The day of the event, i went to Zotl to prepare the space. I was still having trouble guessing the amount of people, since not everyone registered, so it was a little stressful preparing the tables and chairs.
Here is what the space ended up looking like after the preparations, I additionally added a little corner for some snacks and drinks (not pictured here) to create a more cozy atmosphere.
People arrived at varying times, since some had other plans before and couldnt be there in the beginning, so there was a little introduction in the beginning, and people that were late got their own little introduction to the event and the prompts.
After each person was done, they had the option to present their work to the others using the projector and doing a little presentation. The working atmosphere was comfortably social, as well as productive. One thing I realized and learned was again that I did not create enough rules or guidelines. So for example the amount of time people spent on their work was really different, and through that it made it harder in a way to have conversations about the progress, since not everyone was in the same stage.
But it worked out well in the way that the presentations of the works were nicely timed, since everyone just presented as soon as they were done and wanted to, and there was no big joint presentation in the end where people wouldve had to wait their turn.
Here are some impressions of the evening: I also added some little drawings in the window to maybe attract strangers (didn’t work) and also show people the way if they had never been at zotl before (worked):
To give peoples work more attention and a platform, I also shared the works on instagram after and tagged the creators (have not posted all of the yet because I was being lazy), here a link to the page and their works: https://www.instagram.com/silly.design.sprint/
the latest post visible on the screenshot is a resume and thank you post for everyone that came <3
