ZEB STUDIOS STORE BACK CATALOGUE

Premise: The Zeb Studios Project started as an opportunity for me to practice my CAD skills after year away from design. I attempted to recreate notable artefacts from the world of gaming, anime and comic books. After this I emulated a branding exercise from university, where I applied a brands style and heritage to un-associated product, like designing a Ferrari aftershave bottle. So I applied the visual style of the heroes from the recent blockbuster film Batman Vs Superman and constrained them to a Pokéball. I continued these redesigns, but with Pokémon and Digimon monsters. After establishing an online presence and interest in purchasing the designs, I decided to create an eCommerce store to sell 3D prints, poster prints and a 2017 calendar.

Crowdsourcing: I decided to take a step into the health & fitness world by designing an artistic kettlebell, fully articulated, weight balanced and ready for iron cast manufacturing. The unique selling point was that the product could be kept as an ornament representing peoples love for brands such as Pokémon, but also be a fully functional weight, cross-fit and cardio training tool. In order to establish capital for tooling costs I have decided to crowdsource the project and use my posters and 3D prints as ‘incentives’ for ‘pledges’.