Maker Faire Bay Area 2024

Melty Cube

Home: Oregon, United States

Melty Cube is a magical spinning cube that can seemingly defy physics with its bouncing multidimensional colors. It can be found roaming the grounds, especially in the dark room. An early version debuted at the 2019 maker faire and received a peoples choice ribbon. It's a sight to behold! hardware design, software and idea by Daniel Young. Art by Keenan McCune and Daniel Young

Melty Cube - Maker Faire Bay Area 2024

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Daniel Young

Daniel Young (He/Him) is an Artist and Maker living in Portland, Oregon. He is a serial collaborator and loves to get involved in too many projects. He has an affinity for novel concepts and wild ideas with a specialty in LEDs, large format Kaleidoscopes, Art Installations and wizbang gizmos. A serial collaborator and tinkerer, he has shown work individually and part of group collaborations at Maker Faire Bay Area, Portland Winter Light Festival, Burning Man, EDC, and many music festivals up and down the west coast.

What Inspired You to Make This?

This project was inspired by the magic of Persistence of Vision and seeks to explore the fuzzy in-between where timing is never perfect.

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