The intent of this thesis was to investergate certain advantages and disadvantages that exists in the use of smartphones during concerts. Smartphones being a disturbing element in concerts, has been discussed in a long time by audience and professionals in the concert industry. This thesis tried to uncover the greatest possible number of points of view to the problem to produce a solution at the end.

 

The studies are based at Copenhagen venue VEGA because it is the Nordic region’s largest and most acclaimed venue for concerts. The studies in the thesis shows that the problem is present at concerts, but not as much as first expected. Therefore, it was still necessary to find a solution that meets everyone’s needs and integrates the smartphone in a best way possible. For example, the phone can be used as a marketing tool for the venue and artists, and therefore the thesis ended out with a concept, that focuses on having to pay respect to one anothers co-audience, while thinking about how to use the smartphone in different contexts.

 

The thesis was written Fall 2013 at the Copenhagen School of Design and Technology (KEA),