First, there was a competition: specifically, the What-To-Print-In-3D? design contest, in which Planbureau studio won a Makerbot Replicator 2 capable of printing 100 micron resolution samples for the molds of their LOGIPLACES 3D concrete puzzles. So far, they've created 16 to 36 piece puzzles of San Francisco, Budapest, the Grand Canyon and Zermatt in the Alps.
Now, the firm has taken to Indiegogo to start an entire line of printed puzzles to, according to a press release, "create a product that can be completely custom-made to represent any chosen place, one with a great memory, someone’s hometown or a company’s headquarters and its surroundings." Contributors to the new campaign (which needs to raise $15,000 by mid-December) will be able to cast their vote on which place they'd like to see modeled next.
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I know we're not voting here, but I would cast one for Kyoto if we were. This puzzles are pretty cool, now if you could only figure out a way to get some color in them and you'd have yourself a finished product!
nice
Assembling models of the ruins of modern cities out of 3D printed plastic blocks?
Aside from the obvious irony, what am I missing?
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