About the MotifCreator project

Downloadable MotifCreator Coloring

The decorative elements and motifs in the digital application come from the Hungarian and international artefacts of the Museum of Ethnography.

We can find not only the decorations of the materials of the traditional folk culture, but also the patterns of works of applied art and contemporary objects.

When selecting the motifs, it is possible to view a photograph of the carrier object, its details, data, including its place of origin. The application, which contains more than a 1000 samples made using digitization and vectorization, gives the user access to create freely and creatively immersed in a treasure trove of motifs.

Try it out!

The MotifCreator interactive computer application gathers over 1000 vectorised ornaments and motifs derived.

The Museum of Ethnography in Budapest went on a tour in 2024: its exhibitions, public programs for adults and children, professional workshops, and projects supporting various museums and cultural institutions visited many locations across the country as part of the Petőfi Cultural Program. The national series of programs was supported by the Ministry of Culture and Innovation as part of the National Institute of Culture's Regional Cultural Services Model Program. As a result, the knowledge preserved in the Museum of Ethnography was made available even in the smallest villages, in both a professional and experiential way!

Ismerd meg és alkosd újra! Hagyományos mintakincsből új motívum (Get to know and recreate it! - New Motifs from Traditional Patterns) traveling exhibition focuses on Hungarian folk decoration and its contemporary use, with the help of a new digital application. Exciting displays of objects and drawings from the museum give visitors a general idea of the decorative arts of the Carpathian Basin and a background knowledge of their history. Thematic and geographical presentations will also provide a history of a particular decoration or motif. At the heart of the project was the MotifCreator application.

You can try the MotifCreator application for free at the "Source and Creativity" exhibition at the Museum of Ethnography.