Liberty of London
Liberty of London uses iBase to manage fashion heritage, pattern and product assets, bringing metadata, permissions and search into one governed DAM environment.
Case study
Liberty of London Luxury Fashion Heritage Digital Asset Management
Liberty of London digitised its 140+ year design heritage with iBase DAM, creating an archive of 40,000+ fabric prints from artwork to digital files, with search, metadata management and controlled access for design teams.
Project summary
Project Summary
iBase helps design and archive teams at Liberty of London manage luxury fashion heritage assets, keeping material organised, searchable and governed.
Luxury Fashion Heritage Digital Asset Management
The system connects fashion heritage material with metadata, preservation and reuse needs.
Digital Preservation
Design and archive teams can organise, protect and share digital assets through structured DAM workflows.
Project focus
Project Focus
Liberty have a treasure trove of archived Liberty prints and sketches.
Bursting to the brim with oversized books, piles of labelled boxes and perfectly preserved paintings, the rooms are guarded by the archiving department who have the important task of ensuring every design, from Tana Lawn to silk satin, is documented with as much information as possible and stored safely in their iBase database system, complete with.
The archive began when Liberty started producing their own pattern books in the 1880s, which now includes some 40,000 fabric prints. The textile archive is actually more of a design archive and it always has been, that's the main reason for keeping it.
Licensing and Sales
Ordering and licensing workflows can support public access and revenue-generating services.
Upload and Download
Authorised users can add, access and retrieve material in formats that support day-to-day work.
Standard Features
Core DAM tools can be configured around the organisation's collection and workflow needs.
Upload and Import
Teams can add new material and associated metadata through controlled upload workflows.
DAM outcomes
DAM Outcomes
iBase helps Liberty of London keep digital assets organised, searchable and ready for approved reuse.
Metadata, permissions and access controls sit alongside the assets, giving teams a single governed source for day-to-day work.
Staff and users can reach approved material more quickly, with less reliance on fragmented storage or manual transfers.
Client view
Client Perspective
iBase has been providing Liberty with an excellent archive database system and service for many years. From initial concept through to design, implementation and troubleshooting, staff at iBase understand our needs and provide the right solutions with quick and efficient responses. We're very happy with the support iBase provides - you are always there whenever we need you and reply to our queries very fast indeed.
Liberty of London
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