The shortcut to innovation is mixing technology and art

The idea behind this 10-part artwork series is to show Nikola Tesla in a close, unusual, and kind of weird setup where “old meets new” and “history meets the future,” together with some of the celebrities and important figures from the last century.

Each team member within the 3327.io team has been given the task to come up with a single figure/person (not knowing about this outcome) that they like for any particular reason. It could be a philosopher, musician, businessman, entrepreneur, actor, influencer — or pretty much anything else.

Once they named the person, one of our illustrators came up with these 10 unique works of art, putting Nikola and the influential figures in the joint activity. We could see them spending time on Venice Beach, in front of the CBGBs, in jail, at a standup show, playing a DJ set, or just protesting and dancing in the name of progressive change.

Web3 is all about that, and at 3327, we try to push the boundaries of what's possible today.

Nikola Tesla envisioned and established an ancient but novel exploratory remote transmission station (1901–1917), otherwise known as the Tesla (Wardenclyffe) Tower.

The tower showed a lot of promise, and it was expected to become a cutting-edge universal telecommunication system. Had the Tesla Tower been completely constructed without any interruption, Nikola might have managed to change the course of history once again.

To celebrate the greatest geek who has ever lived, we organized an illustration challenge. Illustrators and collagists from all over the world contributed to this collection. The idea was to portray Tesla Tower as a futuristic 3327 R&D laboratory, in which we would conduct research, design, and develop engineering innovations.

There are a bunch of easter eggs on each of the concepts portrayed in this collection, but that's up to you to find and explore! There are 5 copies in supply for every illustration, so each NFT is mintable for 5 lucky collectors.

The inspiration for this 27-part artwork came from the far east and Japanese culture. Driven by the Dōjō Kun - a list of five philosophical rules for training in the Dōjō we adopted as core principles for self-development in 3327, we want to celebrate our R&D achievements. As we grow in the context of innovation, research, and development, we award each of our teammates and collaborators with the NFTs from this collection.

NFTs are presented as collectible cards, with each card representing a different kata. In the real world of Dōjō, each kata is associated with a specific belt, describing what must be practiced and mastered to obtain the right to wear that belt. In our context, katas represent the level of personal accomplishment in the innovation-research process required to acquire a belt. As a result, each illustration has one character associated with one kata and a belonging belt (white, yellow, green, etc.)

This collection is about becoming and being true sensei in the novel art of innovations. Guided by higher moral, ethical, and life principles, we want to master our research and development process and inspire others to do the same.