-depth level: Additional videos showcasing the function and sound of the Grenzing organ at Maulbronn monastery church.

Flexibility also in content and tour configuration.

Every museum, gallery, monument, and nature park is unique. And each exhibition or tour that takes place there comes with its own requirements. In historical monuments, for conservation reasons, it is often impossible to install wayfinding signs, numbering systems, or QR codes, and in outdoor areas, many visitors have become accustomed to GPS-supported orientation as standard. Specialized routes for visitors with mobility impairments should also be an option. We offer solutions for all these scenarios, as well as how individual stations can be presented:

Making the context of a display case accessible requires other means than explaining architectural details, for example. And for some exhibits it is important to provide visitors with more in-depth information on request, while elsewhere a brief explanation suffices. We have developed solutions for these various needs, that you can use and put together indoor and outdoor guided tours completely independently.

Enabling digitalization also means offering solutions that many can afford.

We wanted to create a solution accessible to institutions that, due to cost concerns, have so far not considered offering multimedia-guided tours. At the same time, we aimed to make as few compromises on the quality of the application as possible. The costs should be transparent and therefore predictable in the long run. Read the next chapter to find out exactly what this means.

Less money on technology, more money on content