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a design atelier in the online world of Second Life® founded by Chip Poutine, author of Virtual Suburbia

part portfolio, part designer's notebook, and part linkdump, this site is intended to showcase our works, provide a scrapbook of design ideas in SL's space-making community, and feature resources for builders.

projects

Capozzi Winery Island
Mauve Infohub
Prion Cabana - Outlook Vista
Squatter Office
Devshed
SLRR Neumoegen Station
Virtual Suburbia Office

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Prion Design Notebook - Canada Post’s ‘Maple Grove’: Looking at Canada Post’s ‘Maple Grove’ on the sim of Solar-not be be confused with the other mainland sim called ‘Maplegrove’ oddly enough. Touting the ability to purchase RL goods from retailers such as Sears(??IBM?) and Toys R Us, etc. it actually consists of little more than clicking on pictures of products that take you to plain old e-commerce websites. Aside from the somewhat sketchy build quality- a generic city with Canadian flags everywhere, a half-assed replica of the CN Tower (that pales in comparison to one built for the RFL from 2 yrs ago), and some cramped interior spaces, this place is going to frustrate users and do little to promote SL as a viable platform for v-business.

Prion Design Notebook - Canada Post’s ‘Maple Grove’: Looking at Canada Post’s ‘Maple Grove’ on the sim of Solar-not be be confused with the other mainland sim called ‘Maplegrove’ oddly enough. Touting the ability to purchase RL goods from retailers such as Sears(??IBM?) and Toys R Us, etc. it actually consists of little more than clicking on pictures of products that take you to plain old e-commerce websites. Aside from the somewhat sketchy build quality- a generic city with Canadian flags everywhere, a half-assed replica of the CN Tower (that pales in comparison to one built for the RFL from 2 yrs ago), and some cramped interior spaces, this place is going to frustrate users and do little to promote SL as a viable platform for v-business.