{"id":35238,"date":"2015-02-20T18:21:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T23:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=35238"},"modified":"2018-01-04T15:53:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T20:53:30","slug":"gift-lab-build-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2015\/gift-lab-build-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift Lab: Build Your Own Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rocky<\/a><\/p>\n

Product:<\/strong> DIY Brooklyn Skyline Kits<\/a><\/p>\n

Research:<\/strong>
\nI think images of artwork are great. But I think videos of artwork being created are so much better. That must mean that GoPro videos from the perspective of the artist creating a piece are the best! At least that\u2019s my theory\u2026 which brings us to today\u2019s Gift Lab. I took you out to the beach in my last blog post<\/a> to demo a product. This time around, you\u2019re going inside my head to see something cool get built from the bottom up.<\/p>\n

Hypothesis:<\/strong>
\nOur DIY Brooklyn Skyline Kits<\/a> offer the chance for you to craft a mini version of two signature structures in New York, the Kentile Floors sign<\/a> and your ordinary rooftop water tower<\/a>. It caught my eye after I saw the two shots of custom designed water towers on our product page.<\/p>\n

\"DIY<\/a>
\n\"DIY<\/a><\/p>\n

Perfect product to test my theory with! First off, these are hot. Nice job Zero Productivity<\/a> and Atomiko<\/a>. But more importantly, I can gauge how well we\u2019re able to see something being constructed and designed, without spending hours on hours doing it. I haven\u2019t drawn anything in years. A lot of effort would\u2019ve been needed to produce something that gives my 5-year-old self some competition.<\/p>\n

I was also glad to see that two different versions of the kit existed. While doing research on best practices for filming (read: watching GoPro videos on Youtube<\/a>), I found it difficult to tell which GoPro dock to use for this; chest mount or head mount? So I bought both. I decided that I\u2019d use one mount for one kit and another mount for the other.<\/p>\n

Two DIY Brooklyn Skyline kits, two mounts, and one GoPro in hand later… the test was ready to begin.<\/p>\n

\"Testing<\/a><\/p>\n

Experiment:<\/strong>
\nI started with the Water Tower kit<\/a> first, for no other reason than wanting to get closer to fantasizing about being a graffiti artist. After I laid all of the cardboard pieces on the table as instructed, I strapped the GoPro chest mount on, pressed record and got to work.<\/p>\n