Prototyping Lab: Creative prototypes for technological challenges 2025/26

14 January 2026, by Omkar Kondhalkar

The Challenges 2025 – Prototype Lab Hamburg

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At Prototype Lab, students and industry partners co-create bold innovation for the content and finance world. In 2025, renowned media house Der Spiegel explores AI-curated research tools that surface overlooked stories. Children’s publisher Verlagsgruppe Oetinger experiments with interactive, AI-powered legend worlds for readers. News agency dpa tackles transforming unstructured archives into structured, machine-readable knowledge. Fintech innovator fiindo works on automated video workflows that turn complex financial data into clear, compelling stories. Together, these challenges show how Hamburg’s Prototyping Lab fuels the next generation of media and data experiences.

This is a cooperation with next.media and multiple universities in Hamburg. Stay informed here: next.media > programs > prototyping-lab

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