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Ukraine
The DAO is considering donating to Ukraine in some way, as far as I know, nothing concrete has been decided yet.
Noun Poems physical book
It’s finally here! After teasing for a long time, Magpie the Noun Poet finally released the physical book of Noun Poems! Buy it here.
New Japanese channel!
I sadly can’t understand the conversations but it looks like the channel has been very active since its beginning. Welcome friends!
The Nouncil
A newly set-up collective of builders and noun-extension representatives that will represent a voice of the community via delegated nouns.
A multisig has been set up, ENS and domains bought…
There is also a newly added channel nouncil-votes for their off-chain voting.
The full list of Nouncillors can be found here.
Community
The Nouniverse
Brandon teasing with new images.
Nouns Athletes signed Joe Atkinson as the first athlete to represent Nouns. He is a three-time aggressive in-line skating world champ and has already begun planning his next trip. You can watch him here.
Nounish screensaver.
Nouns inspired Twitter banners.
Night Run video game with Noun models.
Nouns Domains - metamonk has acquired a lot of .wtf domains which he wants to give freely to nouns contributors.
Grinderz game from Gnars.wtf is coming in a few days.
Proposal Ideas
Funding a vlogger to support locals in underdeveloped regions while traveling the world. Discord.
European movie that could feature Nouns. Discord.
Platform to teach people crypto basics and reward them with free Noun NFT. Discourse.
Store/gallery featuring nouns glasses in RTFKT. Discord.
A podcast with each Nouner so the community can get to know them and their unique talents. Discord.
Nounsbnb. Create themed short-term vacation rental based on Nouns brand. Themed Airbnb’s are the perfect way to turn a product into an experience. The point of the themed short term rental is to forget about the world beyond the walls around you and immerse yourself in a new experience. Discourse.
Projects
Studio1
Tooling model arrived at the production office , Next is wax molds. and tooling. Very exciting . - Bigshot Klim
Skatepark
The proposal is finally on-chain.
Founded by Tony Hawk, The Skatepark Project (TSP) is a nonprofit organization working to increase access to outdoor recreation and free play through the creation of safe and inclusive community skateparks.
This proposal requests a total of 23.72 ETH upfront from the DAO to fund the entire project.
12.60 ETH: Parts and Tools for 300 skateboards (wholesale cost + shipping) [TSP]
7.69 ETH: Donation to The Skate Park Foundation [TSP]
1.93 ETH: Events & Coordination (parts ordering, volunteer board build, and board give away) [TSP]
1.00 ETH: Skate Deck Contest Prize Money (10 x .10 ETH) [Oni]
0.5 ETH: Oversight, Design & Supply die-cut vinyl stickers, Gas [Oni]
Free Glasses For Kids
Prototypes of clip-on noggles.
Grants And Retro Funding
New Twitter account dedicated to this project.
Full list of Nouns DAO small grants.
Prop House
Skulpture from Mark Graeffe is ready for a photoshoot!
3D Printed fashion
DANIT has completed the milestones from the first proposal and is now proposing the next steps. Discourse link. Discord link.
Roadmap & Progress:
✅Research - Inspiration board, material research, printing samples
✅Design - sketches
STARTED: Patternmaking/Rendering/Modeling
STARTED: Print Testing - testing many different types of printers, configurations, materials etc
→ NEW (potential) milestone: Participate in Metaverse Fashion Week (MVFW)
Printing finals - printing the entire collection
Assembling - using different techniques (e.g. gluing, knotting, etc) to assemble the collection together
Photoshoot (with real-life models) - for press materials, websites, AR filter etc
Runway show - either invited to showcase at an event like nft.nyc, fashion weeks etc
Marketing - prepare press kit, the collection get PR, is booked for events, and showcases galleries & museums
Nouns Center
Update! Youtube link.
Highlights:
sorry for the delay (busy w/ lost nouns launch)
added filter for Projects
let me know your thoughts on categories
office hours coming back!
the update is live: https://nouns.center/projects
Marketplace
The goal of this project is to create a Nouns marketplace for originals and derivatives projects.
Why?
Create a free marketplace for secondary sales of Nouns.
Facilitate the derivatives ecosystem: make it easier to search and discover the Nouns ecosystem.
Build distribution for the NounsDAO: build community and liquidity that NounsDAO can use to potentially curate in the future.
Coloring Book
The competition is over, waiting for the winner's announcement.
Space Noun
Help us choose the right noun to represent us in the space - survey by DANIT.
Nouns Sunglasses
Update #2 :
Packaging design finalized, prototypes in progress.
Found 2-tone lens manufacturer
Product Reveal Video Progress
Nouner section
Nouns Weekly Call:
Unfortunately Oni was not present on this week’s call so we have no notes :(
Proposals and ideas:
CoinCenter dinner - looks like Nouners are in favor - link.
Noun sales
New nouns from this week:
Average auction price: 65.5 ETH
OpenSea floor: 74 ETH