MINNEAPOLIS, January 8th -- space150 has been asked to participate in the Microsoft "PhizzPop Design Challenge(PhizzPop Design Challenge)":http://phizzpop.visitmix.com/main/home.aspx, taking place over the next week in Minneapolis. Competing on behalf of space150 will be Andrew Christensen, Creative Tech; Shawn Kardell, Information Architect; and Adam Puncochar, Senior Designer. The competition, beginning in November 2008, is based on six regional events taking place in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami, with winners of those events then moving on to a final showdown at "SXSW (SXSW)":http://www.sxsw.com/ in March of this year. For the Minneapolis contest, Microsoft has partnered with "MIMA (MIMA)":http://www.mima.org/ (Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association) to bring this design challenge to the top creative agencies in town. Teams of two to three people from six different agencies are being given three days of training on Microsoft’s Live Services and Microsoft Surface. Then, at the end of the last day of training, the teams will be given a secret design challenge. The teams will then have until Wednesday of the following week to develop their solutions to the problem using Microsoft’s technology. Final ideas will be presented at a formal event in downtown Minneapolis. While being fast-paced and intense, PhizzPop allows some of the nation’s best design teams to get a good grasp of the Microsoft technology as well as gain exposure within the city and the country. Previous competitions have included secret challenges such as designing an interface for an in-classroom learning system for kindergarten through grade 12 students and their teaching professionals, and determining how and what mechanisms are used to engage and create interest in the bid for the 2016 Olympics with Chicago’s youth (ages 13-18). For more information on the Microsoft PhizzPop Design Challenge, or to request tickets to the final presentation event, visit "PhizzPop.com (PhizzPop.com)":http://www.phizzpop.com/. <p><span class="caps">MINNEAPOLIS</span>, January 8th &#8212; space150 has been asked to participate in the Microsoft <a href="http://phizzpop.visitmix.com/main/home.aspx" title="PhizzPop Design Challenge">PhizzPop Design Challenge</a>, taking place over the next week in Minneapolis. Competing on behalf of space150 will be Andrew Christensen, Creative Tech; Shawn Kardell, Information Architect; and Adam Puncochar, Senior Designer.</p> <p>The competition, beginning in November 2008, is based on six regional events taking place in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami, with winners of those events then moving on to a final showdown at <a href="http://www.sxsw.com/" title="SXSW"><span class="caps">SXSW</span></a> in March of this year. For the Minneapolis contest, Microsoft has partnered with <a href="http://www.mima.org/" title="MIMA"><span class="caps">MIMA</span></a> (Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association) to bring this design challenge to the top creative agencies in town.</p> <p>Teams of two to three people from six different agencies are being given three days of training on Microsoft’s Live Services and Microsoft Surface. Then, at the end of the last day of training, the teams will be given a secret design challenge. The teams will then have until Wednesday of the following week to develop their solutions to the problem using Microsoft’s technology. Final ideas will be presented at a formal event in downtown Minneapolis.</p> <p>While being fast-paced and intense, PhizzPop allows some of the nation’s best design teams to get a good grasp of the Microsoft technology as well as gain exposure within the city and the country. Previous competitions have included secret challenges such as designing an interface for an in-classroom learning system for kindergarten through grade 12 students and their teaching professionals, and determining how and what mechanisms are used to engage and create interest in the bid for the 2016 Olympics with Chicago’s youth (ages 13-18).</p> <p>For more information on the Microsoft PhizzPop Design Challenge, or to request tickets to the final presentation event, visit <a href="http://www.phizzpop.com/" title="PhizzPop.com">PhizzPop.com</a>.</p> 2009-01-08T22:20:19Z false 255 phizzpop 0 space150-invited-to-participate-in-microsoft's-phizzpop-design-challenge 2009-01-08 2009-01-08T22:20:19Z