Architect Diébédo Francis Kéré Designs UNESCO Virtual Museum for Stolen Cultural Artefacts
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Amy Peacock
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Summary
Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has designed the UNESCO Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects, a web-based gallery displaying 600 stolen or disappeared artefacts. The virtual museum aims to raise awareness about illicit trafficking of cultural property worldwide, using an earthy color palette and featuring items sourced from INTERPOL's database. The design includes a spiraling gallery that allows users to explore stolen cultural objects in a virtual environment.
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Created in an earthy colour palette, the virtual museum was created to raise awareness of the illicit trafficking of cultural property worldwide.
Items were sourced from a database by INTERPOL.
Burkinabè architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has designed a spiralling web-based gallery for the UNESCO Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects.
