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In 2012 Google sold the 3D modeling software Google SketchUp. [[File:SketchUp02.jpg]][[File:SketchUp01.jpg]] This lead to the collapse of a web platform solely driven by a community of volunteer modelers. [[File:Geosummit.jpg]] For six years they had populated the virtual globe - Google Earth - with their creations. [[File:Googleearth01.png]] [[File:Googleearth02.png]] Most volunteers continued contributing until the very end. Just before announcing the sale of Google SketchUp, Google sent a gift to its most successful and productive volunteers, whom they addressed as 'top modelers'[[File:supermodeler.jpg]]. The gift contained a 'Thank You'-postcard, a mug, a pencil case, Post-It notes and two stickers.[[File:gift01.JPG]] [[File:gift02.JPG]] In the aftermath of the platform's abrupt end, I asked several former 'top modelers' to give a gift in return. Each gift on display manifests an individual modeler’s own particular feelings and attitudes towards Google. | In 2012 Google sold the 3D modeling software Google SketchUp. [[File:SketchUp02.jpg | 200px]][[File:SketchUp01.jpg | 200px]] This lead to the collapse of a web platform solely driven by a community of volunteer modelers. [[File:Geosummit.jpg | 200px]] For six years they had populated the virtual globe - Google Earth - with their creations. [[File:Googleearth01.png | 200px]] [[File:Googleearth02.png | 200px]] Most volunteers continued contributing until the very end. Just before announcing the sale of Google SketchUp, Google sent a gift to its most successful and productive volunteers, whom they addressed as 'top modelers'[[File:supermodeler.jpg | 200px]]. The gift contained a 'Thank You'-postcard, a mug, a pencil case, Post-It notes and two stickers.[[File:gift01.JPG | 200px]] [[File:gift02.JPG | 200px]] In the aftermath of the platform's abrupt end, I asked several former 'top modelers' to give a gift in return. Each gift on display manifests an individual modeler’s own particular feelings and attitudes towards Google. | ||
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| Student | Lasse van den Bosch Christensen |
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| Featured image | File:File:DerrickSketchUp.jpg |
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| Bio | Lasse van den Bosch Christensen (DK) is a graphic designer living in Rotterdam. On a theoretical and practical level his research engages digital labour, changing modes of production, and the critical aspects of crowd-sourcing. He furthermore freelances as a graphic and webdesigner addressing the border between 'code' and design. He recently established a design studio with Marlon Harder. |
| URL | http://www.absentarrays.info/googlegift |
Google Gift
In 2012 Google sold the 3D modeling software Google SketchUp. 
This lead to the collapse of a web platform solely driven by a community of volunteer modelers. 
For six years they had populated the virtual globe - Google Earth - with their creations. 
Most volunteers continued contributing until the very end. Just before announcing the sale of Google SketchUp, Google sent a gift to its most successful and productive volunteers, whom they addressed as 'top modelers'
. The gift contained a 'Thank You'-postcard, a mug, a pencil case, Post-It notes and two stickers.
In the aftermath of the platform's abrupt end, I asked several former 'top modelers' to give a gift in return. Each gift on display manifests an individual modeler’s own particular feelings and attitudes towards Google.