VISION2020 FASHION 2: Week - Day 5 - Final Presentations!

At around 7 in the morning most of the group sat bleary eyed around the working area, discussing our options. We missed one important member of the team since we needed to get together the video that would be shown during our presentation. The so usually punctual Jakob had overslept miserably, and on top of that found out that the rendering had not been completed since he had run out of disc space. So instead of bundling our powers to finalize the presentation, there was waiting to do... waiting for a computer to finish something is extremely frustrating when there is little time and no other choice. But this was the critical path we had no way to avoid now.

After rendering there were lots of fresh obstacles to overcome. The film had to be cut up a little to remove black screen, after which it needed to be output, and output again together with the music. And more outputting since there were problems with the film's resolution, and outputted again since it still wasn't as it was supposed to look. A harrowing proces that brought a lot of stress but this is how things go before the final moment. In the meanwhile Alex worked on the presentation materials while Alina nervously rehearsed her speech.

And so it was done! All came together at the last moment and we were able to enjoy lectures and the other student's presentations without frustration. Being the third group to present was good timing for us, since we didn't have to sit in anticipation for long and did not have to be stressed over being first.

The presentation did not go as smooth as we would have hoped. The film suffered from silence while we played it as the group before us had turned off the sound on the mac instead of the soundboard. Alina was also quite nervous but she managed to present our ideas clearly and we were happy with the results.

After presenting there was some inquiry by the national press, who asked us for a short interview during the recess. This was a very nice opportunity and we tried to tell our story as best we could. Further down the line there was a little award ceremony for the three groups that had the best concepts, and although it was a shame we were not up there, the exposure from local and national danish press was more than enough to leave us beaming.

But there was one more thing to consider... The Designschool Cafetaria had been so wonderful, everyone of the international students seemed to agree: This was the Best Cafetaria in the World. So thinking up the perfect gift for these people was of supreme importance, and extremely difficult. But the ideation phase Alex and I started ended promplty as she thought up giving them an award. A quick round along the students made it clear and together with Nimisha we hand-crafted a great prize, that was quickly signed by all students during a lecture about futurism. Our epic cook seemed quite pleased and a little flustered when she was called to the stage after all the awards had been handed out, but it was definately worth it.

The rest of the day was mostly a lot of fun! We drank and ate and laughed. Bought more to drink and moved to Rikards place for a final afterparty. People were tired and drunk, nostalgic and loving. We had spent two weeks of intense collaboration in Kolding and gotten to know each other quite well, so it was sad to know that this great experience was coming to an end. But vows of social networking were made and hundreds of pictures and hugs were exchanged. Everyone was happy :)