CREATIVE AI WORKSHOP - May 9, 2026 IN BERLIN

Registration: AI – Image + Video Storytelling Lab - WORLDBUILDING

A hands-on, in-person creative lab for building story worlds with AI.

In this one-day studio workshop, you’ll learn how to use AI image and video tools to quickly explore ideas, shape visual worlds, and turn a concept into a “living storyboard” made of short clips.
This is not film school. It’s a practical, creative lab for people who want to think visually, experiment freely, and work faster without losing direction.

AI is changing how creative work happens. It can speed things up—but it can also overwhelm or flatten ideas if you don’t know how to guide it.
The real challenge today isn’t learning more tools. It’s learning how to work with AI while keeping your own voice, taste, and judgment.

In this lab, we focus on what AI is great at: helping you explore many visual directions quickly, compare options, and test ideas before committing to one path. We treat AI as "the awkward collaborator," talented, but has not seen much of this world. AI is useful, surprising, sometimes strange, but always guided by you.

Who this workshop is for

This is an intensive lab for designers, creative directors, strategists, marketers, educators, founders, and makers who want to:

• build narrative worlds for brands, products, campaigns, or immersive storytelling
• prototype faster, generate more options, and then sharpen direction
• learn how to critique AI outputs and avoid “prompt luck” thinking

No prior AI experience required. Advanced participants will still benefit through workflow depth, critique methods, and storytelling structure.

What to expect: 3 perspectives in one day

🧠 1) WORLD BUILDING
How worldbuilding works in practice: mood, in words and visuals, and narrative tension. You can bring your own project to work on and build your brand idea, product, mission, book, or video, or follow the suggested creative exercises.

💥 2) IDEATION
AI as a divergent thinking amplifier: generating image families, style systems, characters, props, environments, and key moments. You learn a compact workflow for:

• structured prompting (not endless prompting)
• reference-driven consistency
• variation control and selection logic
• building a visual world board in Miro

🌊 3) PROTOTYPING (Transfer + Production)
Turning still worlds into motion: short clips, micro-scenes, transitions, and narrative beats. You create a “living storyboard”: a sequence of short AI video clips that express your world. We also include a critical layer: quality control, hallucination detection, and ethical checks (what you can and cannot responsibly claim with AI-generated content). We build a communitiy of creatives and celebrate the results with a small presentation at the end.

Concrete outcomes

You leave with:

• a visual world board (visual system, rules, references, key motifs)
• a living storyboard (with multiple short clips + a simple narrative arc)
• a repeatable workflow for future projects (ideation → prototype → critique → refine)
• a practical critique checklist for AI outputs (bias, plausibility, provenance, brand fit)

Facts

• When: April 11, 2026, 10:00–16:00
• Where: Berlin Mitte, designer conference room (exact address after registration)
• Format: In-person studio lab, max. 10–12 participants
• Language: English (with German support as needed)
• What’s included: workshop materials, templates, snacks/drinks, and a follow-up resource pack
• Not included: individual AI subscriptions/credits (you can use free tiers; guidance provided)

What to bring

• The openness to learn from each other
• The readyness to install a new AI platform you are not familiar with ( this is not needed from the get-go) detailed instructions about AI tools will be emailed before the workshop.)
• Laptop + charger
• Headphones (for video/audio work)
• A concept to build a world around (brand/product/story/app/mission), or use provided prompts
• Optional: brand assets, existing moodboards, references, typography/colors
  

Registration and payment

By submitting the registration form, you reserve a seat. Seats are limited and assigned first-come, first-served. You will receive an invoice by email (PDF) and preparations. Payment due by clicking on "I want this" in $ or Euros.

Cancellation and replacement

• Free cancellation up to 15 days before the workshop
• 14–8 days before: 50% fee
• 7 days or less, or no-show: 100% fee
• You may nominate a replacement participant at no cost
• In case of illness or serious reason, a seat may be transferred to a future date if feasible

About the method (Fluxus, briefly)

This workshop introduces a light version of Fluxus, my learning framework from practice-based PhD research on AI-augmented design. Fluxus is a practical structure for staying grounded while working fast: arrival, divergent exploration, synthesis, critique, and reflective learning.