davn.studio

Our face mask production is now finished. We have the product and the demo of the packaging. We still have materials that we have to print for the packaging and unfortunately we have to wait until 17th of May because we can’t go out. 

After our prints and packaging is done we will have to do a photography for the mask and finally upload it to our Shopier store. 

As our packaging for the mask we preferred to use locked doypack. Inside of it we are putting a small card which is also working as a background for the mask. We are using this card as “thank you” card and informational card. Just as it is on our sticker packs we are saying “Bizi tercih ettiğin için teşekkür ederiz. Sosyal medyada bizi takip etmeyi unutma!”. There are usernames of our social media accounts on Instagram and Facebook. Also, we are saying, that our mask is not a medical product, it is an accessory, we are suggesting to use it on top of the medical mask, it can be washed in high temperatures and that it can be used a couple of times since it is washable. 

Also we are adding sticker on top of with our logo and QR code that goes to our Instagram account. 

A couple of months ago we’ve sent an application for CerModern Tasarım Pazarı which is going to be held on 29-30 May. We’ve sent the application even before we started to sell our products in their shop, a couple of days ago we’ve got an e-mail saying that we were accepted. The commission they are asking for is a little too much (%25 of the price), but we are going to arrange our prices accordingly. We are going to be there for two days, we hope our sales will go well. We plan to sell sticker packs, face masks and we also are planning to produce mugs and sell those as well. 

We started to work on our 30 seconds teaser video. We are planning not to show our products but use only keywords like “Bold, unique, creative, young and diverse” and combine them with relevant stock videos. We are imagining it as a high dynamic simple video. We’ve already decided on the music we are going to use, it is a stock music that we’ve found on Envato Elements. We liked it a lot. So maybe we can use a small part of the music just as McDonald’s is doing with its “ta-ta-ta-tataaa.”

You can listen to the song here:

Today something funny happened. A woman saying that she is the host of a program on TV8 sent us (DAVN Studio account)  DM message from Instagram, even though we have an e-mail [email protected] which is on Instagram, and asked us for interview. The TV Show she was hosting was called “Lifestyle” and it was a magazine program broadcasted on Sunday mornings till noon (typical magazine program). First we watched some YouTube videos from the show and it may be the most cringiest show we’ve ever seen (normal person would not go to such a program even if they pay him/her...). One of our friends told us that they might ask for money for the interview, but we were just curious about what are they going to say, so we replied. A couple of hours later they called us and said that they are going to shoot a teaser video for us, edit it and everything, they are going to do the interview to us, they will posts on their social media accounts, that they have 600.000 views and that it’s even better that we are not legal corporate company so we don’t have to pay KDV. And all they are asking for is 2750 Turkish Liras.

Our new face masks are going to be released this week! We printed our first 10 masks. Designs of them were inspired from the Sticker Pack we made ourselves, DAVN VOL 1. It is a black fabric mask and on the right side of it (on the cheek) it says “If you can read this, you’re too close.”, we believe that with this design we are also able to highlight the importance of social distance. Under the text there is DAVN Studio logo. 

These masks are not protecting you %100. These are usually used only as accessories which you can wear on top of your medical mask, this is why they are a little bigger than usual medical masks. Our face masks can be washed in high temperatures, it doesn’t harm the quality of the print and design. 

We haven’t totally decided on packages yet but, now it seems that the mask packaging is going to be either black or silver daypack, or craft envelope. On both we will have to add sticker with our logo, a thank you message, our social media information, and instructions to use the mask. 

It seems that DAVN Studio is finally releasing its new product, FACE MASKS! 

We finally found a print place that can digital print on the face masks in small amount. The smallest amount was ten face masks, so now we are printing the first ten. 

We still haven’t seen the masks, but we are fingers crossed waiting for them to be ready. We really hope that they will end up good, because we couldn’t find any place in Ankara that can print in smaller than 500 amount. 

We collaborated with a new artist Canned Mann and produced a new sticker pack with him. 

Unlike the other artist we have collaborated with this artist was the one who reached to us himself. He said that our brand was inspiring for him and that it would be a lot of fun to work with us. 

Unfortunately first we had to decline because he was working watercolor. And of course when you scan and print the watercolor work, it becomes not that effective as its original. We told him that we cannot work with him because of this reason, but a couple of weeks later he wrote again and said that he bought a digital tablet and that he is able to work digital now. Although it was a little risky for us to work with someone who is trying to draw digitally at the first time, we accepted to collaborate.

Not all of the designs he sent us were good. In some of them we couldn’t even understand what was that he drew. After talking with our instructor and advisor we decided that we have to eliminate some. We wrote to him that we will have a evaluation process made by our team, and that we will respond him. He sent us eight different drawings, one of these was unidentifiable, two were same (so we actually had seven different drawings) and one was skewed. We told him that we eliminated his drawings and chose five of them. We also sent him the ones we decided to use and ask it is okay for him. He said that it is okay, so we released the new pack. 

DAVN Studio Sticker Packs are finally sold in Cermodern Shop. As a group we are proud that we were able to reach out to one of the most popular modern art museum in Ankara. Since Cermodern is taking a commission of the sales, we had to sell every sticker pack for twenty liras there. So we also, did our sticker price on Shopier same, twenty liras. 

One of our coming social media posts. :)

Our products on the counter of Cermodern Shop. 

Counting the sticker packs. We brought 30 packs to the Cermodern Shop. Please let us know how many of them are there, if you ever go there. :) 

And lastly, a photo description of how we are spending minimum of 30 minutes to take a single photo. :/

We did collaborations with 5 different influencers on our Instagram page.

- @burcininbakimblogu

- @busraincikaya

- @dmlkklc

- @ozgebuyukbodurr

- @ireemcalisir

Last week we choose our advisor, Boran Aksoy. For now on we will ask for his advises a lot. :) 

Davn Studio is a brand that promotes and supports young artists and designers by making collaborations with them and using their designs in products Davn produces. 

Davn also does collaborations with brands already operating in the sector. Usually these brands are the ones where Davn may be able to promote the artists in collaboration. By doing collaborations with brands Davn also gives the opportunity of supporting artists to the brands. 

The name Davn comes from the phrase “being down for something” which means “to like something a lot”. (Sometimes you can see Davn using “Are you Davn for us?” as its brand motto. :) ) 

WHERE CAN YOU FIND DAVN?

You can find Davn on social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook by username @davn.studio , and their shop www.shopier.com/davn . 

Or you can just scan the QR code below with your phone camera ;)

DARIA NAKATOVA Social Media & Communication

Daria was born in Ukraine, in 1999. She completed her education in Ankara, Turkey. Currently she is studying in Bilkent University Communication & Design department and working part-time at Dantatsu Creative Agency. In DAVN, Daria is responsible of social media management and communication strategies of the brand. 

PINAR KEREM Product Photography & Videography