SideBox Studios
White 3D-printed ski-mountain relief with black and red run lines on a dark shelf, beside a snowboard, a framed mountain print and ski goggles against a navy wall.

Printed from real places

Custom 3D-printed trail maps, relief maps and ski resort maps.

Your places. Made to keep.

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The collection

Find your kind of place.

Every piece starts from a real place and is printed layer by layer.

Framed Mailbox Peak trail relief, a black printed terrain octagon with a raised ivory route, hanging in a sunlit gallery wall above a walnut sideboard.

Trails & Routes

The miles stay with you.

Keep a journey you remember. This Mailbox Peak relief traces the whole climb, from the trailhead to the summit.

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Framed Mailbox Peak piece with a black 3D-printed terrain octagon and a raised ivory trail line, hanging above a walnut sideboard in warm afternoon light.

Some places stay with you.

The trip ends and everyone goes home. Years later you still remember how steep the last stretch was and who was there with you.

From a flat map
to a printed piece.

Here is how a piece like this comes together, from a flat outline to the finished object.

Four steps, up close.

  1. Flat, north-up outline of Brazil in an original map illustration.

    The place

    It starts with a place that means something to you. Here, it is Brazil.

  2. Illustrative preparation workspace showing the Brazil terrain model on an unbranded build plate.
    Illustration

    The shape

    We build a 3D model of the terrain and work out the details with you, such as size and what to highlight.

  3. Digital visualization of successive printed layers building the Brazil terrain relief and its gold detail.

    The layers

    The printer builds it one thin layer at a time, so the mountains and valleys have real height you can feel.

  4. Digital visualization of the complete dark Brazil terrain object with its gold detail.

    The object

    The finished piece is yours to keep, or to give to someone who was there with you.

Have another place in mind?

Tell us what you would like to create.

It could be a GPS track from a trip, the town you grew up in or a ski mountain you have been going to for years. A place name and a few words about why it matters are enough to start.

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How it works

  1. Share your place.

    Tell us about your route, location or idea.

  2. Discuss the details.

    We agree on the design, size and options with you.

  3. Create your piece.

    Your design becomes a custom 3D-printed object.

Close-up of the fine black printed contour layers and raised ivory trail line of a Mailbox Peak relief.

Up close,
you can feel the climb.

The raised ivory trail crosses the black terrain of Mailbox Peak.

About the studio

SideBox Studios began during a medical leave. Today the studio designs and 3D prints the places people want to remember.

It started by bringing together a background in IT and a creative side, with software that turns real terrain into 3D models.

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Some places deserve
more than a pin on a map.

Start with the one that matters to you.

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