Digital designer Anthony Authié of Zyva Studio and visualisation artist Charlotte Taylor and have collaborated on an NFT auction of Architoys, a range of capsules containing fantasy architecture projects.
The aluminium capsules, which are the same size as an AirPods case, contain a watch-like mechanism that can display a series of images of virtual architectural environments.
They can also store digital images and data files relating to a fantasy project.
"We wanted to give people the opportunity to collect a one-of-a-kind architectural concept," said Authié.
"The idea was to create a small and precious object that can be exchanged from hand to hand, like Pokémon cards in the playground."
Top: Anthony Authié and Charlotte Taylor have created a range of fantasy architecture projects. Above: Villa Ortizet in an Architoys capsule The collectable capsules contain visuals and files of virtual projects the duo have produced over the last few years including Villa Ortizet and Neo-Chemosphere, two fictional dwellings the duo worked on together.
The former is a house set in the French countryside inspired by Authié's grandfather while the latter is a spaceship-style clifftop dwelling designed in homage to Californian architect John Lautner.
The duo have collaborated on virtual projects including Villa Ortizet
Authié will also sell three virtual designs created by Zyva Studio at the auction, which starts today at Foundation.app.
Based in Marseille, Authié d...