From unused wall space to a managed art program.
Space Coast Collection
- RESEARCH
- ANALYSIS
- ILLUSTRATION
- COORDINATION
- DOCUMENTATION
A Space Coast retail wall had room for art and no program to fill it. The Composition Group developed the commercial model, the collection, and the retail system as three related workstreams.
The full 27-piece collection is in production.
A program, not a purchase of pictures.
Commercial opportunity and operating-model development
Turning unused wall space into a managed art program: the partnership model, the program structure, and the operating questions each side needs answered.
Collection development, sourcing and production specifications
A 27-piece collection specified for manufacture, a request for quotation, and a comparison of the quotes that came back.
Retail display, sales and fulfillment-system development
The identification, labeling, wall signage, and checkout workflow that lets a wall of art be browsed and bought.
Studio 101 is a separate product line: TCG-designed, low-price framed open editions. It sits beside the Space Coast collection and is not part of its inventory. The 16 oils and 11 prints below are a different set of designs.
Contemporary coastal, sophisticated rather than touristy.
The art direction set the subject mix. The collection is 27 designs, each with a Master ID: 16 oils graded LOW, MEDIUM, or HEAVY for texture, and 11 prints, with size and orientation specified for every piece. The designs were developed by TCG, intended for production by workshop artists.
Five quotes, five different scopes.
RFQ TCG-091826, issued 18 Sep 2026, put the same requirements in front of every supplier. Five quoted between 22 and 24 Sep. Their scopes differed on frames, stretcher depth, freight terms, and impasto, so the quotes had to be normalized before they could be compared.
WHAT THE RFQ ASKED FOR
- Three finish options
- A delivered-duty-paid (DDP) request
- QC photos before shipping
- Materials and varnish disclosure
- Payment terms
FROM ONE DETAILED QUOTATION
- Rolled shipping declined for impasto pieces
- 3.8 cm stretcher unavailable; a 3 cm substitution needs written acceptance
- Mixed terms: oils DAP (about 50 days by sea), prints DDP (about 40 days)
- 30-day production
- 4 crates, 2.14 CBM
- Six quoted option combinations, $4,850–$6,029 (oils quoted DAP, prints DDP; import duties and clearance on the DAP portion not included)
- Oils subtotal, same quotation: $2,780
Terms and figures from a single quotation, not a program total.
One retail system for the whole program.
Identification, labeling, signage, and checkout were developed once as the program's shared retail system.
TWO-TIER IDENTIFICATION
A Master ID for each design and a permanent TCG ID for each physical piece.
LABEL SHEETS
Labels populated from a CSV and printed 12 to a sheet. A 100-label batch was validated.
ADHESION LESSON
Labels stick to wood frames, not to paint.
CHECKOUT AND SIGNAGE
A developed and tested workflow: a QR wall sign and item stickers lead to Square checkout.
What stage each piece of work has reached.
DEVELOPED
- Partnership model and program structure
- 27-piece collection specification
- Two-tier ID scheme and CSV label sheets
- Display, wall sign, and item sticker designs
QUOTED
- Five supplier quotations, 22–24 Sep 2026
- Quote normalization across differing scopes
TESTED
- Label workflow: a 100-label batch validated
- Checkout workflow: QR wall sign and item stickers to Square
IN PRODUCTION
- The full 27-piece collection
COMPLETED
- Specification set for 27 Master IDs
- RFQ package TCG-091826
- Quote comparison
What the work established
The project turned unused retail space into a documented commercial opportunity: a collection specification, supplier evaluation, proposed operating model, and retail workflow that can guide production and future expansion.