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The person or their representatives define the scope of the experience.
Living Icons · Official Editions
Official stories,told from the inside.
Icons enables living people to preserve, share, and monetize their own story. The Icon can record their memories personally or authorize family, representatives, or a trusted team to help, always under their editorial control.
Evaristo & Alexander Coronado · A real story
To his fans, a legend.To Alexander, Dad.
A jersey holds a match. His voice holds what it felt like. Evaristo and his son discover a new way to revisit those stories.
EVARISTO × ALEXANDERA demonstration of the conversational experience with Evaristo Coronado.
Presence, not imitation
This is not about copying a voice.It is about preserving it with permission.
An Official Edition is built with the Icon, never simply about them. They can tell and contribute their memories directly, or review contributions from authorized family members, representatives, and collaborators. Every answer comes from approved material and can lead back to its original source.
Authentic
The original voice and approved archives remain the source of truth.
Traceable
The experience can guide an admirer from an answer back to its source.
What the scoreboard cannot tell
Evaristo Coronado is one of Costa Rica’s most respected soccer legends. Known as the Gentleman of Football, he spent his entire 14-year club career with Deportivo Saprissa and represented Costa Rica 52 times.
182goals172 with Saprissa · 10 with Costa RicaSource: Deportivo Saprissa
182 goals tell us what Evaristo Coronado achieved. His stories reveal what he can still teach us.
“I knew his goals. But I learned more from Evaristo when he told me how he felt after not being selected for Italia 90 and named the people who helped him early on: Dr. Mario Celedón introduced him to Dr. Rodrigo Pacheco López, and Lic. Eduardo Mora Valverde, then at the University of Costa Rica, helped him negotiate his first contract.”— Jonathan M. · Account confirmed by Evaristo Coronado
Statistics preserve the result.Stories preserve the lesson.
An Official Edition exists to preserve what never appeared on the scoreboard: the experiences that can still help us believe, rise again, and become better.
First Official Editions
Three stories have already said yes.
Evaristo Coronado, Kenneth Paniagua, and Mauricio “Chunche” Montero have confirmed their participation. Their editions are now in preparation—not to repeat what everyone already knows, but to preserve what they can still teach us.
01Official Edition in preparation
182goals for Saprissa and Costa Rica
The Gentleman of Football
Evaristo Coronado
A Deportivo Saprissa and Costa Rica national team legend.
The scoreboard recorded his goals. His edition will preserve the decisions, disappointments, and people that shaped his career.
The question we want to preserve
“What can a footballer learn from the World Cup he did not attend?”
Public sourcesDeportivo Saprissa
02Official Edition in preparation
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Soccer as creativity
Kenneth Paniagua
A creative midfielder, champion with Herediano and Alajuelense, and mentor to new generations.
His game was remembered for nutmegs, flicks, and imagination. His edition can preserve how someone sees a possibility before everyone else.
The question we want to preserve
“Can creativity be taught?”
Public sourcesEverardo Herrera
03Official Edition in preparation
Italia 90Costa Rica World Cup player
From perseverance to leadership
Mauricio “Chunche” Montero
A defender from Costa Rica’s historic 1990 World Cup team, an Alajuelense symbol, coach, and mentor.
His story began with humble roots and a first pair of shoes; he reached the World Cup and turned that experience into guidance for others.
The question we want to preserve
“What do you learn before reaching a World Cup that no camera can capture?”
Public sourcesFIFACosta Rica Ministry of Justice and Peace
How it works
From an extraordinary life to an official edition.
Define
Before contributing Echoes, the Icon signs their contract and completes biometric identity verification through DocuSign. The Agreement defines their public Presence and Time Machine promotion.
Tell
The Icon reviews each Echo before saving it. During preparation, they may delete it until approving their complete Presence; finishing the questionnaire does not end that opportunity.
Organize
We connect people, dates, places, and themes without changing the story's meaning.
Authorize
Before going public, the Icon must review and approve their complete Presence, including its voice. Automated review of each audio does not replace this decision.
Publish and monetize
After the Icon’s approval, Time Machine must authorize publication under the Agreement. Once published, the Echoes will remain protected in the vault; later requests will follow the contractual channel.
If the archive does not contain an answer, the experience does not invent one. The original source never disappears behind the experience.
Memory with value
Their memories can also generate revenue.
An Official Edition can become paid experiences and authorized content for fans, media, brands, or institutions. The Icon retains editorial control, decides what may be commercialized, and shares in revenue under the terms agreed for their edition.
Premium access
Subscriptions or paid access to official stories, answers, and collections.
Special editions
Authorized thematic experiences, launches, and meaningful moments.
Partnerships
Sponsored or licensed content with clubs, media, brands, and institutions approved by the Icon.
No specific earnings are promised: the model, rights, and revenue share are agreed for each Official Edition.
A relationship built on trust
The Icon participates and remains in control.
- Tells their story firsthand
- May authorize family or collaborators
- Approves what is published and commercialized
- Shares in revenue under the terms of their edition
The admirer receives authenticity.
- Official stories
- Answers connected to sources
- New paths of discovery
- An authorized experience
Who can create an edition?
Living people. Stories still being written.
AthletesArtistsFoundersCreatorsPublic figuresCultural figures
From memory to archive · The Icons web app
One life.One story at a time.
You do not need to know where to start. The private Icons experience guides you through chapters and questions so you can record your story at your own pace.
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Living Icons · Official Editions
The first conversation begins with trust.
If you are the Icon, or you are authorized to help as a family member, representative, team member, agency, club, foundation, or organization, we would like to hear the story.