Form before color
A family changes how the object is built. Within each family, bodies, ears, openings, paws, suspended forms, or framing structures change too. A palette supports the sculpture.
POINTCAST · LUCKY CAT STUDIO · COLLECTION 001
Small sculptures.
Good company.
Sixty cats, built around eight families of form. Each has pointed ears, a quiet face, a raised paw, and a small token. The material and construction can change; the little good-luck gesture stays.
The research begins with the ceramic maneki-neko tradition, then studies how artists think about surface, space, movement, and color.
A collection you can follow
Every cat has a stable number, a name, material notes, and a visible unlock requirement. Choose exactly which cat to collect. Six milestone pieces reward sustained practice.
A little room to look
Inspect a piece, turn it on the desk, or pin it for later. Collection tiers describe the design, while actual ownership and unlock progress appear in words. Motion can be reduced.
Notes from the research shelf
- Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism · Tokoname maneki-neko — the recognizable ceramic beckoning-cat tradition.
- V&A · Lucie Rie — restrained vessel forms, glazes, and incised surface lines.
- Cooper Hewitt · Living with Memphis — playful geometric construction and combinations of materials.
- Cranbrook Art Museum · Barbara Hepworth, Square Forms — biomorphic form and the importance of an opening.
- Ruth Asawa estate · Sculpture — transparent, nested, plant-like wire forms.
- Calder Foundation · Standing mobile — balance and motion as parts of an abstract sculpture.
- The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation · Interaction of Color — how neighboring hues affect perception.
- Apple · Game Center design guidance — considered ordering, visible achievement progress, and clear completion states.
- W3C · Use of Color — give state a text or shape cue as well as a color.
These sources inform broad design principles. The cats are original procedural 3D objects, with their own forms and names. The catalog contains six Originals, forty-eight family studies, and six Milestone Pieces. Studies, Studio, and Signature are design tiers; all unlock paths are visible.