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Synapse: A Lifestyle Platform for Singles

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// 2013/05/21

* (By location) issues around store space partnerships, leasing, and setup in city-center vs. suburban areas

* Issues around advance promotional (PR, awareness) activity

  / Brand via content like book clubs 


* Hiring — food, UX experts (consulting), education professionals, sales partnerships



// 2013

Cafe in the city -> offline content distribution: mobile, mobility 

                    -> QR code stickers, NFC stickers

                    -> Exchange point for book-club books



// 2013

Activating gatherings (positive perception from trend-setters): rooftop garden

                                                          Urban cafe + suburban cafe, on/off cross-market line


A 24-hour refuge, healing spot, waiting spot

: intellectuals, singles, individuals, freelancers, startups, knowledge workers, artists, students, women, solo entrepreneurs, people with disabilities, travelers, overseas Koreans, foreign workers, indie writers

: Example content — quotations, book clubs, movie trailers, music, news comedy, watching ads — branding




// 2013 

* Branding -> everyday art -> collective intelligence -> branding (loop)

* So what can we actually do? Coffee sales, alcohol, food, partner cafes, shop-in-shop, 

   design consulting, service consulting, clothing brands, education, space rental




// 2013/05/23

Free papers -> break away from the newspaper format, turn them into sticky notes or accessories, Pod nano

Diaries (Franklin planner)




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Periodic stretching alarm (Pomodoro)

Scan handwritten notes and convert to text



// Mission-based ad platform


      

This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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