MUPA
Museo de El Palacio de Hierro
Client
El Palacio de Hierro
Industry
Culture, Retail, Entertainment
Project type
Web Design
Roll
Creative DIrection, Art Direction
Partners / Collaborators
TKL
The Context
MUPA—Museo Palacio—is El Palacio de Hierro’s cultural platform, bringing together history, art, fashion, design, and contemporary life. It offers a space to explore the stories, objects, places, and creative perspectives that connect the brand’s heritage with a broader cultural landscape.
The project brought this vision into a digital environment, extending the experience of physical exhibitions while opening new possibilities for original digital storytelling. Beyond presenting historical material, the platform needed to express the curiosity, sophistication, and sense of discovery associated with El Palacio de Hierro.
Transforming El Palacio de Hierro’s cultural heritage into an immersive digital museum.
The Challenge
The central challenge was to translate the depth and character of a museum experience into a digital journey that felt intuitive, engaging, and distinctive. Physical exhibitions rely on scale, spatial relationships, and the presence of objects; their digital counterparts required a different approach to establish context, guide attention, and sustain interest.
At the same time, MUPA needed a coherent structure capable of accommodating diverse subjects and formats. Archival photographs, historical narratives, fashion, architecture, and audiovisual content had to feel part of the same cultural universe while allowing each exhibition to retain its own identity. The experience needed to balance curatorial depth with accessible navigation, inviting both focused exploration and spontaneous discovery.
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Rationale
Guided by the idea “de lo actual a lo eterno,” I approached MUPA as a living connection between heritage and contemporary creativity. History provided the foundation for stories that could speak to present interests and offer new perspectives on the relationship between culture, design, and everyday life.
I led the creative direction, narrative structure, and digital experience design, shaping how visitors would encounter and move through the content. The platform architecture established a consistent framework, while the visual and narrative treatment gave individual exhibitions their own rhythm and character.
This approach included translating physical exhibitions into interactive digital experiences and developing original exhibitions specifically for the medium. Each required thoughtful decisions about sequencing, imagery, text, and interaction to make cultural material approachable while preserving its richness and meaning.
MUPA
Rationale
Guided by the idea “de lo actual a lo eterno,” I approached MUPA as a living connection between heritage and contemporary creativity. History provided the foundation for stories that could speak to present interests and offer new perspectives on the relationship between culture, design, and everyday life.
I led the creative direction, narrative structure, and digital experience design, shaping how visitors would encounter and move through the content. The platform architecture established a consistent framework, while the visual and narrative treatment gave individual exhibitions their own rhythm and character.
This approach included translating physical exhibitions into interactive digital experiences and developing original exhibitions specifically for the medium. Each required thoughtful decisions about sequencing, imagery, text, and interaction to make cultural material approachable while preserving its richness and meaning.
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Impact
MUPA established a dedicated digital destination for El Palacio de Hierro’s cultural storytelling, giving its heritage and exhibitions a presence beyond the physical museum environment. Visitors could explore content at their own pace, return to individual stories, and discover connections across history, fashion, art, and design.
The project also created a framework for continued cultural programming. Adapted exhibitions extended the life of physical experiences, while original digital exhibitions introduced stories shaped around the possibilities of the platform. Together, they gave MUPA a consistent yet flexible foundation for presenting new material and expressing El Palacio de Hierro’s role as a cultural voice.