Product Ideas

Submissions
Submit an idea

Quirky Inventions

View all products in development
Research
Design
Branding

It is time for a new building toy. Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid have revolutionized architecture with curved forms. We need a toy to match.

Submitted by: Fred Bartels

The Description

Traditional building toys like Lego and K'NEX don't allow for the creation of highly-curved shapes. Many of the CAD programs used by architects and designers use triangulated irregular networks (TINs) to model curves. With the very simple hub and spoke approach proposed here it is possible to create a building toy that is also based on TINs and supports the creation of wonderfully curvaceous structures.

The Customer

The same customers who buy traditional outdated building toys like Lego and K'Nex.

Key Features

  • It allows for the creation of structures similar to those made possible by modern computer aided design programs
  • It also allows for the creation of artistic sculptural forms

Product Comparison

  • Other building toys such as Lego, K'Nex and Meccano

Does this product already exist? Submit a product link for influence.
Have you seen an idea like this on Quirky before? Let us know.

5 of 5 product links added.
Similar Ideas on Quirky will be reviewed by Quirky Staff but are not eligible for influence.

Product Title

Product Price ($)

Similar Ideas

Are these ideas really similar? Do you have reason to believe that one inspired the other?

Nevermind Submit

Thanks for submitting a product comparison!

Close

Comments

There was an error loading the comments for this idea. Please try again later.