It’s Christmas time and if you have to get a gift for an architect, the list of possibilities includes some quite curious examples. In case you still haven’t chosen anything, take a look at our suggestions 🙂
Geomag
– Geomag is a constructive gaming system, comprised of nickel balls and short sticks with magnets, attached to both of their ends. With these two elements one can make innumerous combinations:
Bucky balls
A set of magnetic balls, which allow for many combinations to be made:
Lego
– Architecture LEGO includes several original sets, such as Fallingwater and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum by Frank Lloyd Wright:
Ant farm
Ant Farm is a special box full of transparent gel, which ants use for food; it allows one to observe the ant-made structures:
A Book
A book is always a good pick…here are some of our favourites:
– Structure in nature is a strategy for design
– The memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer
…Merry Christmas! 🙂
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Bucky balls убийствено!!!
check out these funky wee things at http://www.buckyballs.co.uk they are unputdownable. Now available in the UK
Hey!
Do you happen to remember where you got the picture from? Did it perhaps come with an instruction or did you build it yourself?
If you’re asking about the big geomag structure – it was created by Rafael Millán.
There are some astonishing works on his website: http://textodigital.com/P/GG/bchap.php
hope that answers your question