After a fun-filled lecture that took me back to my childhood (& also reminded me of how satisfying it is to knock over someone else’s tower), our group all managed to bring a few ideas to the table after an intense few rounds of word association. We then discussed and interrogated these ideas during a meeting with our mentor, Jez. This turned out to be very beneficial for us as we all came out of the meeting with a solid idea of where we can individually take this project.

After researching the subculture of dubstep and surrounding genres it came to my attention the people involved within the scene like to get reasonably creative, whether it be with music, fashion, dance or artistically. This led to my initial idea being a service that provides underground dance events with a creative corner.   

This corner would contain a blank graffiti wall which we would supply with materials (fabrics as well as paints/ pens) a hoola hooping area, imaginative lighting that will mess with your head and perhaps one of these.

These are all things that can be done whilst enjoying the music being played at the event. There would obviously be risks, such as people misusing the materials, however they would be provided as cheaply as possible and would be covered in the costs of hiring our service. This would only be able to be provided to events held in big- open spaces, which luckily is where most of the underground dance events take place, e.g. Rainbow wareh ouse, Air, Custard Factory and other places we never knew existed in Digbeth.

Giving people the chance to be creative in an atmosphere that they love to be in would hopefully result in some very happy ravers.

 My second idea, the one I think I will be taking forward as my final idea, is to provide events with water dispensers. As simple as it sounds I think that this idea may perhaps have been overlooked as it is so obvious. Raving is a serious form of exercise which leads to dehydration, therefore providing quick and easy access to unlimited water throughout the night, as well as lowering the amount of people at the bar could be very beneficial to all forms of events including festivals and raves.

If a big water company such as Evian was to get behind this, this service could perhaps be provided for free to gain them promotion. The dispensers themselves could be customised for specific events, including inside lighting, a bubble feature, advertisements or artwork on the frame and best of all a sound system fitted within.

To prevent the event loosing money on selling bottled water, water bottles would be sold giving the customer unlimited supply, the dispenser would then have to be fitted with some sort of feature (still unclear about this) that only allows people who have bought a bottle to use it.

There is still a lot of thought and research that needs to be put into this idea.