Clinton and Trump ice pops created with new on-demand food platform Pixsweet
Janne Kyttanen has become the latest designer to wade into the US election, creating frozen treats based on the presidential hopefuls.
The ice pops were made using the designer's new food customisation platform, Pixsweet, which had its soft launch last week.
They depict Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in profile and Republican candidate Donald Trump styled as a lump of poo.
A donkey and an elephant, symbols used by the two parties, have also been made into popsicles.
The Pixsweet platform creates customised food designs fast and on-demand. Currently, ice lollies are the only type of food produced, but the company may expand into other offerings in the future.
Pixsweet is the first startup created under Kyttanen's new venture, WTFVC, which he left the 3D-printing industry to work on earlier in 2016. At the time, the designer told Dezeen that the venture capital fund would focus on "designing new companies at the same speed as designing products".
To make the popsicles, Pixsweet uses a custom "3D Munchifier", which is essentially a search engine. Users enter their search term, and the Munchifier scours the internet for the relevant image.
It recognises the object and detects its edges, translating it into a three-dimensional shape. The design gets uploaded into the production line, where it takes 1.3 seconds for a mould to be made.
The mould is then punched into the packaging, the chosen flavour is injected into the shape, and finally it is sea...
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