Nendo: Paper-Brick

Nendo designed the set of paper blocks Paper-Brick that allows to create a pseudo-3D object by stacking tricolor blocks that seem three-dimensional.

Paper-Brick is a set of paper blocks designed by Nendo for an insert in Japanese lifestyle magazine Pen.

Readers can create a pseudo-3D object by stacking tricolor blocks that seem three-dimensional. There’s no danger the blocks will collapse, so it’s possible to make impossible forms that defy gravity and play with shade and perspective.

Paper-Brick can also be enjoyed as a puzzle: if put together carefully, the blocks stack into one large cube. 3D-CAD is about creating virtual three -dimensional forms on a two-dimensional screen surface. This toy aims to translate the concept of 3D-CAD into analog form.