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Creative urban development

Creative urban development

How creatives are helping to reshape public spaces in our cities.

4 ways in which creative professionals can work towards a liveable city

Sustainable fashion label tentation: from festival tent to unique fashion item

„Kreative können besser mit Unsicherheit umgehen als die Politik und Immobilienbranche.“

Robin Höning

Creative interim use: "Good space is important"

Germany's major cities are looking for ideas to combat vacancy. Creative interim uses are an important tool - says Tina Unruh, architect and managing director of the Hamburg Baukultur Foundation. A tour of "Jupiter", Germany's largest model project.

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A road trip to Jupiter

As a salesman, André Cramer has seen hundreds of clothing shops from the inside. Then he decided to open one himself: La Tribune Noire, a shop for products from Black-Owned Businesses. The pop-up concept found its first home through the Frei_Fläche programme on the Alter Wall - and soon it grew enormously.

A visit to Hadi Teherani

Dockland, Dancing Towers, Berliner Bogen, Europa Passage, Deichtor Centre - today we visit the office of Hadi Teherani, who has given the Hanseatic city a very special architectural signature.

How do creative interim uses last, Martin Wolfrat?

Temporary uses bring new life to city centres. They have a future if they fit perfectly into the neighbourhood, says Martin Wolfrat, Head of Hamburg at Art-Invest. The property company is one of the most important partners of the Frei_Fläche project - and is already thinking about its continuation.

Urban design with JES

How do you plan lively places for people? And what happens to the spaces between the buildings? Julia Erdmann, architect and urban planner at JES, knows.

Frei_Fläche

Already 24,000 m² less vacant space and more than 100 ideas on how to use it: Frei_Fläche has been promoting creative interim uses since July 2021.

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JvM builds its own AI tool - and continues to count on creative minds

Robert Andersen, Managing Creative Director at Jung von Matt CREATORS, and his team optimise creative processes - for example with the AI tool STABLES. A conversation about impact and potential.

"Creatives need to get out of the artistic ivory tower"

As one of Europe's top advertisers, Ogilvy's Head of Creative Stephan Vogel is observing the digital revolution in the creative industry. His plea: creatives and technicians, unite! That way, talents will stay ahead of the game tomorrow despite AI.

Muse, product, assistant: the roles of AI in creative companies

What roles should AI play within a creative economy company? The experts at the German Creative Economy Summit provided some surprising answers.

How 6 creative companies in Hamburg benefit from AI

Six experts provide an up-to-date insight into their daily work with AI-supported technologies - and venture a forecast.

How is AI changing the creative industries?

Artificial intelligence is here to stay - but what impact will it have on the work of creative professionals? And why is this development particularly interesting for young professionals?

Gen AI: What role remains for creatives?

New tools, changed work processes, unimagined results - artificial intelligence (AI) has gone from being a narrative of the future to a working reality. How do experts see the role of creative professionals in the future?

A visit to musicube

The vision that artificial intelligence could change the way music is searched for on streaming platforms led two people to take a big professional risk. Today, the creative start-ups are visiting the founders of musicube.

„Eine KI, die gut funktioniert, heißt einfach nur Software"

KI & Co-Creation: Sechs Insights, die Kreative jetzt kennen müssen.