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WHAT’S KEEPING YOU BUSY AT THE MOMENT?

Well, actually, we were supposed to have a big project launch today. It’s an immersive audio experience and walk in a neighbourhood, that brings you into the future of Amsterdam. But today, it’s stormy in Amsterdam. It’s going to rain the whole day. So last minute, we decided to postpone it.

THAT’S A SHAME, WHAT’S THE PROJECT ABOUT?

The project is based on stories about flash delivery services by apps like Getir, Flink and Zapp. These app-based companies that deliver groceries 24 hours a day, within 10 minutes. It’s a fictional story which asks how will the city look like in this future, when one of these companies has the power to redesign the city?

In real life, one of these services had a 'dark store' - where they keep all the groceries - based in one of these neighbourhoods. The neighbours were really terrorised by all the electric bikes flying about and the midnight deliveries.

In the end, the dark store was forced to close, so you can walk through that neighbourhood now and even look inside the empty dark store. The stories of the neighbours are interwoven into this project.