Troxes
Source
G4G14
Title
Troxes
Creator
Contributor
Jonathan Bobrow
Subject
Puzzle
Description
Like Origami meets Lego. No scissors, tape, or glue. This modular paper cutout is based on triangular geometry and mates with neighbors (edge-connecting) to create tetrahedra, octohedra, and icosahedra. The resulting polyhedra can then mate once again in their volumetric form by face-connecting with other polyhedra.
Troxes were inspired by Jef Raskin's Bloxes, a cardboard architecture exploration. Troxes in contrast are hand-held, created from a beautiful single ply paper called Plike, and promote non-rectilinear spatial exploration and awareness.
Troxes have won numerous awards at Maker Faires and been featured at the MIT Museum, New Museum and MoMath in NYC amongst other top art and design institutions.
Troxes were inspired by Jef Raskin's Bloxes, a cardboard architecture exploration. Troxes in contrast are hand-held, created from a beautiful single ply paper called Plike, and promote non-rectilinear spatial exploration and awareness.
Troxes have won numerous awards at Maker Faires and been featured at the MIT Museum, New Museum and MoMath in NYC amongst other top art and design institutions.
Identifier
G14-020
Collection
Citation
“Troxes,” G4G Gift Exchange Archive, accessed February 17, 2025, https://g4gexchangearchive.omeka.net/items/show/1011.
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