{"id":33553,"date":"2012-01-06T00:39:42","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T07:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/?p=33553"},"modified":"2012-01-06T00:41:24","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T07:41:24","slug":"a-new-building-system-using-playing-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/digital-manufacturing\/a-new-building-system-using-playing-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"A new building system using playing cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New on Kickstarter: Skallops<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"427px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1803756771\/skallops-build-big\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"500px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1803756771\/skallops-build-big\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Skallops<\/a> is a new building system by Evan Murphy, Michael Woods, and Marshall Grinstead that uses small laser cut wooden clips to hold together standard playing cards. The clips are designed in such a way as to allow the cards to be connected in as many ways as possible. You can even connect two Skallops to each other back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p>The system is about as simple as it gets, which usually means it has been carefully designed. The project still has a month to go on Kickstarter, but it is already fully funded by a considerable margin.<\/p>\n<p>More images after the jump.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/starter_small.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33559\" title=\"starter_small\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/starter_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/starter_small.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/starter_small-300x99.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/individual_skallops_small.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33557\" title=\"individual_skallops_small\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/individual_skallops_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/individual_skallops_small.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/individual_skallops_small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/deck_layout_small.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33558\" title=\"deck_layout_small\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/deck_layout_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/deck_layout_small.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/deck_layout_small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New on Kickstarter: Skallops<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Skallops is a new building system by Evan Murphy, Michael Woods, and Marshall Grinstead that uses small laser cut wooden clips to hold together standard playing cards. The clips are designed in such a way as to allow the cards to be connected in as many ways as possible. You can even connect two Skallops to each other back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p>The system is about as simple as it gets,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1965,5796],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-manufacturing","category-design-ideas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A new building system using playing cards<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/digital-manufacturing\/a-new-building-system-using-playing-cards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A new building system using playing cards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New on Kickstarter: Skallops Skallops is a new building system by Evan Murphy, Michael Woods, and Marshall Grinstead that uses small laser cut wooden clips to hold together standard playing cards. 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