Microsoft’s PhizzPop Design Challenge combines a few days of training with a hyper-compressed time line to creatively solve a design challenge. While the solutions are to utilize Microsoft’s Expression Suite of products for execution, the focus is in solving an agency challenge creatively (and quickly).
Terralever was invited to participate in the Los Angeles Challenge. Other cities which are also hosting PhizzPop include San Francisco (the San Francisco event ran under another name), New York, Boston, Austin, and Chicago.
Last week (on the 29th and 30th of November) we attended the training in LA. Tomorrow (Monday, the 3rd of December) morning we receive the Design Challenge. After its receipt, we have until 6pm on Thursday to concept and create our solution. Our work and that of the other competing agencies will be judged on Thursday evening at Elevate Lounge in LA. Winners of the Los Angeles Challenge will then move on to compete with the other regional winners at SXSW 08.
Terralever’s team is made up of myself, Joel Neubeck and the blogless Craig Budwitz. Details of our sprint to Thursday will be posted here, but likely not until next week.
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