Two years ago, Hungarian firm Planbureau successfully crowdfunded LOGIFACES, a versatile concrete puzzle that allowed users to create numerous topographical landscapes with angled triangular concrete forms.
Now, the firm has set their sights on a much more intricate puzzle that they are calling LOGIPLACES. Aimed to enhance “creativity and logical thinking skills,” the 16- or 36-piece concrete puzzle is currently going through crowdfunding. However, if as successful as its predecessor, places such as San Francisco, the Grand Canyon, the Alps and Budapest among others will be able to be purchased and constructed as scale 3D concrete model puzzles.
The firm say that inspiration came from working for the What-to-print-in-3D design competition which they went on to win, being awarded the Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printer from Freedee. The printer then allowed the firm to create moulds with a 100 micron (equal to one millionth of a meter) resolution, forming the intricate contours of the Grand Canyon and winding streets of San Francisco.
“We would like to see beautiful, one of a kind architectural concepts in stores more often, especially in the world of games, where it’s rare to see a toy that also reflects on contemporary design,”says Dániel Lakos, founder of Planbureau studio.
As for the long-term, the firms ultimate aim is to one day create any place in the world, such as a “hometown or a company’s headquarters and its surroundings” in the format. Asking for $15,000 in funding, the firm seem pretty confident on achieving their goal stating that they want to add a new place after every $5,000 of additional funding.
What that new place will be though, is up to the public to decide. An online poll has been created by the firm with Amsterdam, Porto, Rome, Carcassonne, London, Aspen, Death Valley, Madrid, and Fuji as choices.
“We believe that places grow when we fill themwith experiences,” adds Lakos. “LOGIPLACES can give anyone the opportunity to take home these experiences and relive them through a meditating game that’s a brain teaser at the same time.”
