Duran Duran
Partnership Proposal · Confidential

The band that invented the screen.
Now let's invent the next audience.

You were first to the music video. First to bring giant screens to the stage. Spatial Port proposes the next first move: an AI-driven fan experience that carries a 40-year catalogue to a generation that hasn't met it yet.

1978
Pioneers since
2022
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Gen Z
The uncovered target
No rebrand
Innovation, not reinvention
The thesis

Duran Duran never followed technology — you arrived first. The music video, the concert screen, the visual spectacle. The opportunity now isn't a new look. It's a new way to be discovered.

  • The catalogue is timeless — the distribution isn't. The hits live on streaming, but discovery for under-25s happens through interaction, not radio.
  • The young audience is uncovered. Heritage acts win streams but lose the cultural conversation where the next generation actually lives.
  • You already own the innovator narrative. An AI-led fan experience is consistent with the brand — not a departure from it.
  • One studio, end to end. Strategy, design, 3D and AI under one roof — maison taste, engineering rigor.
Heritage of innovation

You put the screen on the stage.
Now let's put the band inside the feed.

From the first giant concert video walls to an AI-native fan experience — the same instinct, a new frontier.

Proof of concept · live demo

An AI host who knows the band — and never sleeps.

An interactive avatar that greets fans, tells the story, and answers in any language. Built on D-ID, trained on a Duran Duran knowledge base. This is the pitch, demonstrating itself.

Live · AI Host

She's prepared on the essentials and very prepared on a defined Q&A set, for example:

Q"Why are Duran Duran considered innovators?"
Q"What's their newest music in 2026?"
Q"Did they do a James Bond theme?"
Q"How would this reach younger fans?"

Background: the band's pop-art visual world. Voice & script approved by management before launch.

What we'd activate

Five moves to stay the innovator — and reach who's next.

AI and immersive engagement built on the heritage you already own. No rebranding — amplification.

01

The AI Host

An always-on avatar across web and social — tells the story, recommends songs, answers fans in their language. The friendly front door to 40 years of music.

Fan engagement
02

Catalogue, reanimated

Short-form, AI-assisted visual pieces that turn classic tracks into scroll-native moments for TikTok and Reels — discovery engineered for under-25s.

Young audience
03

The screen, reborn

You pioneered concert screens. We extend that into generative, real-time stage visuals and an immersive web experience that mirrors the live show.

Live heritage
04

Personal fan portal

A digital "passage" where each fan gets a personalised journey through the catalogue, eras and visuals — data you own, not the platforms.

Direct-to-fan
05

Collectible drops

Limited digital artefacts tied to tours and releases — refined, not gimmicky — giving younger fans a way to own a piece of the moment.

New revenue
The throughline

Every move reinforces one story: the first movers, moving first again.

The uncovered audience

They already hold the screen.
Let's give them a reason to point it at you.

Interactive, social-first, immersive — meeting the next generation where attention actually lives.

Who you'd work with

A small studio, end to end.

Three people who design, engineer and ship — concept to deployment, under one roof.

A

Alex Bellesia

Founder & CEO · AI & Strategy

Building with AI, immersive tech and spatial computing since 2014. Former CMO of a Palo Alto VR company (NBCUniversal, PwC, NATO, Swiss Post). AI lecturer, featured in Forbes & Yahoo Finance, backed by Blockchain Founders Fund and the CDP VC ecosystem.

in · linkedin.com/in/alexbellesia
F

Federico Francesconi

Business Development & Brand

Senior Business Development & Brand Executive at Pininfarina — the world's #1 design house. 17+ years across design, automotive, IT and business intelligence, with a focus on Web3, AI and immersive commerce. Wharton (Blockchain & Digital Assets) and Bocconi.

in · linkedin.com/in/federico-francesconi
E

Eric Alexandrakis

Music & Creative

2× GRAMMY-nominated artist, composer and music supervisor; owner of Minoan Music for 25+ years. Work spans Live Nation, AEG, Insomniac/EDC, MTV, NBC, Sony and Nike. The music-industry insider on the team. M.M. in Music Business, University of Miami.

in · linkedin.com/in/ericalexandrakis
Start the passage

Let's bring Duran Duran
to the next generation.

A focused first sprint: the AI host, live, trained on your story — and a roadmap for the rest.