🎬 DAO STUDIO (DST) — A Creative Systems Framework for Public Goods R&D

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Hi Gitcoin Community :wave:

I’m Parag Ramnathkar, a Creative Media Consultant exploring decentralized creativity and open research frameworks.
I’d love to share a concept called DAO STUDIO (DST) — a Public Goods–aligned research model that studies how creativity, systems thinking, and DAO coordination can be structured as open, modular frameworks.

:clapper: DAO STUDIO (DST) is designed as a creative systems research framework that helps DAOs and decentralized communities conceptualize, document, and communicate ideas more transparently.
It functions as a Public Good, offering an open, scalable model for:

  • :compass: Knowledge mapping & creative system design
  • :bulb: Structured creative decision-making
  • :link: Innovation storytelling across decentralized ecosystems

Its guiding principle: make creative intelligence modular, transparent, and open for collective use.

:earth_africa: Public Goods R&D Alignment

DST directly supports Gitcoin’s Public Goods R&D mission through three research areas:

  1. :bulb: Creative Systems Thinking – Building open models to help DAOs express identity, purpose, and value.
  2. :dna: Interoperable Design Language – Developing frameworks for reusable, open creative documentation.
  3. :handshake: Collaborative Authorship Research – Exploring decentralized co-authorship and creative IP mechanisms.

DST aims to bridge creative consultancy and public R&D through open, modular documentation, supporting Gitcoin’s ethos of knowledge-driven, non-extractive innovation.

:blue_book: Reference Materials

:page_facing_up: Attachment: DAO_STUDIO_DST_Public_Goods_RD_Concept_v1.0_2025.pdf
Reference Links:
• IPFS (Immutable Copy): Notion

• Notion (Full Proposal): https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/bafybeihltq7c7rmzqkyteo3p5lit7spcfvj3ta4mjwl76csea3fq26ibca

:speech_balloon: Open Call for Collaboration

I’d love to hear from community members researching DAO design, public media labs, and creative governance systems.
Your insights could help refine how creative research becomes an integral part of Public Goods R&D.

Thanks for reading :pray:
– Parag Ramnathkar
Founding Creative Media Consultant — DAO STUDIO (DST)
:link: LinkedIn