## **#YouthInTech Alkid Shuli & Silvi Gero – Platforma “ARD STUDIOS”**

Të ftuarit tanë për këtë muaj janë Alkid Shuli dhe Silvi Gero, nxënës të gjimnazit “Qemal Stafa” të cilët do të na prezantojnë më platformën e tyre “ARD STUDIOS”.

\#YouthInTech është një nismë që promovon të rinjtë entuziastë të cilët kanë një ide apo një projekt inovator

**Si ju lindi ideja?**

*[Silvi](https://www.instagram.com/theartofsilvi/)* – Në shkollën tonë, Alkidi dhe unë kemi themeluar klubin e artit, tek i cili Alkidi, përpos artit, dëshironte të përfshinte fusha të tjera të industrisë kreative, ndaj në këtë klub lëvrojmë edhe disiplinat e dizajnit, ilustrimit digjital dhe multimedias.

*[Alkid](https://al.linkedin.com/in/alkid-shuli-913995151)*[ ](https://al.linkedin.com/in/alkid-shuli-913995151)– Për krijimin e idesë së ARD STUDIOS u inspirova nga puna që kishim bërë në klub dhe problematikat që kemi hasur mes artistëve të rinj, bashkëmoshatarët tanë. Ideja e krijimit të një platforme të tillë që do të zgjidhte këto probleme më erdhi si rezultat i kërkimit të një ideje biznesi me ndikim social për konkursin “GrowPOPRI”, ku dhe më vonë fituam në rang kombëtar.

**Si funksionon kjo platformë dhe pse pikërisht ky emër?**

*Alkid* – **ARD STUDIOS** është një platformë që bashkon artistë të rinj dhe jo vetëm, për të mundësuar promovimin e artit të tyre si dhe shërbimeve që mund të ofrojnë në fushat e industrisë kreative (fotografi, dizajn grafik, modelim 3D etj.), në mënyrë që të kenë mundësinë të nxjerrin përfitime monetare nga puna e tyre e palodhur.

Platforma do të jetë në formë aplikacioni mobile dhe website, të dizejnuar në mënyrë të atillë që t’ju përngjajnë rrjeteve popullore sociale, duke qenë se përdoruesit e synuar janë më të familjarizuar me këtë lloj formati që iu servir përmbajtje (në rastin tonë, veprat artistike etj.) në një mënyrë sa më intuitive.

Në koncept, platforma është e ndarë në dy aplikacione të veçanta, “ARD” dhe “ARD for artists”, që shërben për nevojat specifike të përdoruesëve të tyre:

• Aplikacioni “ARD” është aplikacioni me të cilin ndërveprojnë përdoruesit e zakonshëm, të cilët teksa shfetojnë sugjerimet e veprave artistike, shërbimeve apo profilet e artistëve, shfaqin interes për të parë më shumë detaje mbi to, t’i shtojnë në shportë apo edhe të blejnë.

• Aplikacioni “ARD for artists”, siç kuptohet nga vetë emri, iu vjen në ndihmë artistëve për të ngarkuar veprat e tyre artistike/shërbimet në platformë, t’ju caktojnë çmimet, të personalizojnë profilin e tyre, të kontrollojnë kërkesat mbi shërbimet që ofrojnë si edhe të menaxhojnë të ardhurat e fituara.

Deri tani keni lexuar emrin ‘ARD’, por cili është kuptimi pas këtij emri që shqiptohet kaq çuditshëm? ARD në fakt vjen si bashkim I fjalëve ‘ARt’ dhe ‘Dizajn’, që reflektojnë më së miri thelbin e platformës.

**Si do ta çoni përpara këtë platformë, cila është dëshira juaj?**

*Alkid* – Dëshira jonë është që kjo platformë të bëhet realitet, sepse besoj se është diçka që mungon në tregun shqiptar, për të cilën ka nevojë komuniteti.

Për realizimin me sukses të kësaj platforme do të nevojitej një bashkëpunim me Agjencinë e Industrisë Kreative, pasi përpjekjet tona lidhen ngushtësisht me njëra-tjetrën, madje edhe drejtuesi i kësaj agjencie, z. Jonid Jorgji, shprehu pëlqimin e tij për këtë ide në konkursin më të fundit ku kemi marrë pjesë me platformën tonë, Creative Business Cup Albania.

**Si përfiton komuniteti nga kjo platformë?**

*Silvi* – Realiteti i jetës kryeqytetase është kaq dinamik dhe shumëngjyrësh, por edhe i zymtë nga ana tjetër, në një nevojë për pak gjallëri, dhe veprat e artistëve tanë do të shërbenin më së miri. Gjithashtu platforma mund t’ju vijë në ndihmë bizneseve që kanë nevojë për shembull për shërbime brandimi, apo edhe thjesht zbukurimin e ambienteve të tyre të punës.

Por jo vetëm, “ARD STUDIOS” synon të gjallërojë shprehinë artistike të brezit të ri, të motivojë artistët e rinj për të shfrytëzuar talentet që kanë në të mirën financiare të tyre, madje edhe të punësohen si rezultat i kontakteve të para të realizuara nëpërmjet platformës sonë.

**Çfarë dëshironi të bëheni në të ardhmen, ku e shihni veten?**

*Alkid* – Jam person i shumë talenteve, ARD reflekton aftësitë e mia të shumëllojshme në industrisë kreative, me një prirje të veçantë në teknologji, sidomos mobile me krijimin e UI-ve (User Interface), por si maturant gjendem përballë zgjedhjes për të vazhduar universitetin në degët arkitekturë ose informatikë. Besoj nuk do t’i ndahem sipërmarrjes dhe shpresoj të vazhdoj “ARD STUDIOS” edhe në vitet në vijim.

*Silvi* –  Aq sa më frikëson po aq më emocionon e ardhmja. Kam pasion artet në përgjithësi dhe shkencat ekzakte, veçanërisht kiminë dhe biologjinë. Një kombinim i mirë i këtyre do të më çonte drejt profesionit të mrekullueshëm të mjekësisë, por gjithmonë duke ndjekur ëndrrën për të përmirësuar “ARD STUDIOS” përtej kufijve me synimin për të krijuar një komuniteti të mirëorganizuar. Gjithashtu dua të krijoj një ekosistem timin, ku të shkenca dhe artet ndërveprojnë në një mënyrë krijuese.

**Keni një ide të re për të cilën jeni duke punuar aktualisht?**

Alkid – Aktualisht jam presidenti i kompanisë së simuluar “REIMAJEAN” në kuadër të modulit “Kompania e Nxënësve” të zhvilluar nga “Junior Achievement of Albania” në gjimnazet kombëtare, ku po merremi me krijimin e një produkti inovator, në modë, me mjedisin e qëndrueshëm në mendje – trasta të prodhuara prej pantallonash xhins që nuk vishen më dhe qëndrojnë në sirtaret tona. Është një produkt mjaft interesant që kërkon të riimagjinojë (siç sugjeron emri) modën e shpejtë dhe të mbështesë fushatat qeveritare për ndalimin e përdorimit të qeseve plastike. Do të doja të vazhdoja në vijimësi këtë projekt, me disa bashkëpunime potenciale mjaft frytëdhënëse.

*Silvi* –  Aktualisht kam qenë pjesë e trajnimeve kriptografike dhe teknologjike. Kam marrë shumë njohuri që përpiqem t’i zbatoj në praktikë çdo ditë. Kjo, me qëllim për të integruar “ARDSTUDIOS” në fusha inovative të teknologjisë duke përdorur asete digjitale. Hapësira e aseteve digjitale kriptografike është e gjerë dhe integrimi i “ARDSTUDIOS” do të kishte mjaft sukses.

#YouthInTech - ARD Studios

> Nothing is a British consumer electronics manufacturer based in London. Founded by Carl Pei, they are building a world where **tech is fun again**.

Since its inception, I have always been fascinated by Nothing's aesthetic, so industrial, so captivating, so me.

When I was 17 years old then - I am now 18 - I wanted to experience Nothing's identity, be part of its enthusiastic community.

However, Nothing's products are not available in my country, so the only way to access Nothing's app ecosystem was to install apks, such as the first beta for Nothing Launcher, and other apps like Nothing Weather, Recorder, and Glyph Composer.

But that was not enough for me.

Nothing is relatively new in the mobile market, and its OS lacks several native applications, in the likes of a gallery app or music player, etc. I felt I could contribute with different UI/UX design concepts and share them in Nothing Discord's 'Community projects' section. This was also an opportunity to practice my design and creative thinking skills.

In this blog post, I will chronologically showcase (bear with me here) my contributions to the Nothing community, and how some of my concepts have piqued the interest of some passionate developers, who took these UI designs and turned them into real products.

## *5 January '23* - [Nothing Gallery](https://discord.com/channels/930878214237200394/1058428847646842900/threads/1060333772962287697)

This was my very first attempt at designing a Nothing application, directly on my smartphone, using PixelLab - definitely not the app's use case. I took cues from Nothing Weather and Samsung Gallery to create a simple 'Albums' interface, with a bottom navigation bar and 3 chunky buttons for the 'Recent', 'Videos' and 'Favourites' categories.

Later on, this concept turned out to be the most influential, but more on that later.

```cv
gallery
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```

## also *5 January '23* - [Nothing Music](https://discord.com/channels/930878214237200394/1058428847646842900/threads/1060597648475836497)

As I was still feeling in the mood, later that day I worked on another app concept, the Nothing Music. Inspired by Nothing Recorder's flat skeuomorphic approach, I designed the music player to feel like you are using a real vinyl record player.

As you can see in the Community post screenshot, the title suggests that an app is being developed, and we'll find out more about this by the end of this blog post.

```cv
gallery
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```

## *17 January '23* - [One-handed mode](https://discord.com/channels/930878214237200394/1058428847646842900/threads/1064696143314948176)

Browsing through chats and YouTube comments, I noticed that one-handed mode was a highly requested feature, and I thought of designing a proper implementation for it, following Nothing's design language.

Impressed with my post, a commenter asked if I could improve the one-hand reachability for the quick settings panel, and you can see the result in the second image. →

```cv
gallery
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```

## *13 February '23* − [Volume slider - easy audio switching](https://discord.com/channels/930878214237200394/1058428847646842900/threads/1074754990054322310)

As the title suggests, I simply designed my take on the volume slider, adding a new functionality that would allow the users to effortlessly switch their preferred audio output right from the volume slider.

11 months later, another designer, Rahul Janardhanan, posted on X his own interpretation of this concept: [twitter.com/raonehere/status/1731346689150140712](https://twitter.com/raonehere/status/1731346689150140712?t=WHBfYi0IAVsVDGArBqhJ1Q&s=09)

```cv
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```

## *July '23 - now* − [Nothing Gallery (app)](https://github.com/jerichoi224/Nothing-Gallery)

Developer Daniel Choi had shown interest since the very first day I posted my concept on Discord. On July 2nd, to the community's surprise, he posted a very early prototype of the app he was independently developing.

After a couple of months, we have a functional version of the app, published on [GitHub](https://github.com/jerichoi224/Nothing-Gallery). 

Since the Nothing team is working on their official app, this project has come to a halt from Daniel, but anybody can contribute even further.

\*also this project was featured on the Read.cv's Front Page, and I felt really proud of that.

```cv
gallery
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```

## *23 December '23* - [Nothing Music (app)](https://github.com/PreyK/Nothing-Music-Community)

Again, to my surprise, another developer, Polyák Kristóf, posted under my community post a working prototype of my Nothing Music concept. 

The app is still in its very early development stages, but you can find it published on [GitHub](https://github.com/PreyK/Nothing-Music-Community) as well if you want to contribute.

```cv
gallery
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```

## *26 December '23* - [Nothing Music v2](https://www.reddit.com/r/NOTHING/comments/18rh707/working_on_nothing_music_app_concept_suggestions/)

Inspired by the sudden interest in the community for a Nothing Music app, I decided to revise my old concept and come up with something fresh.

For this interface, I was influenced by the beautifully crafted Teenage Engineering TP-7 device. 

In concept, this app would not only be able to play local music files, but also play music from other music streaming services, under one seamless connected experience.

```cv
gallery
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```

So, this was my 2023 as part of the Nothing community!

Even if this post doesn't get much attention (I will be sharing it on X too), I still feel fulfilled by what I've achieved so far.

Huge thank you to the Discord and Reddit community who have supported my projects, congratulated and given feedback!

For sure I won't be stopping here, let's see what 2024 has reserved, I'll keep you updated.

Signing out,

Alkid. ✌🏻

Nothing in (Re)view '23 - contributing in the Nothing community

Visual Designer

Contributing in the Nothing community

Best Social Idea

Pitched the idea of a trustworthy, stigma-free, and affordable platform designed to support mental health. The platform integrates an AI psychologist, access to human experts when needed, essential information, and a gamification system to enhance user engagement and well-being.

2nd Place Winner - The Smartest Awards

Winner of Creative Business Cup Albania

1st Place Winner at EU CodeWeek Hackathon

With great pride, we are thrilled to announce that our BLITE app has secured the prestigious first-place position in an international competition. This remarkable achievement places us among the elite representatives of each participating country, granting us the exceptional opportunity to present our groundbreaking idea and visionary concept to a global audience in Brussels, Belgium, in March 2024.

Runner-up at Student Video Contest

Albania's representative video from Qemal Stafa High School ranked in the Top 5 worldwide. 

Description of images below: Meeting the Albanian Minister of Education for the achievement of our team with our video 'Using nuclear technology to address climate change'.

*Video on the Projects section

Winner of Upshift - Social Impact Workshop

Winning team with the project 'ProcrastiNO'

Third Prize in the drawing contest 'Fëmijët dhe Kryqi i Kuq'

1st Place Winner at 'Innovative and Entrepreneural Youth' hackathon

Once again as part of the UNYO team, we pitched the Blite app, which we had worked on for CodeWeek, and won 1st place, leading to an upcoming competition, DigiEduHack.

Eco Quiz Award

The winners traveled to Turin, Italy to visit the headquarters of Intesa SanPaolo Bank and the museums it funds.

Winner of the Best Logo design for the 9th edition of National Skills Competitions

Designed the winning logo for the 9th edition of the Albanian Skills' National Skills Competitions, securing the opportunity to develop the comprehensive brand identity. Delivered a cohesive suite of brand assets, ensuring a visually compelling and impactful presence for the event.

1st Place Winner at Albania CodeWeek Hackathon 2023

Part of the 'UNYO' team as lead designer, we crafted Blite, a mobile application meticulously 
designed to educate children and young 
people with disabilities, to foster 
inclusivity for everyone ensuring effective 
communication, through accessibility and 
comprehensive learning.

1st Place Winner of Graphic Design Competition - National Skills Competitions 2024

Competed in the Graphic Design category of the 9th edition of the National Skills Competitions by Albanian Skills, showcasing my expertise during two intensive days at Piramida. I was honored to win first prize, standing out among highly skilled participants and demonstrating my creative and technical abilities.

Best Graphic Design

Certificate of participation - JunctionX Tirana 2024

Certificate of Participation

Completion of a 7-day training for technology and tourism 'Next Generation Tourism'

Tourism Ambassador of Tirana

Certificate of Participation on 'Cyber Camp Albania 2021'

Certificate of Attendance - POPRI INTERNATIONAL EUSAIR Youth Business Model competition

Several months of training on creating apps with low/no code with Adalo, concluding with the 'Hack for Albania' hackathon

Certificate of Completion of 'The Future of Mobile Development'

Successful participation on 'HackTirona' hackathon

Cerificate of completion - Paragraf Type Design Workshop

Globally Empowered Virtual Assistant

Contributor of Europe Code Week 2021

Successful participation in the 3-day training expanding knowledge in technology and entrepreneurship.

Certificate of Participation on '#FilloDukeKoduar'

Certificate of participation - JunctionX Tirana 2023

ARD Studios pitch on Startop

High school students of "Qemal Stafa", excellent promoters of environmental protection

Six Young Designers from the Western Balkans Create New Permanent Logo for the Berlin Process Summit

Using nuclear technology to address climate changes

Serving as CEO of Junior Achievement's Student Company "Reimajean", we were on a mission to create a sustainable, anti-fast fashion future by reimagining old jeans into high-quality tote bags.

Reduce, reuse, reimagine!

Reimajean

An offline music player app following Nothing's design language, developed by MissingCore, with original designs by me. 

Nothing Music

Collaborating with developer Daniel Choi to create a gallery app following Nothing's design language, by the community, for the community. 🐞

Nothing Gallery

Video from Qemal Stafa High School students to promote the program (RHAW) and awareness of water and environmental changes.

Hands Across Water

Set to be the biggest technological center in the Balkans, Piramida represents the future of Albania's youth, igniting the spark of innovation and creativity. It is going to be the new home of TUMO Tirana.

Opening this year, Piramida needed a visual identity, and this is my brand proposal (a runner up submission), combining the shape of the building, with its past, present, and future.

Piramida

Photos I've taken with my Galaxy S23 Ultra

Photos

Part of the creative team editing The Pyramid Podcast / Young Journalist Podcast, as a collaboration of Tumo Tirana and Albania Economia.

Video Editor

During my 3 weeks at TEYFF, from August to September, I have been helping the organising team with designs, branding, social media posts & stories, photography, videography, editing.

Visual Designer & Content Creator

Volunteer

A Nothing Community Insider Program participant, reviewing the latest offerings of the British tech company.

Community Insider

Contracted to design the UI for the website of the newest service of Cyber Morfosis, PRiM Solution.

UI Designer

Part of the 'UNYO' team as lead designer, we crafted Blite, an award-winning mobile application making education accessible for individuals with special needs, and not only, through interactive learning experiences, Al & AR driven sign language lessons, through mentorship and a supportive community.

Co-founder & UI Designer

Graphic Designer

Crafting brand identities in one of the most renowned design studios in Albania.