Troxes
Troxes are interlocking, origami building bricks, designed as an alternative to the common right-angled blocks.
While rectangular and cubic blocks may be reassuringly familiar, they don’t push the limits of spatial thinking. Made from Plike (a paper manufactured to feel like plastic), Troxes use methods similar to origami to expand the possible configurations of building blocks. Pieces bend at the creases and interlock symmetrically. Intended for all ages, Troxes use play as a way to encourage children and adults to reconsider our relationship to space and construction.
Troxes
Troxes are interlocking, origami building bricks, designed as an alternative to the common right-angled blocks.
While rectangular and cubic blocks may be reassuringly familiar, they don’t push the limits of spatial thinking. Made from Plike (a paper manufactured to feel like plastic), Troxes use methods similar to origami to expand the possible configurations of building blocks. Pieces bend at the creases and interlock symmetrically. Intended for all ages, Troxes use play as a way to encourage children and adults to reconsider our relationship to space and construction.
About the
Designers
Jonathan Bobrow
Jonathan Bobrow is an artist, designer, developer, Co-Founder and CEO of Move38. A graduate of MIT Media Lab’s Playful Systems, Jonathan designs toys and tools to play with emergent behavior and complex systems. Prior to designing physical and digital products of his own, Jonathan built award winning interactive museum installations as part of Potion Design in NYC. Having successfully launched three products by way of Kickstarter, he continues to build a community passionate about new ways of thinking and a love for craftsmanship. While at UCLA for an undergraduate degree in mathematics, Jonathan discovered his technical skills could be applied to the arts. He believes that toys and tools shape the way we think. With Move38, Jonathan is raising a generation of systems thinkers.
UNIVERSITY
MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
COURSE
Playful Systems
CATEGORY & YEAR
Empower, 2017
About the Designer
Jonathan Bobrow
Jonathan Bobrow is an artist, designer, developer, Co-Founder and CEO of Move38. A graduate of MIT Media Lab’s Playful Systems, Jonathan designs toys and tools to play with emergent behavior and complex systems. Prior to designing physical and digital products of his own, Jonathan built award winning interactive museum installations as part of Potion Design in NYC. Having successfully launched three products by way of Kickstarter, he continues to build a community passionate about new ways of thinking and a love for craftsmanship. While at UCLA for an undergraduate degree in mathematics, Jonathan discovered his technical skills could be applied to the arts. He believes that toys and tools shape the way we think. With Move38, Jonathan is raising a generation of systems thinkers.
UNIVERSITY
MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
COURSE
Playful Systems
CATEGORY & YEAR
Empower, 2017
