Tokyo-based artist Aki Inomata creates 3D printed shells for hermit crabs in the shape of cityscapes and buildings of metropolises around the world.
She has created shells modelled to represent famous places and architecture around the world, and introduced them to live hermit crabs who pick and choose their new country or "home" as they please.
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