made from places
ABOUT MADE FROM PLACES

It started with
a place.
And a cribbage board.

I’m Colton, the person behind Made From Places. About a year ago, I had an idea: turn a 3D-printed topographic map into a cribbage board.

A way to keep a favorite landscape close, and give it a place at the table.

A place worth keeping.
Two people and two dogs standing in the snow above a wide mountain valley
Places to explore. Memories to bring home.
FROM THE FIRST IDEA TO THE BOARD TODAY

One idea.
Countless iterations.

Getting from that first idea to the boards you see today took countless iterations. I kept working through the designs, printing them, and making changes until I landed on the versions I wanted to share.

Along the way, I created the software that turns a place on the map into a printable landscape. That became the foundation for Made From Places: choose somewhere that matters to you, then make it your own.

The landscape is the starting point. The goal is to make something you’ll keep coming back to.

A hammock between trees beside a still lake, with a crescent moon above the sunset
A quiet evening by the water.
MORE WAYS TO KEEP YOUR PLACE

It didn’t stop
at cribbage.

Once the boards took shape, I wanted to see what else I could make with the software. That led to topographic clocks, jigsaw puzzles and fridge magnets.

Different objects, with the same idea behind them: a landscape that means something to you, made into something you can use, display or give.

Full track and oval folding cribbage boards, two topographic jigsaw puzzles and three landscape magnets laid out together on a wooden table
A few of the real prints that grew out of that first idea.
Gold and pink sunset clouds reflected across a calm lake and wooded shoreline
STILL EXPLORING

More places.
More possibilities.

I’m always designing new products and exploring what comes next. For now, I’m glad you’re here. I hope you find a way to bring a favorite place home.

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