Fractal Menger sponge made from Post-Its

Nicholas Rougeux made this fabulous Menger sponge fractal out of mini Post-its, which he swears by for erecting fractals:

Each Post-It was torn into 16 equal squares, then folded into units and assembled into the sponge.
Post-its offer surprisingly structural durability and are easy to get in large quantities making them ideal for assembling structures like these.

(via Kottke)

Mini Post-It sponge [flickr.com]

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Any idea as to the size? Here is another http://theiff.org/oexhibits/menger02.html Constructed from standard American business cards, they were built by a friend , J9 Mosely. Depth zero is a cube, 5cm on a side, made from 6 cards. By combining cubes, you can get a Depth one , which is 15cm on each side. Depth two is 45cm per side. The largest one she has constructed, a Depth three (same complexity as the post-it one above) is 1.35 meters on a side. It took in excess of 60,000 cards, and is too big to move in a typical minivan.

For those that would like a unique keychain ornament, a small sponge is one of the standard demo pieces for 3D printers.
- flarktobble
  
  @rjnerd:disqus
  
  Any idea as to the size?
  
  If you go to their Flickr stream, there are a couple of images with hands in the shot that makes for a nice scale — looks like each level-zero face is a little less than one centimeter.
Rockmetteller

You can also write on them.
Eark_the_Bunny

Shouldn’t that thing be wearing pants?
Mike Norman

I’ve seen this movie. Don’t tease the ghost of the little kid. It will not end well.
http://profiles.google.com/breakfastinbeard .. .__.

SOMEONE has a lot more time on their hands than I do…
pablohoney

Your notes will be assimilated.
rabidpotatochip

Now this is something I could see cooling my drink. Internet, I hereby challenge you to make this into an ice mold.
- Susan Carley Oliver
  
  Seems like that is just screaming to be done . . . with a 3D printer!