ARTiSTORY brings together AI firm obode and the National Gallery

Art and cultural IP specialist ARTiSTORY has brought AIoT technology eco-brand obode, a member of China’s Midea Robozone, together with the National Gallery, London, to create a smart-robot vacuum cleaner featuring designs inspired by three great artists and supported with innovative digital marketing content.

The smart robot, obode P8, launching to market this spring, will be available to purchase online at Kickstarter. P8 is one of obode’s most advanced AIoT products, and is part of what Midea Robozone calls “the new wave of tech life”, combining technology and art.

As part of ARTiSTORY’s living artists programme, Finnish designer and illustrator Janine Rewell was commissioned to create new contemporary artwork for obode P8 inspired by three masterpieces in the National Gallery: Ambrosius Bosschaert’s Still Life of Flowers in a Wan-Li Vase, Claude Monet’s The Water-Lily Pond and Vincent van Gogh’s iconic Sunflowers. The three artists shared a fascination with nature and benefitted from advances in science and technology, such as the newly invented microscope which Bosschaert may have used to study the flowers he painted in detail. Images of the new artwork will be created as stickers to be applied to the robot cleaner by the customer.

The collaboration is being supported by a digital marketing campaign arranged and led by ARTiSTORY. This includes a film shoot in the National Gallery, bespoke narrative, and interviews with the artist Janine Rewell and the National Gallery Company’s B2B and Brand Licensing Director.

“This exciting collaboration is a great example of how ARTiSTORY’s licensing programmes can bring together cultural IP with cutting-edge innovative products and immersive digital storytelling content,” says Yizan He, CEO and Founder of ARTiSTORY.

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Kidrobot unveils new Dunny series with the Met including Monet and Hokusai-inspired designs

Kidrobot has unveiled the second series of Dunny Art Figures in the Kidrobot x The Met Collection.

The latest line of limited-edition 3-inch, 8-inch and 20-inch Dunny figures showcase pieces from Claude Monet, Katsushika Hokusai, Charles Demuth, and the worlds of Ancient Greek art and Ancient Egypt.

DUNNY is a collectable designer art toy created by Kidrobot and Tristan Eaton. Kidrobot has released collectable limited edition Dunny designer art toys and Dunny Series featuring designs from the world’s leading artists, graffiti artists, fashion designers, illustrators and iconic art legends.

The collection will be in stock online at Kidrobot.com, in The Met Store and select retailers late 2022. The designs are available now for pre-order on Kidrobot’s website: https://www.kidrobot.com/collections/kidrobot-the-met-dunny-collection