Great news. You can do it with us.
Here’s how it works :
1. We give you a theme and inspiration.
2. You design a product.
3. You send your idea to us.
4. We choose the best ones and put them into production.
5.You get famous.
The Theme – Connections
Jozi is a big city with loads of interesting people but we often don’t get to meet them because of our busy lifestyles and the high walls we live behind.
What if we could meet these people and find out their story? And then use their stories as inspiration for product design.
We have done a number of interviews of normal people in the area around us and found some really interesting stories. We’ve posted the first 2 here and will be posting more soon. Your task is to watch these interviews, find one that resonates with you and use it as inspiration for your product. Don’t like these ones? That’s cool, grab a camera, go nextdoor (or to the video shop, or the cafe down the road or wherever) and meet the locals – and capture it. Then use your own interview as your inspiration. Please can you also send the video to us so we can upload it and let it inspire others too.
What kind products of products do we want you to design?
Anything from furniture to crockery, clothing, accessories, goodies, etc etc etc – so long as they are inspired by the interviews. Please have look at our existing products to give you some idea of the kinda stuff we do. Please also bare in mind that while we don’t have a specific budget for the products, we don’t have limitless cash either. So if you are thinking of designing a car or a time machine, that’s cool but we won’t be able to make it – if it’s cool enough however, we will exhibit the idea (in written/scamp form) at the launch.
You could be famous
Goldmind is a creative conference we are launching with Dion Chang and Flux next year in Joburg, and where we will be launching these products – hopefully your product.
If your product is chosen, you and your thinking, process, scamps etc will be profiled along with your product and will be invited to Goldmind and to the VIP launch event. You will also be featured in our store, alongside your product. So get thinking.
What do we want from you?
To start off with we just want written ideas and scamps – whatever you think is necessary to portray and sell your idea. The more detail the better. The more thought out the better. Don’t take it to design stage just yet though – rather submit it and start designing properly once we give you the go-ahead. If your idea is chosen to be made into a product, you will be part of the producion process.
Ideas and scamps can be submitted to stuart@studio4332.com
Questions?
Contact studio4332 executive creative director Stuart Stobbs on stuart@studio4332.com
