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Platonic Love is a 11 piece NFT collection featuring visuals by Esteban Diacono, a motion graphics designer from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and original music by Mike Shinoda.^[1] It was debuted on March 29, 2021 through Nifty Gateway.

Background

Mike Shinoda said the duo started talking through Instagram DMs.^[2]

The project was announced on March 19, 2021. Esteban Diácono wrote, "Very happy and very excited to announce "Platonic Love", a collaboration between myself and the the great Mike Shinoda. We'll be debuting our first collaboration on March 29th, exclusively on Nifty Gateway. "Platonic Love" is a humble homage to 3D Graphics and how I fell in love with the art and the craft. The collection features original compositions and sound design by Mike Shinoda, who through his music, added a whole new dimension to the visuals. March 29th, only Nifty Gateway."^[3]

Release

The initial release of Platonic Love happened on March 29, 2021 through Nifty Gateway. It is presented as 11 videos in mp4 format, each with an average duration of 40 seconds and containing a different instrumental song made exclusively for the video. The collection is categorized into three 3D Test objects, Five Platonics and three Open Editions. The 3D Test objects are "The Cornell Box", "The Stanford Bunny" and "The Utah Teapot" which were limited to 1 unit each, while the Five Platonics are the solids, limited to 15 each.

"On A Budget", "At The Frathouse" and "With Honors" were released as Open Editions, meaning the platform allows for up to 9999 purchases of each piece. However, there was a time limit and they were only available for 5 minutes. Each piece is composed of all Five Platonics with the same mechanics but visually different and featuring different music.

An additional 50 seconds piece titled "A Lot Of Platonic Love" was sold for $1 starting on June 8, 2021 at 2 PM ET exclusively for holders of Platonic Love pieces. It was limited to 20 units.^[4]

Track Listing

Platonic Love

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	The Cornell Box	Mike Shinoda	0:40
2	The Standford Bunny	Mike Shinoda	0:40
3	The Utah Teapot	Mike Shinoda	0:40
4	Thetra	Mike Shinoda	0:40
5	Hexa	Mike Shinoda	0:40
6	Octa	Mike Shinoda	0:40
7	Dodeca	Mike Shinoda	0:42
8	Icosa	Mike Shinoda	0:40

Platonic Love Open Editions

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	Platonics: On A Budget	Mike Shinoda	0:40
2	Platonics: At The Frathouse	Mike Shinoda	0:40
3	Platonics: With Honors	Mike Shinoda	0:40

Reward Drop

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	A Lot Of Platonic Love	Mike Shinoda	0:50

Gallery

Artwork
Platonic Love
Platonic Love
A Lot Of Platonic Love

External Links

Platonic Love: Nifty Gateway
Platonic Love Open Editions: Nifty Gateway
A Lot Of Platonic Love: Nifty Gateway
Esteban Diacono x Mike Shinoda: OpenSea

References

[1] Mike Shinoda on Instagram: “Coming to @niftygateway in one week /// visuals by the incredible @_estebandiacono /// audio by me #nft #nftart #blockchain”, March 22, 2021

[2] Mike Shinoda YouTube Q+A (March 30, 2021) - Newswire - Linkin Park Live, March 30, 2021

[3] Esteban Diacono / diaconoesteban.eth / on Twitter: "Very happy and very excited to announce "Platonic Love", a collaboration between myself and the the great @mikeshinoda. We'll be debuting our first collaboration on March 29th, exclusively on @niftygateway. https://t.co/Obt23o46DJ" / Twitter, March 22, 2021

[4] Esteban Diacono / diaconoesteban.eth / on Twitter: ""A Lot of Platonic Love", a reward mini drop for holders of last March collection. 20 editions, $1 each, featuring original music composed by @mikeshinoda from @linkinpark. JUNE 8th, 2 PM ET. You MUST own a piece from "Platonic Love" to enter. @niftygateway https://t.co/TbWbPfR59n" / Twitter, June 5, 2021

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 The initial release of ''Platonic Love'' happened on March 29, 2021 through Nifty Gateway. It is presented as 11 videos in mp4 format, each with an average duration of 40 seconds and containing a different instrumental song made exclusively for the video. The collection is categorized into three 3D Test objects, Five Platonics and three Open Editions. The 3D Test objects are "The Cornell Box", "The Stanford Bunny" and "The Utah Teapot" which were limited to 1 unit each, while the Five Platonics are the solids, limited to 15 each.
-"On A Budget", "At The Frathouse" and "With Honors" were released as Open Editions, meaning the platform allows for up to 9999 purchases of each piece. They were only available for 5 minutes. Each piece is composed of all Five Platonics with the same mechanics but visually different and featuring different music.
+"On A Budget", "At The Frathouse" and "With Honors" were released as Open Editions, meaning the platform allows for up to 9999 purchases of each piece. However, there was a time limit and they were only available for 5 minutes. Each piece is composed of all Five Platonics with the same mechanics but visually different and featuring different music.
 An additional 50 seconds piece titled "A Lot Of Platonic Love" was sold for $1 starting on June 8, 2021 at 2 PM ET exclusively for holders of ''Platonic Love'' pieces. It was limited to 20 units.<ref>[https://twitter.com/estebandiacono/status/1401139616451858435 Esteban Diacono / diaconoesteban.eth / on Twitter: ""A Lot of Platonic Love", a reward mini drop for holders of last March collection. 20 editions, $1 each, featuring original music composed by @mikeshinoda from @linkinpark. JUNE 8th, 2 PM ET. You MUST own a piece from "Platonic Love" to enter. @niftygateway https://t.co/TbWbPfR59n" / Twitter], June 5, 2021</ref>