It has been a dream for me to create a replica of Manhattan since I was in design school (although it is not really the whole Manhattan, since I have to decide where to stop or the desk would be too big to build).
It is about 7 weeks of work for this desk, excluding many many hours of designing.
Material: glow in the dark filament; abrasion resistant; acrylic; plywood. 30" by 60" by 32". Material logic: the clear acrylic legs mimic the fallen Twin Towers; the corner four LED lights will forever shine into the night. The laser cut plywood with burn edges represent the earth and the clear acrylic symbolizes the lightness of the water. Methods: 3D printing, and larger laser cutting.
Top view
Wall street with LED light on
Glow in the dark effect
Looking north
LED effect
Looking from south to north
Glow in the dark effect
Looking north
With LED lighting underneath Manhattan and four LED lights on the four corners
Financial district
Midtown
Wall street
Making-of
