{"id":27537,"date":"2016-10-19T16:25:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T20:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=27537"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:18:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:18:44","slug":"designer-spotlight-josh-appleman-geo-glitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/designer-spotlight-josh-appleman-geo-glitz","title":{"rendered":"Designer Spotlight: Josh Appleman – Geo Glitz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because statement jewelry and accessories are always a good addition to any outfit, Josh Appleman\u2019s shop Geo Glitz<\/a> on Shapeways is definitely worth bookmarking. He\u2019s created cufflinks shaped like every state in the United States. After being unable to find some sleek Minnesota-shaped cufflinks to wear with his tuxedo for his wedding, Josh decided to turn to 3D modeling and printing to create them. Having received lots of compliments on the cufflinks, he decided it would be fun to design ones for the rest of the states in case anyone else wanted to show off some state pride. As it turns out, there were loads of people interested in getting some!<\/em><\/p>\n

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How long did it take you to create the comprehensive collection?<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong>I probably spent around 15 hours collecting CAD drawings of all the states, scaling them appropriately and modeling them in 3D with the cufflink stems. In my day job, I design surgical robots. Selling cufflinks is something I do on the side for fun. I\u2019m delighted every time I get a notification that someone liked my product enough to buy it and hope it adds a trendy personalized touch to the recipient\u2019s outfit!<\/p>\n

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Any stats on the top-selling states?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The top three states I\u2019ve gotten orders for are Minnesota, Michigan and New York.<\/p>\n

Any interesting challenges you encountered during the creation of this collection?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Certain states, such as Hawaii, Alaska, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Louisiana were tricky to model because of all the islands they have or because of thin portions of their geography. I spent many hours trying to decide what details were possible to maintain and which had to be removed. For example, for Hawaii I decided to make the geography the negative of the cufflink, I took a rectangle and removed the island outlines from it. Cape Cod needed to be thickened a bit as did the connection between Long Island and the rest of New York State. Lots of tedious work but fortunately I only needed to do it once.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ve done all 50 states! So what\u2019s next?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thinking of doing pendants and money clips. Also want to add geographies of different countries and famous cities. Lastly, I\u2019ve done a few embossed orders with custom lettering, so may continue to do so per request.<\/p>\n

\"Designer<\/a>

Designer Josh Appleman of Geo Glitz<\/p><\/div>\n

We encourage you to check out Josh’s Shapeways shop<\/a> and snag something to rep your home state pride!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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