Description

Beyond the Map is an individualized wayfinding system for museums that aligns navigation with personal interests and available time without demanding additional attention. The guiding question is: What if a museum visit felt like an individually curated experience? Instead of planning in advance, visitors choose categories and visit duration and are guided directly to suitable exhibits. Beyond the Map does not focus on conveying information, but rather on the immediate perception on site. The approach combines individualization with intuitive guidance: navigation becomes an accompanying process that adapts to the exhibition, not vice versa. The system, consisting of a charging station, web app, and wearable, creates individual routes, guides discreetly via vibration, and supplements content after the visit. In this way, the individual route compilation makes it easier for different visitor profiles to access exhibitions.