My Kickstarter project for an open-source building toy
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Hi All,
Some of you may remember my posting here about Quirky selecting my building toy idea for development.
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=39607
Quirky eventually decided to go in another direction for a building toy.
Since what I really want is to have a building toy available that allows for the easy creation of highly-curved organic shapes I started a Kickstarter campaign to develop the toy as an open-source project.
If you are interested in this sort of thing please take a look.
Developing a 21st Century Open-Source Building Toy
Fred Bartels is raising funds for Developing a 21st Century Open-Source Building Toy on Kickstarter! We live in a time when architecture is increasingly sculptural. This toy will allow people to explore this new approach to building.
Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com)
Thanks,
Fred
PS For you SketchUcation old timers, I blogged about my latest design work here. http://fredbartels.posterous.com
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Reminds me of TinkerToys....
I'm down with it... I'm a backer.
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Thanks Kristoff! I really appreciate your support. Indeed similar to tinker toys, but without the fixed angular constraints.
I think your money is safe, as I don't believe I'll make the goal, but doing Kickstarter is a fun process, and I hope the project gets some more people thinking about new approaches to building toys.
Cheers,
Fred
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Kristoff,
I was looking through some of plans on your website, and especially the curved walls made me think if you are aware of hempcrete. It's quite an amazing building material that handles curves beautifully. This video provides a good introduction.
Thanks again, Fred
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