Good or Stupid idea?
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- nb10
- Beeswax3
make it a design yacht.
so you don't have to pay taxes for any income generated off the shore.
- since19792
not bad. probably a better idea than having a drive thru built into a design boutique.
but who knows till u try?
- monNom3
What problem are you solving?
- sureshot1
Stupid is as stupid does.
- John `lennon, 1961
- monNom2
^ I think sublets, coworking spaces, and work from home are all doing a pretty good job at that already. And they don't have to worry about lack of toilets, parking space, electricity, etc.
I'm gonna say bad idea, or too small of a market.
- freedom0
Design Bus
- shellie0
it could bd a good on set outpost for film/editing, categorizing footage, uploading dailies, controlling experiential graphics in a place that's not aheady set up for that.
I think there could be a market for such a rental with or without resources to run it. Id hit up ppl like Goldenvoice and AEG for events, production companies for movies and TV, ad agencies for commercials, and places like Quiote or Smashbox as an optional addition to for shoots. So many commercial shoots add extra shoot elements for web. i can see a lot of situations where it would be helpful to check, possibility manipulate to make sure what you have works and copy to drives before I leave. that process would literally save days. It would be a nice work station for a line producer and interns in the field. A mobile control room wild be great for small festivals.
Am i crazy?
- A friend of mine has a mobile recording studio - he's pretty busy with it. I would imagine that portable film-edit suites existGnash
- monospaced0
I think this could be a really great way to promote a design studio locally and find new clients. It's actually quite a good promotional "vehicle" in that sense. The design happening in the truck would/could be more for show, but it's fun and engages people, and who knows, it could lead to a meeting on the spot and new work.
- OP311
Good idea if the truck still serves food
- eryx1
I think it might be kind of a not so good idea. If you did get a gig for a short time with a firm you are still going to have to park the truck somewhere. Depending on where they are located you might have to work in the parking lot or on the street, someone might want you to pay for that somewhere down the line.
Also people might be knocking on the window and asking you all the time "what do you serve?"
If you went client direct then I could see it being a bit better as you would be on site for them to see your progress or to ask you questions. The downside for you would be that you are on site and the client would be constantly checking your progress and asking you questions.
- since19791
logos in 5 minutes or your money back.
- sofas0
mobile tattoo parlor
- scarabin0
digital artist android jones has a solar-powered van studio.
not sure why though
- cannonball19780
Fair point. Ok, idea tossed from brain.
- _niko0
So I have a busy day, get hungry but have little time for a sit down lunch, I head over to the food truck and grab something decent-ish on the go, back to my desk while I chow down and catch up on emails.
So I have a busy day, need some quick design work, little time for a sit down meeting with a proper firm, so I head over to the design truck and order a decent-ish logo and some business cards, head back to my desk and catch up on some mails and cry in my cubicle over what my life has become as I've just ordered design work from a food truck.
- doesnotexist0
could work if you displayed what you were working towards and and to continue working on this displayed project, people passing by could put in $$$
- mathinc0
A good buddy of mine started a video studio that he called 'More Burritos,' and worked out of a sprinter van in Los Angeles. I think it's a great idea for that use case because you can shoot on set, and work near your client while you edit.
The only drawback I saw was: even though he had 2 AC units it was still hot AF in the thing (he got a black van tho).
He ended up folding. But it was probably more a case of issues he was dealing with rather than it being a bad idea.
- omg0
where will you sleep?