You may remember that we interviewed the guys at Studio Neat a while back (you can read the interview here). Well we’ve got an exciting development for you. Unbeknown to us they had been working on a new product behind the scenes and they just launched it as their 8th, yes 8th, Kickstarter campaign! The …
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Things We Like: Panobook by Studio Neat
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Inventor Insights: A Q&A with SNOOKS, the girls behind the FIRST Women’s British Outerwear Brand
Photo Credit: Beth Walsh | Susie Beere (left) & Sophie Kelly (right), co-founders of SNOOKS Version 22 fist came across SNOOKS a few years ago when they joined The Studio, the small business hub for Loughborough Graduates to develop and launch their business ideas that we were currently residents in. SNOOKS had entered The …
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June 2017: TV fame in China, the World’s Biggest Spreadsheet and a Yellow Jar
Though none of the team at Version 22 have been on an adventure to China this month (see last month’s post for that story), quite a bit has been happening nonetheless. Here are our choice highlights. TV Fame in China Earlier this month the Design Intelligence Awards (DIA) comittee told all entrants the exciting news …
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Kickstarter Series #12: Facebook & Kickstarter – How To Use The World’s Biggest Social Network To Supercharge Your Campaign
Kickstarter and social media go hand in hand. Actually, Kickstarter is even a social network in itself if you think about it… Through Kickstarter, people: – Chat about various hot topics – Like and comment on posts – Update others with daily/ weekly/ monthly goings on – Share images, videos, GIF and ideas – Recommend …
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Kickstarter Series #11: Soft But Not “Fluffy” – An Insider Guide to Soft Launching Your Crowdfunding Campaign
Last week saw the remaining lesson in how to create the heart of your campaign, the content. An integral part of any campaign, and the direct way to tell your story to your audience. EVERYTHING you do in you campaign points to this content and any marketing you create will be based from this. Once …
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Kickstarter Series #10: The Heart of Every Crowdfunding Campaign – The Content (Part 2 of 2)
Welcome back to Version 22’s Kickstarter How-To Series. Since the last lesson, we took a break from writing to work solely on bringing our Nimble campaign from idea to life, and so time for creating content like this had been put on hold for a while. Since we last saw each other on these lessons, …
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May 2017: A trip to China, a mayor, a catwalk and rain.
This month involved a trip to China, a Mayor, TV cameras and rain. This month was the Grand Final of the Design Intelligence Awards we mentioned in April. A coming together of 22 finalists from all over the world… which included Version 22 and Nimble. Starting in early May I (Simon) flew out via Hong …
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Nimble VS Human – The Story So Far
We originally designed Nimble for one purpose, opening food packaging in the kitchen. But since its humble beginnings a few years ago, and to this day, people using Nimble continuously surprise us with the creative uses for Nimble they’ve come up with. This was why we launched the Nimble Vs Human video series – to …
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Inventor Insights: A Q&A with Studio Neat, the guys behind SIX successful Kickstarter campaigns.
Dan Provost (left) & Tom Gerhardt (right), co-founders of Studio Neat I first came across Studio Neat and their products in 2010 when they launched their first Kickstarter campaign for the Glif, a tripod mount for the iPhone 4. At the time, Kickstarter was in its infancy and hadn’t really had anyone looking …
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EPIC Wrap Battle: Episode 01 – Envelope Race
Welcome to the first episode of the EPIC Wrap Battle Series. Nimble vs Human This week we battle it out in a race to see who can open all of the envelopes as quick as possible! It’s a close one, so you’ve got to watch closely to see who is the winner! Using Nimble may …
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What We Got Up To Last Month (March 2017)
March has been an exciting month for the team at Version 22 by any measure. It’s gone by in a blur of parcels, emails, trips and launches, and here we are in April without even realising it! Before we go any further; mentioning April reminds me of this brilliant April Fools sketch from the US …
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Things We Like: A Plastic Bag Made from Plants
Plastic bags are bad. Everyone knows this now. The carrier bag charge was introduced in all supermarkets in the UK in 2015 to reduce the number that were being used and disposed of each day. There are still however thousands upon thousands going into landfill every year, where undoubtably they take decades to disintegrate, often …
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