Christian Mahnke

Interessen

I’m interested in various aspects of everyday culture in the 20th century and how it can be transported digitally. To do this, I collect various artifacts and also like to try them out. I also present some of the results and collections online.

My aim is to use up-to-date (i.e. digital) transport methods to support the immersion into the younger past, which has the most lasting effect on our everyday life today, the 20th century…

I am also interested in old media and media formats, which can be seen in the collection focuses, as well as in practical projects such as YAAPB, my photo blog or the older “Diapräsentation” (“slide presentation”). Blog Beiträge

Projektemacher.org

My “proving ground” to try out ideas and to present some of my collections since the corona pandemic is Projektemacher.org, there are various (sub-) projects linked. To a certain extent, these are old blog projects that were previously hosted on Tumblr. The newer part revolves around the presentation of various collections. These in turn can be divided into the following groups:

Resources for other pages (such as Schriftmuster and Vorsatzpapier)
Interesting content (such as Blaufusstölpel and Kinderbücher)
Experiments on presentation (such as Kleiderbügel and VintageReality), also have a look at the showcase below.

Continuous improvements to the existing blogs as well as some new ones are planed for the future…

Showcase

Examples of immersive or unconventional presentations include these blogs:

VintageReality (in German) - preparation of stereograms for, among other things, different coloured glasses, Google Cardboard, as a wobble image and extraction of depth information. Details in this blog post - Use of computer vision methods
Kleiderbügel (Clothes hanger) (in German). - Listing on a clothes rail, visualisation on a map and IIIF collection.
Blaufusstölpel - Timeline of fashion and needlework magazines and fabric samples.

Several individual experiments can be found in the blog:

HDR images for the visualisation of X-ray examinations of old paintings
Haptic feedback for digitised fabrics - IIIF annotations with vibration
Uranium glass in 3D - Ultra violet photogrammetry
A “glowing” wallpaper - HDR IIIF
An AI reads out an old letter template - The letter itself (in German)
Visualisation of a 70s video game - Pong
Fat Lava ceramics in 3D - Photogrammetry
Making digital collection objects exhibition-ready through the use of computer vision methods

Consulting

If you need advice on digitizing and presenting your collection online, I will be happy to offer my help and experience. Regardless whether it is a small collection, a very specific topic (e.g. to present an exhibition) or an entire library. This offer is aimed at all institutions of cultural heritage and other similar interested and is not limited to printed matter.