The kick off week at the MediaLAB brought together an exuberant variety of students from across the globe. The Hybrid City team ( the ‘cool’ team name is still elusive) has an interesting background of students as was evident from Pecha Kuchas.

The second day involved sharing of alumni experience followed by formulating ideas for our user scene.  After an excruciating 240 seconds of intense discussions, we decided ( hold your breath….. ) to make a (drum-rolls) MOVIE !!  And of course we had mind blowing ideas from everyone, and since Brad Pitt, Steven Spielberg and Hans Zimmer were too busy in California we decided with the following cast;

( Don’t freak out )….

As the creative director we had………… Mr. Ankit Daftery

For the role of the arrogant business man we had….. Mr. Jeroen Ruyter

And the role of the crazy, genious musician we had… Mr. Mizuki Kojima

The movie was a blockbuster hit with millions still in line to watch it. You could catch a glimpse out here

Hybrid City – User’s scene Teaser from MediaLAB Amsterdam on Vimeo.

And we are sure we’ll win the Nobel Prize ( because ; you know; the Oscars are tooooo main stream )….

The final  of the week involved an On Design workshop by Marco, where we learnt about anthropomorphic attributes of design. Anthropomorphism essentially means personification i.e. to assign human attributes to inanimate products and make it more realistic. As an individual project we designed ( rather proposed) a screaming bag which allows the user to vent out their anger without disturbing others. The anthropomorphic element was using ropes and making it into a form of a smile or angry face allowing other people a glimpse of the ‘ content of the bag’…