La Tempesta

La Tempesta – Cultura en digital is a Catalan digital studio and consultancy that works at the intersection of cultural heritage, knowledge institutions and technology. Its self-description, 'Impulsem la innovació i la transformació digital per al patrimoni cultural, les organitzacions de coneixement i les seves comunitats' ('We drive innovation and digital transformation for cultural heritage, knowledge organisations and their communities'), frames the company as a specialist partner for museums, archives, universities and other memory institutions rather than a general-purpose digital agency. The studio presents itself as a bilingual, internationally minded team: its homepage cites more than 300,000 online records, more than 70 successful projects, eight languages represented in the team, work across ten countries and five Lovie Awards. La Tempesta's service portfolio spans digital strategy, web development, knowledge management and open data, 3D and heritage virtualisation, applied artificial intelligence for heritage, and digital storytelling. In practice this means full-service web design and development, interactive resources such as creative timelines, smart maps and webdocs, 3D and 360-degree virtual tours, 3D scanning and extended reality (VR, AR and mixed reality), pedagogical resources built on digital collections, and content creation for corporate portals and social media. The company also develops its own productised tools, including ACCEBot, a conversational audio-guide system designed from a universal-accessibility perspective, and online collection platforms built on free software and Linked Open Data. Named clients and projects visible on the company's own site include the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (knowledge graph and digital strategy), the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí (digital strategy and an accessible conversational audio guide), the Universitat de Barcelona (Museu Virtual de la UB, a virtual museum integrating the university's diverse heritage collections), the Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya (TANIT, the National Archaeology Collection, and Arqueoxarxa), the Danish Red Cross (Refugee-ed educational resource platform), and the So-Close project (2020–2022) on enhancing social cohesion through cultural heritage. The studio describes its work as spanning art and archaeology, cities and landscapes, music and literature, biodiversity, science and sport. La Tempesta positions itself around accessibility, open knowledge and responsible use of technology. Its AI offering is framed as a way to preserve, interpret and disseminate cultural heritage — from digitising manuscripts and transcribing oral sources to automatic analysis of images and collections — while its knowledge-management work emphasises open and linked data and free software. The company operates from Catalonia and works in Catalan, Spanish and other languages, serving institutions in Spain and abroad. It is a private company; no parent group, stock listing or founding date is disclosed in the available evidence.

La Tempesta – Cultura en digital is a Catalan studio and consultancy dedicated to digital transformation in the cultural-heritage and knowledge sectors. The available evidence does not state a founding date, founders or corporate ownership, so its history must be reconstructed from the projects and capabilities it presents publicly. The company describes its mission as driving innovation and digital transformation for cultural heritage, knowledge organisations and their communities. Its homepage reports a track record of more than 300,000 online records, more than 70 successful projects, a team working in eight languages, activity in ten countries and five Lovie Awards. These figures indicate a studio that has grown from project work into a recurring portfolio of institutional clients in Spain and internationally. Over time La Tempesta has built a broad service offering. Digital strategy work helps institutions define participatory, transformative roadmaps involving staff and stakeholders. Web development covers content creation, design and full-service project delivery. Knowledge management and innovation services focus on managing knowledge and unlocking open and linked data with free-software tools. 3D and heritage virtualisation turn collections and sites into extended-reality experiences using VR, AR and mixed reality. Applied AI for heritage is presented as a way to preserve, interpret and disseminate cultural heritage, from digitising manuscripts and transcribing oral sources to automatic analysis of images and collections. Digital storytelling converts narratives into creative content, interactive timelines, smart maps, webdocs, virtual tours and pedagogical resources. Among the projects documented on the company's site, the Museu Virtual de la UB (2021) is a flagship: a portal that integrates and showcases the Universitat de Barcelona's diverse heritage collections through a faceted search, virtual exhibitions, virtual visits and 3D models. The project involved digitising collections, establishing a Linked Open Data model for interoperability, accessibility and discovery, and creating a catalogue of 3D-digitised objects. Other named projects include a knowledge graph and digital strategy for the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, digital strategy and an accessible conversational audio guide for the Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, the TANIT National Archaeology Collection and Arqueoxarxa for the Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, a Refugee-ed educational resource platform for the Danish Red Cross, and the So-Close project (2020–2022) on enhancing social cohesion through cultural heritage. La Tempesta also productises some of its work. ACCEBot is a conversational audio-guide system designed for universal accessibility, allowing institutions to design barrier-free itineraries and orientation. Its online collections platform is a knowledge base for managing and publishing heritage and documentary collections using free software and Linked Open Data. The Community toolbox bundles a StoryMap, an immersive web documentary and a participatory virtual exhibition for interactive, accessible storytelling. The company operates from Catalonia and works in Catalan, Spanish and other languages, serving museums, foundations, universities, archaeological services and non-profit organisations. It remains a private, independent studio; no parent company, stock listing or acquisition history is disclosed in the available evidence.

• 2021

  Museu Virtual de la UB launched, integrating the Universitat de Barcelona's heritage collections with Linked Open Data and 3D digitisation.

• 2020

  Start of the So-Close project (2020–2022) on enhancing social cohesion through cultural heritage, documented by La Tempesta.

Specialist digital partner for cultural heritage and knowledge institutions, emphasising accessibility, open/linked data, free software and responsible use of AI.

• ACCEBot

  A conversational audio-guide system designed from a universal-accessibility perspective, allowing institutions to design itineraries and orientation for barrier-free visits.

• Online collections platform

  A knowledge base for managing and publishing heritage and documentary collections online, built with free software and Linked Open Data.

• Community toolbox

  A set of tools for exploring narratives interactively and accessibly: a StoryMap, an immersive web documentary and a participatory virtual exhibition.

• Museu Virtual de la UB

  A 2021 portal integrating the Universitat de Barcelona's heritage collections with faceted search, virtual exhibitions, virtual visits and 3D models.

• Knowledge graph for Museo Guggenheim Bilbao

  A knowledge-graph and digital-strategy engagement for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

• Digital strategy for Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí

  Digital strategy work for the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, including an accessible conversational audio guide.

1. 1La Tempesta – Cultura en digital (official homepage)latempesta.cc
2. 2Storytelling digital - La Tempesta – Cultura en digitallatempesta.cc
3. 3Museu Virtual de la UB - La Tempesta – Cultura en digitallatempesta.cc
4. 4La Tempesta on Wikidatawikidata.org