What’s in this update?

1. Reporting on deliverables for my initial proposal (milestones 1+2)
2. New proposal for milestones 3+4
3. Potential opportunity with Metaverse fashion week

Reporting on the progress on my initial proposal

I have completed milestones #1 and #2 (Research + Design) for which I got funded in my initial proposal.

Here’s the final sketch for the collection’s 7 outfits, each of them inspired by a different noun which I liked:

I am making progress with patternmaking, modeling and rendering the outfits (milestone #3). Here is my process, if you’re curious:

I have also started testing prints (milestone #4), which I think the community has been really excited about (check out this Twitter thread!):

Roadmap & Progress:

1. ☑ Research - Inspiration board, material research, printing samples
2. ☑ Design - sketches
3. STARTED: Patternmaking/Rendering/Modeling - 3D modeling the sketches into 3D-printable files
4. STARTED: Print Testing - testing many different types of printers, configurations, materials etc
5. -> NEW (potential) milestone: Participate in Metaverse Fashion Week (MVFW)
6. Printing finals - printing the entire collection
7. Assembling - using different techniques (e.g. gluing, knotting, etc) to assemble the collection together
8. Photoshoot (with real-life models) - for press materials, websites, AR filter etc
9. Runway show - either invited to showcase at an event like nft.nyc, fashion weeks etc’
10. Marketing - prepare press kit, the collection get PR, is booked for events, and showcases galleries & museums

3DP research

I have a partnership with a lab where we create all kind of filaments for 3D-printing textiles. We will be developing special filaments for the collection’s color palette. More on this in the next update!

New proposal for: milestone 3+4 - Patternmaking, Rendering & Modeling, as well as continued Print Testing

I am working with 3 different experts for this part of the project:

• Patternmaking: I have partnered with Optitex, a leading fashion design software company, who are working with me on patternmaking for the colleciton free of charge.
• Modeling: I am working with a very talented modeler to turn my sketches and the patterns into 3D files that are printable.
• Rendering: I am working with a brilliant 3D designer to create beautiful renderings of the collection, to be used in the Metaverse, or with potential 3D-printable NFTs, and generally to market the collection in the digital realm.

Here is an example of what a model looks like (these files will be used for 3D printing):

Here is what Rendering looks like:

Here’s the budget for these milestones:

• Modeling 7 outfits (15 items): 7 ETH
• Rendering 7 outfits (15 items): 2.3 ETH
• Prints tests: 1 ETH
• My work (around 3 months) 7.6 ETH
• Total = 17.9 ETH

This would bring the project up to now to a total spend of 21.05 ETH (3.15 + 17.9), which is approx $63K in USD value. I now expect the total cost of the project to be around $100-150K, depending on printing costs and marketing costs (mainly photoshoot/runway).

Thank you all for the support. This must be one of the most exciting projects I have worked on!

Stay Nounish! Danit ⌐◨-◨