Deliverables¶
GANTT¶
Slide show¶
Presentation¶
Story telling script¶
My sketches for the story telling session tell a story about my concept and what it looks like. Emphasis is put on inspirational content rather than lab action.
Cost Break Down¶
📊 Financial Model: Price Per Button (Cost Breakdown)¶
Context: * Batch Size: 5 buttons * Hourly Rate: €25.00 * Target Volume: 100 buttons/month * Margin Strategy: 400% Markup (Standard Luxury)
| Cost Category | Item Description | Calculation Logic | Recette Gélatine (Premium) | Recette Amidon/Bicarb. (Standard) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Direct Materials | Batch Ingredients | Batch Cost / 5 |
€ 0.21 – € 0.54 | € 0.06 – € 0.13 |
| Finitions & Protection | Est. Wax/Varnish cost | € 0.15 | € 0.10 | |
| Packaging (Unit) | Eco-tag/wrap | € 0.10 | € 0.10 | |
| Subtotal Matières | € 0.46 – € 0.79 | € 0.26 – € 0.33 | ||
| 2. Production Costs | Energy (Batch) | Batch Energy / 5 |
€ 0.02 | € 0.02 |
| Water | Negligible | € 0.00 | € 0.00 | |
| Subtotal Production | € 0.02 | € 0.02 | ||
| 3. Labor (Time) | Production Time | 2 hrs × €25 / 5 |
€ 10.00 | € 10.00 |
| Quality Control | 0.5 hrs × €25 / 5 |
€ 2.50 | € 2.50 | |
| Subtotal Labor | € 12.50 | € 12.50 | ||
| 4. Overheads | Fixed Costs Allocation | Monthly Fixed / 100 btns |
€ 12.50 | € 12.50 |
| 5. Total Cost | Cost Price (COGS) | Sum of above |
€ 15.48 – € 15.81 | € 15.28 – € 15.35 |
| Target Margin | Luxury Markup (400%) | x 5 | x 5 | |
| Final Selling Price | Cost × 5 |
€ 77.40 – € 79.05 | € 76.40 – € 76.75 |
VIDEO SCRIPT — PRODUCT USE¶
Duration: ~3 minutes¶
INTRO — MATERIALS APPEARING¶
0:00 — 0:30¶
VISUAL¶
Stop motion of raw materials and buttons appearing/disappearing.
- onion skins
- egg shells
- petals
- coffee grounds
- finished buttons
SOUND¶
Soft ambient sound. Light kitchen noises. Slow experimental music.
VOICE OVER¶
Once upon a time there was a creative studio. Everything it touched transformed into a button. Fragments studio was the name.
MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION¶
0:30 — 1:00¶
VISUAL¶
Slow stop motion transitioning from raw materials into finished buttons.
Close shots of textures.
VOICE OVER¶
It was like they played the lottery. Onion skins gave the color red. Potato starch gave concave shapes. Egg shells acted as a fillers the way bottox fills lips. Shredded textiles became a hard rough button surface while gelatin gave a shiny look. Dried flowers were left untouched inside buttons, forever looking… beautiful. Small brown cones of alder trees gave a rich brown color.
BUTTONS ON GARMENTS¶
1:00 — 1:40¶
VISUAL¶
Slow travelling shot on sewn buttons.
Macro close-ups of garments.
Hands touching fabric.
Buttons moving with the body.
HUMAN CONNECTION¶
1:40 — 2:20¶
VISUAL¶
Close ups of hands holding clothing.
Posing while cooking onions.
Posing with a chicken.
Posing under an elder tree.
Slow natural movements.
VOICE OVER¶
All around there was a story to be found, fragments to be assembled.¶
FINAL SEQUENCE¶
2:20 — 3:00¶
VISUAL¶
Alternating shots:
- buttons
- raw materials
- sewn garments
- shadows
- hands
- nature details
End on a still close-up of a button.
SOUND¶
Music slowly fades.
END¶
FABRICATION FILES¶
molds were achieved by using silicone and molding existing buttons so there are no fabrication files for those but I tried to lasercut out of PVC shaes that I drew1
attempted 3D printing but did not end up printing it, only designed
Fabrication files¶
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