ICU / Explore / Miniature Worlds Cabinet ICUF-001 · playful field cabinet
Miniature Worlds Cabinet Eighteen tiny worlds hide behind eighteen drawers. Open them, compare scale anchors, and curate exactly three into a shelf that stays in this browser.
Everything in this cabinet is imagined. The scenes are original vector illustrations made for this experience. They are not photographs of owned miniatures, museum objects, field observations, or historical evidence.
Scale is a consistent design convention, not a measurement of a real object. View provenance data .
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Drawer index 01–18
Open a world. Each drawer carries the same five-field vocabulary: world, scale, imagined model material, reality label, and shelf position.
01 Teacup Laundromat Domestic · 1:24 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Domestic drawer
Teacup Laundromat A midnight laundromat folded into a chipped teacup, where tiny drum windows glow above a saucer plaza.
Scale anchor 1:24 · 10 mm model = 2 cm imagined world · 72 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material painted card, translucent film, thread
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
02 Matchbox Library Domestic · 1:48 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Domestic drawer
Matchbox Library A reading room tucked into a sliding matchbox, with shelf aisles that double as secret passageways.
Scale anchor 1:48 · 10 mm model = 5 cm imagined world · 36 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material paperboard, ink, brass-tone foil
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
03 Window-Sill Observatory Domestic · 1:72 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Domestic drawer
Window-Sill Observatory A domestic observatory balanced between two flowerpots, aimed at a sky reflected in the kitchen glass.
Scale anchor 1:72 · 10 mm model = 7 cm imagined world · 24 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material painted wood, acetate, wire
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
04 Clock-Drawer Garden Domestic · 1:96 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Domestic drawer
Clock-Drawer Garden A narrow garden grows from the drawer beneath a silent mantel clock, arranged around a brass-colored stream.
Scale anchor 1:96 · 10 mm model = 10 cm imagined world · 18 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material cardstock, dried-fiber texture, copper wire
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
05 Under-Stair Night Market Domestic · 1:48 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Domestic drawer
Under-Stair Night Market Six food stalls and a lantern alley occupy the triangular darkness under an imagined staircase.
Scale anchor 1:48 · 10 mm model = 5 cm imagined world · 36 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material paper, thread, translucent vellum
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
06 Pocket Rain Kitchen Domestic · 1:24 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Domestic drawer
Pocket Rain Kitchen A tiny kitchen where a private rain cloud waters herb trays and condenses into a soup pot.
Scale anchor 1:24 · 10 mm model = 2 cm imagined world · 72 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material painted card, clear film, foil
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
07 Moss Basin Camp Wilderness · 1:48 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Wilderness drawer
Moss Basin Camp A three-tent camp circles a luminous pond inside an imagined bowl of mossy cliffs.
Scale anchor 1:48 · 10 mm model = 5 cm imagined world · 36 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material paper pulp texture, thread, painted card
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
08 Acorn Cliff Railway Wilderness · 1:96 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Wilderness drawer
Acorn Cliff Railway A one-car railway loops through an acorn-shaped station bolted to the face of a tiny red cliff.
Scale anchor 1:96 · 10 mm model = 10 cm imagined world · 18 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material cardstock, cork texture, wire
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
09 Tidal Jar Marsh Wilderness · 1:72 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Wilderness drawer
Tidal Jar Marsh A marsh trapped in a broad glass jar experiences two miniature tides each imagined day.
Scale anchor 1:72 · 10 mm model = 7 cm imagined world · 24 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material clear film, paper reeds, painted card
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
10 Pinecone Observatory Wilderness · 1:144 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Wilderness drawer
Pinecone Observatory An observatory dome hides among pinecone scales, reached by a switchback path no wider than a ribbon.
Scale anchor 1:144 · 10 mm model = 14 cm imagined world · 12 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material layered paper, wire, matte film
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
11 Pebble Canyon Caravan Wilderness · 1:96 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Wilderness drawer
Pebble Canyon Caravan Three bright caravans cross a canyon assembled from smooth pebbles and long paper shadows.
Scale anchor 1:96 · 10 mm model = 10 cm imagined world · 18 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material painted stone texture, card, thread
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
12 Fern-Cave Lantern Trail Wilderness · 1:48 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Wilderness drawer
Fern-Cave Lantern Trail A lantern trail bends through an imagined fern cave whose ceiling opens directly onto a star field.
Scale anchor 1:48 · 10 mm model = 5 cm imagined world · 36 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material paper fronds, vellum, painted card
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
13 Upside-Down Orchard Impossible · 1:72 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Impossible drawer
Upside-Down Orchard Fruit trees descend from the ceiling while a small path clings to the sky beneath them.
Scale anchor 1:72 · 10 mm model = 7 cm imagined world · 24 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material paper, thread, mirrored film
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
14 Gravity-Well Post Office Impossible · 1:48 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Impossible drawer
Gravity-Well Post Office Letters orbit a circular post office and drop into the correct slot only when their tiny moons align.
Scale anchor 1:48 · 10 mm model = 5 cm imagined world · 36 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material painted card, wire, metallic paper
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
15 Folded Horizon Marina Impossible · 1:144 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Impossible drawer
Folded Horizon Marina A marina occupies a sea folded upward like paper, so boats can moor on both sides of the horizon.
Scale anchor 1:144 · 10 mm model = 14 cm imagined world · 12 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material scored paper, acetate, foil
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
16 Moon-in-a-Jar Foundry Impossible · 1:96 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Impossible drawer
Moon-in-a-Jar Foundry A tiny foundry pours cool silver light from a captured moon into molds shaped like windows.
Scale anchor 1:96 · 10 mm model = 10 cm imagined world · 18 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material clear film, metallic paper, card
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
17 Staircase Cloud Aviary Impossible · 1:24 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Impossible drawer
Staircase Cloud Aviary A staircase rises through three captive clouds while paper birds roost on steps that never meet a floor.
Scale anchor 1:24 · 10 mm model = 2 cm imagined world · 72 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material vellum, thread, painted card
Reality label Imagined / original illustration
18 Library at the Edge of Tuesday Impossible · 1:288 Imagined
Illustration unavailable. The world description and all shelf tools still work.
Original vector illustration · imagined scene · no physical miniature is claimed. Impossible drawer
Library at the Edge of Tuesday A cliffside library opens only onto one repeating afternoon, with each shelf ending at a different sunset.
Scale anchor 1:288 · 10 mm model = 29 cm imagined world · 6 mm figure anchor
Imagined model material paperboard, ink, translucent film
Reality label Imagined / original illustration Curate three
Your miniature shelf Choose up to three worlds. Reorder them with explicit buttons so the list remains fully keyboard- and touch-operable.
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Save, export, import The shelf uses browser-local storage only. Export carries stable world IDs plus the same labels shown on the page.
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Recovery records Malformed, migrated, or manually reset state is preserved before replacement. The experience never silently deletes an older local record.
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Restore latest valid recovery How scale works
One caption grammar. Every drawer uses scale · 10 mm model = world distance · figure anchor. The figure anchor uses an explicitly declared 1,728 mm imagined reference so different scales can be compared without implying a real measured model.
Reality boundary
Imagined means imagined. No scene is documentary media. No physical miniature, venue, collection, or artifact is claimed to exist. Original vector illustrations remain useful even if external media and analytics are unavailable. Miniature concept and Miniature world concept remain distinct source concepts.
