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Zero-Play Taper Lock
Every floor wedges into the one below on a 4.3° pyramidal taper, like a machine-tool spindle. Pull it out once and it stands rigid. Our competitors' cards are flat.
Free, CC BY 4.0 licensed
You've heard of business cards.
But have you ever seen a business cube?
businesscubes.org is the industry-leading platform for delivering contact information in three dimensions. Hand someone a 36 mm (1.5 inch) cube and witness their joy as they pull a 230mm (9.125 inch) skyscraper out of it with your name and email address on it. You'll close the deal for sure.
No credit card required. NO CARDS OF ANY KIND, ONLY CUBES.
Trusted by forward-thinking teams at
- CSF Press
Platform
Everything you need to hand someone a building.
A complete, vertically integrated (because it's a skyscraper) solution.
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Pocket-Grade Security
A dovetailed sliding lid with dual detents keeps all nine floors in the cube until deployment. SOC 2 compliance pending (indefinitely).
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QR-Native Architecture
A two-color custom QR code inlaid into the base plate and printed against the bed for maximum scannability.
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Glue-Free Deployment
The base plate clicks in on four hidden spring arms.
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Three Architectural Tiers
Sci-Fi, Art Deco, and Brutalist facades.
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Support-Free Printing
No print supports required on any part. Customer support is also not provided.
Cube Studio
Configure your cube in your browser.
Nothing is uploaded, there is no server.
Provisioning cloud-free compute…
The 3MF is one plate, ready for Bambu Studio: the QR inlay is pre-assigned to filament 2. Tested on a Bambu Lab X2D, 0.4 mm nozzle, 0.12 mm layers, no supports. Estimated print time: about 3¾ hours.
Pricing
Simple, transparent pricing.
Starter
$0/forever
- All three architectural tiers
- Custom text on every floor
- Custom QR code
- Unlimited cubes*
Most popular
Professional
$0/forever
- Everything in Starter
- Plus: the exact same thing
- Priority access to nothing
Enterprise
Contact us
- Also $0
- "Contacting us" means buying a book
- Custom SLA: I hope you understand by now that there is NO SUPPORT
*Filament, electricity, and the time you will spend explaining what this is are not included.
Licensing
Super free
Every model file, the parametric generator, and this website are released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Do whatever you want with the models or anything on this site, just give credit:
Business Cube by Joe Stech — businesscubes.org (CC BY 4.0)
The engraved typeface is Rajdhani by Indian Type Foundry, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (included), which allows this kind of thing.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
You're really just giving this away?
Yes. CC BY 4.0 licensed, go nuts.
What printer do I need?
It was designed and tested on a Bambu Lab X2D with a 0.4 mm nozzle. Any well-calibrated printer that can hold a 0.2 mm sliding clearance should work. The black QR code needs a second filament, or a manual filament swap after the first few layers.
How do I assemble the cube?
Nest the floors, slide the lid on, click the base in. Should take less than a minute.
How long does it take to print?
Really depends on printer and settings, but anywhere from 1.5 hrs at 0.2mm layer height to 3.75 hrs at .12mm.
Are these difficult to carry around conferences?
I recommend carrying them in a business cube bandolier, it gives you a distinctive look.
Can I sell cubes I print?
Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use. Just link back to this site.
Who made this?
Joe Stech, the editor of Think Weirder: The Year's Best Science Fiction Ideas. I'm really hoping you'll buy my yearly science fiction anthology, it is very good, with stories by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Greg Egan, Isabel J. Kim, Peter Watts, Nancy Kress, and many more fantastic authors.