MONUPO

MONUPO is a design product brand by ELSE ARTS that turns meaningful places and routes into physical, 3D-printed topographic artefacts.

Geography made physical.

Type
Physical design product
Made of
3D-printed terrain relief, printed graphic layer, frame
Created by
ELSE ARTS
Status
Pilot
The product, its production process and its range are being finalised in pilot production.
Official site
monupo.com
MONUPO visualisation: detail of a printed landscape relief in black material, the print layers following the contours.Visualisation

What is MONUPO?

Each MONUPO artefact is a framed, 3D-printed relief of real terrain, combined with a printed graphic and text layer. The relief is generated from elevation data for the selected area.

Route-based pieces take a GPX track and render the actual route and its real elevation profile. The design is constrained by what the data and the production process can truly deliver.

MONUPO is treated as a design product: a fixed system of composition, proportion and negative space, personalised by the place and the story rather than by decoration.

Why MONUPO exists

People keep strong attachments to specific places: a summit, a race route, a lake, a home. MONUPO gives that personal geography a precise physical form instead of a photograph or a souvenir.

MONUPO: product directions

  • PLACEA specific place rendered as static terrain: a mountain, a valley, a coastline, a home landscape.
  • ROUTEA route, typically from a GPX file, shown on the relief together with its real elevation profile.
  • FISHINGA fishing location paired with a record of the catch, such as the species and its length or weight.

How MONUPO works

  1. A place or a route is chosen. Routes can be supplied as GPX files.
  2. Terrain and route data are prepared and composed into the MONUPO layout.
  3. The terrain relief is 3D printed; the graphic and text layer is printed separately.
  4. The relief and graphic layer are assembled in a frame as a single artefact.

Characteristics of MONUPO

  • Physical 3D-printed terrain relief
  • Real elevation data
  • GPX route support
  • Elevation profiles that match the actual route
  • Personalised text layer
  • Framed, wall-mounted object

MONUPO and ELSE ARTS

MONUPO is a venture developed and owned by ELSE ARTS. The studio is responsible for its product design, brand identity and digital commerce system.

Questions about MONUPO

What is MONUPO?

MONUPO is a design product brand that creates physical, 3D-printed topographic artefacts of meaningful places and routes.

Who makes MONUPO?

MONUPO is developed and owned by ELSE ARTS, an independent design and technology studio based in Prague.

Can a MONUPO artefact show my own route?

Yes. The ROUTE direction is built around GPX tracks and shows the route together with its real elevation profile.