Find your point of view.
A 24-question visual quiz explores the choices you’re drawn to. Meet your creative taste type and a few related creatives.
For people who make things
The first step of everything you make.
Before the design, the film, the brand, the video, there’s source material. This is the tool for that part.
Find work that catches your eye. Follow the thread. Build a personal library of references worth coming back to.
ARCHIVEYour library
A few starting points.
From the Archive collection
ART · 1913Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons)
Vasily Kandinsky
POSTER · 1896–97Zodiaque ("La Plume")
Alphonse Marie Mucha
ARCHITECTURE · 1909The Plan of Chicago
Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett
OBJECT · 725–700 BCELebes (Stemmed Bowl with Lid)
Etruscan; possibly VulciFeedFindsSavedTaste
Art Institute of Chicago · Project Gutenberg · Prelinger ArchivesMADE FOR iPHONE
01 / A place for your eye
Good work starts
with looking.
Something about a print, a room, a sentence stays with you. Archive is a place to notice those things, keep them, and discover what connects them.
Less searching for the right thing. More room to be surprised.
THE PLAN OF CHICAGO / ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO02 / How it works
Start with instinct.
Keep what stays.
Follow your curiosity.
Explore a curated collection of art, books, and films. Open the original source when something catches your attention.
Make it yours.
Save references and tell Archive what feels right. Your choices shape the order of your feed and your daily finds.
Taste types are playful interpretations. Creative connections are editorial suggestions.
03 / A small manifesto
Your taste is a collection
of things you noticed.
Not everything needs to become a project. Some things are worth keeping simply because they make you look twice.
Collect widely. Look closely. Make something only you could make.
YOUR NEXT REFERENCE IS OUT THERE
A place to begin.
Archive for iPhone is in preparation for the App Store.
Questions, feedback, or a reference you think we should see?