{"id":35452,"date":"2017-10-17T19:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=35452"},"modified":"2017-11-03T15:35:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T19:35:53","slug":"shaping-dutch-design-tritoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/shaping-dutch-design-tritoy","title":{"rendered":"Shaping Dutch Design: TriToy"},"content":{"rendered":"

In celebration of Dutch Design Week 2017, our\u00a0Shaping Dutch Design<\/a>\u00a0series will once again take a closer look at a few of the dozens of designers who are part of the\u00a0Shapeways Community EXPO<\/a>\u00a0this year. Make sure to\u00a0visit us<\/a>\u00a0in person if you\u2019re in Eindhoven this week, and follow us here, on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, and on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for live updates from #DDW17. Urbano Rodriguez of TriToy\u00a0will be our Shapeways EXPO featured designer on Saturday, October 21.<\/em><\/p>\n

For those creativity junkies who never truly outgrew their childhood toys, TriToy<\/a> is Urbano Rodriguez<\/a>‘s shop featuring building blocks \u2014 well, polygons\u00a0\u2014 for adults. From brightly colored triangles and squares, the things one can build are limited only by imagination.<\/p>\n

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Just a square<\/a> and a triangle<\/a>. These two geometric shapes can make as many wholes as one desires. Printed with Shapeways’ Strong & Flexible Plastic<\/a>, these little toys are perfect material for hours of fun, but are also super handy for prototyping and designing architectural models. So, fidget spinners step aside, TriToy takes desk toys to the next level\u00a0\u2014 enabling outside-of-the-box thinking, and letting those creative juices flow.<\/p>\n

And yes, dreams do<\/em> come true \u2014 you can combine TriToys with Legos! Like the sick ride above, you can take advantage of Lego’s accessories and parts\u00a0\u2014 such as wheels and propellors \u2014 to further realize the creatures and objects lurking in the corners of your imagination. Aside from the Legos, it does require a Lego adapter piece<\/a>, also available in TriToy’s online store.<\/p>\n

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The result of these polygons is multicolored, geometric versions of anything:<\/p>\n\n\t\t