Thursday May 1, 11.45 am – 12.45 pm – Aabne Scene, Godsbanen
During the day we will get a sneak peek into some of the new Nordic interactive projects in a dynamic format inspired by Pecha Kucha.
Speak peek #1: YOKE
YOKE is a Copenhagen-based design agency that works within the fields of software development, interaction design, digital exhibition design and product development. In this presentation Jesper Harding from YOKE will focus on how YOKE works and how simple technological means can be used to tell great stories in various interactive exhibition settings. YOKE believes in keeping things simple and ‘hiding’ the technology in order to emphasize the audience’s experience and the story being told.
Jesper Harding is CEO at YOKE. He has a Master in Information Studies from Aarhus University with focus on design processes, storytelling and interaction design. At YOKE Jesper is responsible for all new businesses, client management and project planning. The latter includes strategic planning on both micro and macro level. Within the creative sphere Jesper has worked with facilitating workshops and different means of conceptualizing as well as structuring design processes and the stories to be told in each project. Furthermore Jesper works with different types of audio productions such as soundscapes, sound effects and live audio recording.
Sneak peek #2: Recho
Recho is short for Recording Echoes. It’s an app that is based on one simple dogma; the sounds you record stay where they are recorded. With a compass-like interface the app allows you to locate nearby sounds. As you approach you will hear the recordings like whispers in the distance. Recho is a new audio experience that will launch May 1 at the SPOT Interactive Conference in collaboration with Danmarks Radio, Shareplay and the SPOT Festival. During the conference the two concept developers behind Recho, Mads Damsbo and Åsmund Sollighøgda, will deliver a sneak peek session focusing on the brand new audio app.
With his company Makropol Mads Damsbo has taken the lead amongst his generation in developing transmedia experiences. His work includes projects like World Online Orchestra, an ambitious browser based interactive symphony, that allows users to upload videos of themselves playing Beethoven’s 7th, that is then stitched together as a gigantic user-generated world orchestra. Other projects that define Mads include: a film that takes place in the cinema and live as a theatre, simultaneously. An iPad adventure game based on Jussi Adler-Olsen’s crime series “Department Q”, an interactive rock documentary about the musician Teitur and two viral successes with Copenhagen Philharmonic. Lately Mads has produced the popular virtual reality installation “The Doghouse” and is a co-founder of a site specific sound-sharing app called Recho.
Twitter: @madsdam
Åsmund Sollihøgda is the designer behind Studio Åsmund Sollihøgda – a cross-disciplinary atelier of graphic and interaction design that works with a broad variety of cultural and artistic projects. With a foundation in traditional crafts, new media and digital technology are key in solving assignments for a series of partners and clients. Working closely together with partners as Makropol, Dark Matters and Adomeit Film. Selected clients the past year have been The Royal Danish School of Architecture and Design, Zentropa, Betty Nansen, Sjællands Symfoniorkester, The Danish Film School, The Cultural Ministry of Denmark, Profile Pictures, Madeleines Madteater, Ny Nordisk Mad, Skagens Museum, Statens Museum for Kunst and Roskilde Festival.
Twitter: @asmundsol
Sneak peek #3: Content
The Danish Company called Content believes that the digital economy provides businesses with brand new opportunities to position themselves and the possibility to build effective and profitable relations to their customers. The Content way of doing things is activation in the form of relevant content that has an actual say in the relevant target groups. In his presentation Mads Toft from Content will come up with some examples of this. Content works with brands like Samsung, Louis Nielsen, Ecco, DSB and many more. Most of Mads’s examples will be based on his own experiences and in the presentation he will be very honest about the challenges he has been faced with along the way.
Mads Toft founded Content in 2006 and he is the man to guarantee, that each project within the company reaches its goal and that the result is good and sustainable. Mads focuses on the interaction between content, platform and distribution as well as on the value of understanding the modern consumer. He has more than 15 years of experience from ad agencies and digital agencies. Also he has a Master in Management from Henley Management College and a Bachelor in International Marketing from Staffordshire University in England. Mads just won a Danish Internet Award for his work with Samsung, Universal and the popular Danish artists, Nik & Jay. For the same campaign Nik & jay won the Spotify award of the year at the Danish Music Awards.
Twitter: @madstoft
Sneak peeak #4: Skiltr
Skiltr. Be Where You Are – a social pop-in media. According to its founders Esben Kjær Ravn and Tav Klitgaard, Skiltr is the digital evolution of a classic name tag. It breaks the ice between people on the same location and ensures venues, that their guests have a meaningful social experience. Skiltr was born during Pixel Jam in the fall of 2013, where the team behind Skiltr won the prize for the best overall concept. Now they appear on stage as one of the Sneak Peeks to tell us more about Skiltr – a mobile device service, that connects your guests in a localized temporary social network exclusive to your venue.
Esben Kjær Ravn believes the world needs digital quality time, and that’s why he founded his company Kong Orange in 2011. Esben’s aim is to fuse entertainment with cultural depth. Always. When that combo is successful he believes the two elements ignite and become much more than the sum of them.
Twitter: @esbenravn
Tav Klitgaard is a young but seasoned tech entrepreneur. He founded ABCiTY A/S and successfully brought a children’s edutainment universe from idea to market, funding and managing the company for more than five years. He is educated at The Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen (BA in Music performance 2004), IT University of Copenhagen (M.Sc. in IT 2007), and Copenhagen Business Academy (Diploma in Management 2012). He is currently working as Creative Product Owner at Issuu.com, connecting 85 mil monthly visitors with more than 16 mil digital publications.
Twitter: @tavklitgaard
Sneak peek #5: Redia
At Redia there is a strong believe in the motto “Rethinking Digital Dialogue”. To empower us all towards building a better society, Redia believes that we have to constantly rethink how we communicate, and to do that we have to think about users first. In this sneak peek Mikkel Bech from Redia will show how to do so in projects dealing with healthcare, cultural experiences and education.
Mikkel Bech is the Chief Creative Director of a design and technology company from Aarhus called Redia. Mikkel has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Aarhus, but deals with almost all the non-computer scientific stuff at Redia – design, concept development, user centered processes, motion graphics, video, photography and so on.
Twitter: @bechbox
