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I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c't – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

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April 29th, 2010 6

We covered artist Peter Root’s smaller Low-Rise staplescape back in 2009. It’s only about 1.5 m². His newest work, Ephemicropolis, shown uppermost, is a full 18 m². Be sure to check out the making-of video at his website. As impressive as Root’s models are, I have to admit I am almost equally charmed by Tofi Stoler’s miniature of Manhattan Island, shown immediately above. [via Boing Boing]

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