3D Alphabets Cut Out of Styrofoam



When he was at Yale School of Architecture in 2002, John Caserta created a series of 3D alphabets cut out of styrofoam. A particular piece, like this "S" here, would have many sides with different letters on them!

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Posted on January 27, 2008 at 3:42 pm by Alex
Category: Art & Craft

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4 comments to "3D Alphabets Cut Out of Styrofoam"

  • VonSkippy
    January 27th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

    So in the 6 years since, I wonder how many people approached John Caserta and asked him to design a building using 3D foam letters?

    I’m guessing none. Another useless school project so far removed from real life you have to wonder where they find these teachers.

  • ted
    January 27th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    Exactly.
    So what?

  • A
    January 28th, 2008 at 11:40 am

    cheer up! i think it looks an interesting piece, sure it may not directly relate to architecture but still relevant in other ways such as sculpture and also engraved type within buildings…

    Is also very similar to the cover of Douglas Hofstadter book, Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid.
    (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gödel,_Escher,_Bach)

  • Alex
    January 31st, 2008 at 3:56 am

    Aw, you guys missed the point: it was a very clever manipulation of spatial properties. And yes, it is very similar to the Godel Escher Bach book.

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