Invention, intellectual property and income
The creation of this table design is thought for cartoonist or illustrators who would like to have a comfortable and functional table that, indeed, is connected for a infrared sensor to the chair to be able to alarm the subject when is more than one hour working, so the cartoonists will also improve their productivity with the Pomodoro technic.
The table has 16 pieces divided like this:
Attached to the outside legs are the rails that are connected to the motors that will push the drawer and the board up. Also, the board can be inclined in an analogical way.
The chair has 30 pieces divided like this:
The electronic system is composed by different board that control different part of the tables:
Less than half way done
There are different kinds of Intellectual Properties forms and licenses. Between them, I knew more about Creative Commons Licenses.
Creative Commons (CC) is an organization publishing several variations of the creative commons license. This allows you to configure your license to your needs and wishes, for example:
Between all these possibilities the one that can protect and get the people to improve the project but not get any benefit for it. Attribution-Noncommercial- allows to remix, tweak and build upon the original work non-commercially; also, the new works must be non-commercial and acknowledge the original work, but it is not necessary to license the derivative works on the same terms. It is important to recognize and value the work of others.
The picture below shows a preview of the cartoonist desk, materials and different techniques using during the process.
In the business plan to present the cartoonist table to the world must to be include the next table to clarify the advantages and disadvantages of the product and be clear:
Why is this important? A cartoonist or illustrator worker spend a lot of hours drawing, so the most important thing for them is to be productive and to be focus during a period of time, to fix this problem the set of table and seat has already set the Pomodoro system. Also, to be able to have a comfortable and clean area the gadgets like the mirror and the light box are hided but ready to use, so the cartoonist will save no time when it is necessary to copy or study a face expression.
How to reach the target? Nowadays there are many forum, meeting and comic con where could be possible to introduce the table and show them the possibilities of it. Contact the Illustrators Associations or cultural and art magazines like DON, Revista Orsai, etc., and write a review about the product and offer them to try and share their experiences.
How to get a foundation? Once the target is reached, we could be able to quiz and average the quantity and the valuable price. After that, the safe move it will be a crowfunding like Kickstarter, Indiegogo or Backerkit.