Thread by @dominiconorton

Random Idea #47

I’ve been on ArtTikTok recently doing duets adding my 2 cent sharing tech and business.

Here are my thoughts on insights Artist & Software Engineers ⬇️

Both artists and software engineers work tirelessly on their craft and its a never ending process

Both attempt to make connections between ideas others do not or can not

Where artists fail significantly more than SE is that SE understand nobody cares about your cool tech. They care what they can do with it. Artists believe because they worked to develop refined skills and are original that anybody cares.

Think about your favourite sneaker. Chances are it’s a comfortable sneaker that fits and doesn’t tear when you then THEN it’s really beautiful. Aesthetic is second to function.

Art in itself can have a metaphorical functional or signify status but the biggest opportunity is combining your art with something with a tangible function. A bag, a chair, a laptop case.

An opportunity for entrepreneurs with a good eye is to buy art with the rights to reproduce and print on the bag, chair, laptop case. To contract the artist to produce custom sneakers and to use your entrepreneurial talent to complement that with a memorable brand

Because artists, like traditional Software Engineers, are bad at business and understanding their audience and opportunities