lessons from Treasure Island Music Festival.
- Get comfortable with other people’s smells, scents, looks and touches. You’ll be “getting friendly” with your neighbors for hours at a time. Hopefully they’re not complete strangers.
- Chart out your personal space by dancing uncontrollably. Creating ample wiggle room at the start of a set is essential to preventing claustrophobia.
- have fun! There were moments this weekend when people’s body odor and aggressiveness got to my head. I was squished, de-hydrated and irratable. Then I realized that people were there to have fun, not create a bad experience for other concert-goers. Might as well join them.
Speaking of creating experiences, how could experience designers (event planners in this case) create a more enjoyable time for me and thousands of others?
Hi Jonathan! I liked what I read because it’s true, we’re all there to have fun. Thanks for reminding me that. Hope you’re doing well.
Janet Wang
12 Nov 09 at 2:42 am