Last August, Pearl wrote about Spiteful’s Disaster Dioramas. Several have been added since then: Pompeii; The Great Chicago Fire; and Sir Shackleton’s Endurance (Part 1) have joined the Titanic and Hindenburg. Apollo 13 and The Alamo are in the works.
Each free design is downloadable, just print them out and follow the assembly instructions. In addition to Disaster Dioramas, Spitefuls has free patterns for Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer of Joss Whedon’s Sing Along Blog as well as witty products for purchase.
What's Driving This Trend
- Disaster Dioramas
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- Pop Culture DIY
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Who This Affects Most
- Arts and Crafts
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Introduce augmented reality or virtual reality technology to enhance the traditional arts and crafts experience, allowing users to create realistic digital papercrafts or dioramas.
- Online Marketplaces
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- Pop Culture Merchandise
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Merge the world of collectible merchandise and DIY papercrafts, creating customizable and interactive pop culture products for fans to assemble and display.
