Giant D20 Monument to Gary Gygax
The d20 is mayhap the eventual symbolisation of nerd-dom. And of course, you’d wait university students to full acceptation the joys of Dungeons and Dragons. So it’s all pertinent to encounter this colossus 20-sided cube at MIT’s Killan Court.
The frame-and-fabric carve is, of a course, a commendation to the New metropolis Gygax. What the D&D creator rattling needs, though, is a imperishable granite d20 tomb. Much meliorate than those simple older Pharaohs, who could exclusive control to physique their mausoleums in the appearance of a d4.
The Tech [MIT via Laughing Squid]
Picture: Eric Schmiedl
Melted From: Wired: Gadget Lab
Tags: 20 sided dice, amp, d4, dragons, dungeons and dragons, fabric sculpture, gadget, gary gygax, granite, inventor, killan, mausoleums, nerd, pharaohs, shape, squid, tribute
Wed, 7th January 2009
