THE FIRST PHYGITAL DESIGN STUDIO
Make manufactured goods unique
Redefine the uniqueness and sustainability of manufactured goods.
By leveraging the power of Web3 and advanced technologies, we enable brands to transform standard products into exceptional items that stand out for their individuality and environmental responsibility.
PROBLEM 1/2
In today’s manufacturing industry, the prevailing challenge is the
ubiquity of standardized products that lack individuality, uniqueness and that offer poor sustainability performance.
Subtractive manufacturing processes produce items that, while
identical in efficiency and function, fail to meet the growing consumer
demand for uniqueness and environmental responsibility.
PROBLEM 2/2
Furthermore, the absence of product traceability and detailed
materials information hampers efforts towards sustainability, making
it difficult for products to be resold, repaired, remanufactured, or recycled effectively.
This scenario contributes to environmental degradation and overlooks
the potential for meaningful customer engagement through unique and long-lasting product experiences.
MISSION STATEMENT
Unum Solum, empowers brands to create deep customer
engagement and embrace the future of manufacturing,
where every product has a story, a physical and digital
identity.
WE MAKE GOODS UNIQUE.
Our innovative approach combines physical and
digital product ownership certification through digital product
passports, ensuring every item not only has a distinct
aesthetic but also contributes to a Circular Economy.
How?
By making key products information such as production
history, material footprint, repair/remanufacturing/recycling
techniques accessible, authenticated, in the digital passports
we enable the products’ multiple lifecycles and materials
cascading use across industries.
ONE LOOK AND YOU CAN TELL IT’S UNIQUE
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW : THE CONCEPT
We start from a simple idea :
If we know what is a product made of, we can easily reuse, repair it, remake it, recycle it.
Therefore, key product information must be easily accessible, visual and authenticated
Traditional manufacturing
Shape and surface patterns display limited information ex: mold batch, certifications
UnumSolum customsingularization
Shape and surface patterns display enchanced information, ex: components material, environmental score, user manual, use state,
disasembly method… and a lot of more
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW : INSPIRATION
Our software solution singularizes the surfaces, shapes of batch produced products with visual patterns and metadata to identify the products on a blockchain.
Our solution empowers brands to design and produce products that
are truly made to last. The longer a product and its components are
in use with multiple users, in multiple lifecycles, the more value can be created for the end-consumers, the producers and all the economic actors that will engage in the product’s life extension through customization, modularity, upgrade, repair and remanufacturing activities.
Our solution also offers the potential to scale distributed and shared
manufacturing within and across industries. Through product and
component materials transparency and authenticated ownership
accessible in the products’ digital passports, cross-industry
manufacturing can be deployed, at scale.
We anticipate a near future in which our phygital solution will
empower electronics consumer goods to share components, their
CAD files, product passports and work on standardized parts to cycle
within their production units and with other manufacturers.
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW : PROCESS
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1. SET OBJECTIVES
2. SELECT PART(S) FOR PATTERN CUSTOMIZATION
3. CHOOSE THE ADEQUATE PATTERN
4. CHOOSE METADATA
5. GENERATE PARTS
6. FINALISE PHYGITALPRODUCT SERVICE - SYSTEM
7. LINK THE PRODUCT AND ITS DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORT TO MANAGE THE ASSET
A turnkey 7-step process to seamlessly integrates physical products with digital assets, making products unique without requiring web3 skills.
We generate unique 2D / 3D CAD files with associated metadata, finalizing the phygital product service system with a user web portal and packaging. We then link the products to their digital product passports and setup the assets management process with options for users with or without web3 wallets allowing the customers to create accounts and access their products’ digital passports with a simple email.
We are ‘platfom-agnostic’ and we are currently partnering with Certhis to create digital product passports.
Certhis covers a certain number of blockchains compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) such as Ethereum itself (ETH), but also the BNB Chain (BNB), Avalanche (AVAX) or even Polygon (MATIC).
It is perfectly possible to deploy a collection of NFTs on multiple blockchains at the same time.
More details on : unum-solum.com/overview-process
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW 3/3 – use case n°1 Knife
Serie of hundred unique knifesÂ
Unique pattern (from knife) applied on pack QR code on packaging to access the product passport
Parcelles Pattern 1/540 variants
Toxified Pattern 1/220 variants
Unique experience unique packaging
Web2 product portail mockup :Â
unum-solum.com/ap-lefrancais00-2
TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW 3/3 – use case n°2 Ledger swivel
Rarity rules applied to serial production and encapsuled in metadata.
More than 2000 uniques units mintable and available on demand, discover more at: swivel-covers.unum-solum.art
Diamond PATTERNS
SharpSquare PATTERNS
HEXA PATTERNS
PARCELLE PATTERNS
Discover the project :
swivel-covers.unum-solum.art
MARKET OPPORTUNITY
Luxury market is a €1.5 trillion
addressable market
 The market opportunity spans across the premium and luxury consumer goods markets, including jewellery, watchmaking, kitchenware, clothing, footwear, furniture and premium artisan craftmakers, which are sectors highly receptive to the integration of unique, sustainable, and digitally augmented products.
Our blended phygital experiences with sustainability credentials, aligns well with these market dynamics.
By offering custom generative patterns and digital product passports through NFTs, Unum Solum provides a unique value proposition to luxury and premium goods manufacturers, including artisan craftmakers.
With luxury consumers increasingly focusing on the sustainability and ethical sourcing of their purchases, Unum Solum’s solution enables brands to differentiate in a competitive market.
The emphasis on digital product passports powered by blockchain technology for product authentication and lifecycle management meets the luxury market’s needs for innovation, security, sustainability and exclusivity.
The luxury market’s growth trajectory into 2024 and beyond indicates a fertile ground for our phygital product offerings. As brands seek to cater to a discerning clientele that values uniqueness, craftsmanship, and sustainability, our technology and service model offer an attractive pathway for luxury and premium goods brands to innovate and grow sustainably.
Business plan – 2024 –
Phygital Design services
Targets: SME’S. EU + US + Canada
Addressable global market: 1.5 trillion euros
Market share target 0,00001% or 150K euros
Turnover target 150 K euros (conservative)
OPEX 90 K euros / year (3 FTE / Founders)
CAPEX 5 K euros / year
EBITDA target 20 K euros / year (conservative)
Markets:
• Upscale / high-end consumer goods producers, fashion
industry, lifestyle brands (watches, kitchenware,
jewellery, clothing, fashion accessories).
Offer:
• Turnkey solution (7 steps process)
• Product passport account abstraction and zero-
knowledge proof protocol (Q4 2024)
Business model:
• Service fee
• Royalties on mint (1% on all products’ digital passport mint.
0.5% for minting + 0,5% for carbon / biodiversity compensation
through RegenNetwork.
Business plan – Pricing 2024 (2025/2026 tbc)
Discover 3.0
Business model: service fee
From 25 K euros exc tax/product.
Web3 commission on all product sales: 1% on all products’ digital passport mint.
• Product CAD files available.
• Pattern to adapt available in Unum
Solum library.
• Metadata encapsulation per file
(30 work hour basic package)
3 weeks delivery target
Evolve
Business model: service fee
From 55 K euros exc tax/product.
Web3 commission on all product sales: 1% on all products’ digital passport mint.
• Product CAD files available.
• Metadata encapsulation per file
• Tailored pattern design
(product uniqueness ratio, pattern uniqueness)
• Web3 to Web2 bridge (secured
branded webpage for customer access to the product’s digital passport)
(50 work hour basic package)
6 weeks delivery target
Transform
Business model: service fee
From 85 K euros exc tax/product.
Web3 commission on all product sales: 1% on all products’ digital passport mint.
• Product design (CAD file, pattern)
• Metadata encapsulation per file
• Business model design
• Web3 to Web2 bridge / portal design
(90 work hour basic package)
9 weeks delivery target
Business plan – 2025 – Phygital Design services + DApp + API
Targets: SME’S. EU + US + Canada + SEA (English speaking)
Markets:
• Upscale / high-end consumer goods producers,
fashion industry, lifestyle brands (watches,
kitchenware, jewellery, clothing, fashion accessories) +
furniture
Offer:
• Turnkey solution (7 steps process)
• DApp for end users to authentify products through
photographic identification.
• API (Q4) for producers to follow their products multiple
lifecycle(s)
Business model:
• Service fee
• DApp per user fee
• API integration fee
• Royalties on mint(1% on all products’ digital passport mint.
0.5% mint + 0,5% carbon/biodiversity compensation
through RegenNetwork)
Addressable global market: 2 trillion euros
(furniture market alone 550 billion USD)
Market share target 0,0002% or 4 million euros
Turnover target 3 M euros (conservative)
OPEX 1,2 M euros / year (9 FTE 6 sales-3 founders)
CAPEX 250 K euros / year (DApp+ API)
EBITDA target 1,55 M euros / year (conservative)
Business plan – 2026 – Phygital Design services + DApp + API + CAO / PDM plug-in
Targets: SME’S + MNC’s + PDM providers. Global English speakingng.
Markets:
• Upscale / high-end + midscale consumer goods
producers, fashion industry, furniture + consumer electronics
• CAO/PDM software providers (Autodesk, Dassault Systems,
etc.)
Offer:
• Turnkey solution (7 steps process) + DApp for end users
• API for producers (follow their products’ lifecycle(s))
• ERP systems integration for data collection and analysis.
• CAO and PDM systems integration enable phygital product
design at scale for all product design processes in all
industries.
Business model:
• Service fee
• DApp per user fee
• CAO / PDM licence + user fee
• Royalties on mint(1% on all products’ digital passport mint. 0.5%
mint + 0,5% carbon/ biodiversity compensation through RegenNetwork)
Addressable global market: 3 trillion euros
(furniture market alone 550 billion USD, consumer electronics 990 billion USD)
Market share target 0.0005% or 15 million euros
Turnover target 10 M euros (conservative)
OPEX 5 M euros / year (30 FTE:15 sales/15 Dev.)
CAPEX 2 M euros / year (ERP+PDM)
EBITDA target 3 M euros / year
Impact on sustainability
Sustainability is at the core of our solution
We enable products extended lifecycles by providing secure
access to trustworthy product information through the digital
product passports
This innovative approach facilitates repair, remanufacture, and
recycling activities by providing detailed product information
hosted on public blockchains to post-sale markets
Second-hand, repair, remanufacture actors can access
authenticated, verifiable, secure information about products
and their components. This is the missing element to scale new
business models based on the ‘use value’ of products and their
multiple lifecycles and materials cascading use and cascading
value across industries
Through this information lever, Unum Solum helps reduce material
footprints and product GHG emissions, aligning with Circular Economy principles and fostering a shift towards more sustainable production and consumption models in various industries, including luxury and premium goods markets.
Brand Growth and Feedback
Unum Solum has initiated collaborations with artisan producers
and launched a Ledger swivel collection on NFT marketplaces to
gauge market response and validate the commercial and technical
viability of their solution.
This engagement strategy has provided valuable feedback,
indicating a strong market interest in the integration of phygital
solutions for unique and sustainable product offerings.
Through these initiatives, Unum Solum is not only raising
awareness but also refining its approach based on direct insights
from its target audience, laying the groundwork for brand growth in
both the luxury and premium goods sectors.
Future goals and Vision
We go fast to build ‘things’
We are the first phygital Design agency to pioneer the application of NFTs for digital product passports.
Turnkey product customization through surface and visual patterns (2D/3D)
Web3 to Web2 digital product passport bridge
Q4 milestones:
Zero-knowledge proof protocol
Digital Product passport account abstraction
Cross-platform availability (Certhis, Arianee, Niftykit, etc.)
DApp for consumers to verify products history, status, authenticity
API for producers
ERP integration for producers
CAO/PDM plug-in for integration with leading vendors (Autodesk Dassault Systems, etc.)
Our phygital product singularization and digital product passport deployment process is the recognized benchmark to create products in the 21st century.
ABOUT US
Forward thinkers passionate about innovation, art and disruptive DESIGN
Hugues TOUZOT
UNUM SOLUM – CEO
Hugues is in charge of the creative and strategic direction of the agency.
20 years+ experience in industrial design, product design, service design across industries.
Deep knowledge of the needs, demands, constraints of product design and manufacturing. Hugues explores the potential of Web3 for manufactured goods. He combines use, brand, environmental impact and production constraints to offer organizations desirable and responsible products and services.
Founding partner at DiciDesign.
Fabrice SORIN
UNUM SOLUM – COO
20 years+ experience in management, procurement, operations, business transformation, consulting in service industries.
Circular Economy MBA (Distinction, Bradford, UK). xplores 21st century business models and how the Circular Economy ‘use-value’ can be deployed at scale through phygital products and business models.
Head of research and education at Circulab
Romain LORTHOLARY
UNUM SOLUM – CTO
Romain is in charge of the technological development.
20 years+ experience in web design.
He explores the web 3.0 possibilities from decentralized finance to functional NFTs to understand their profound economic, technical and social implications.
His interest in the history of cypherpunk nourishes his conviction in favor of the decentralization and democratization of digital technologies.Â
Founder of Abalone studio.
Thank you for your time
Hugues : +33 6 26 82 15 89
Fabrice : +33 6 12 34 50 36
Romain : +33 6 79 02 47 48
contact@unum-solum.com
Natural resources are finite. Fact.
Businesses will keep producing goods. Fact.
Consumers will keep consuming goods. Fact.
To create products fit for the 21st century you need to
produce less volume, and create more value for the
users, the consumers whilst respecting the planetary
boundaries.
To do so, you need to make products that last, a very long
time.
To do so, your products needs to be modular, repairable
and have multiple lifetimes.
To do so, you need authenticated, trustworthy information
about the products, their components, the materials.
To do so, you need the digital passport of your physical
products.
We empower you to create these future-fit products. Simply.
www.unum-solum.com