At mediaLABamsterdam, we, as Creative City team, came up with new service called Creative Amsterdam. These are slides of that's concepts. Creative Amsterdam is an explorative way to find Amsterdam's creative scene. The idea behind this responsive web platform is to provide easy access to the creative scene of Amsterdam. By doing so,this platform facilitates connection between creative professionals in and around Amsterdam. Project manager: Margreet Riphagen Student: Mizuki Kojima, Enrico Catalano, Shubhojit Mallick, Camila Olivera, Jeroen Ruijter

1. CREATIVE CITY
“We as net-makers want to foster an elastic
thinking movement, by choosing Amsterdam
as our creative playground.”
Team
Collaborative Researcher
Assigner
Camila, Enrico, Jeroen, Mizuki, Shubhojit
Natalia Sanchez (UvA)
Marieke van Dijk, DesignThinkers Group
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Creative City

2. Research Question
Creative City
How can we uncover the digital and physical network of creative
industries in Amsterdam and develop innovative means to make
them available to emerging creative professionals?

3. Research Findings
Desk Research
Literature study
Field Research
> Big diversity
> Hidden information
Discovered information
Hidden information
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4. Research Findings
Desk Research
Interviews
Observations
Field Research
> Easy to connect
> No aware of each other
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5. Concept
Concept #1 Concept #3Concept #2
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Multiple screen adaptable interface
based coding language
Gestures-layered based interaction
Database
WEB RESPONSIVE
PLATFORM

6. Concept
Concept #1 Concept #3Concept #2
Creative City
REATIVEAMSTERDAM
JOIN
SEARCH
REATIVEAMSTERDAM
FAVORITES ADD
SEARCHACCOUNT Animation
Choose the tags:
Architecture
Art direction
Branding
Cartooning
Cinematography
Computer animation
Copywriting
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Join Dashboard Filters Tags

7. Concept
Concept #1 Concept #3Concept #2
Creative City
Jeroen Van Dam
Interaction designer
WORK SAMPLES
www.daanvandam.com
+31 614435639
info@daanvandam.com
Daan Van Dam
Interaction designer
WORK SAMPLES
www.daanvandam.com
+31 614435639
info@daanvandam.com
Home
Your Profile
Your Events
Your Places
Event Name
Event Name
Event Name
Event Name
Job-name
User/Org/Place/Event Name
Job-name
User/Org/Place/Event Name
User/Org/Place/Event Name User/Org/Place/Event Name
Map results Profile Account Favorites

8. Conclusion
It solves the problem of
making the hidden
information more visible.
By listing creative proffesionals
on a map, CreativeAmsterdam
makes it easier for the user to
find creative neighbors and
thus foster physical meet-ups.
CreativeAmsterdam easily
allows people to find each
other digitally.
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9. Future
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Beta version leading to final
product.
A rating system allowing users to
provide feedback and rate the
places that they visited.
Develop a self check algorithm
which automatically checks the
authenticity of the created events
and also validates the creative
places.
Create a physical hub for
creatives to connect and
collaborate.

10. Special Thanks
Creative City
- Margreet Riphagen
- Marieke van Dijk
- Natalia Sanchez
- Casper van der Poll
- Justin van Wageningen
- Tjarda de Haan
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