Here’s How to Create Tiny 3D City Landmark Magnets With AI
Discover how AI turns city landmarks into tiny 3D magnets. Gemini Nano Banana Pro trend is going viral with knolling layouts and weather details.
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The new trend powered by AI is now emerging on social media. It is a conversion of city landmarks into tiny 3D magnets that are placed in neat top-down layouts. This week, the Gemini Nano Banana Pro, an AI tool that first presented the idea, is the reason why users are trying it out.
The official Nano Banana Pro account on X highlighted the potential of the format. Its post suggested: “You can also make a knolling of a city's landmarks. If you ask for them as souvenir magnets, you get a consistent look.” Along with the post, a detailed prompt was shared, which users quickly began replicating.
According to the prompt, the instruction is: “Present a clear, directly top-down photograph of [CITY] landmarks as 3D magnets, arranged neatly in parallel lines and right angles, knolling. The objects are realistic miniatures. At the top-centre, place the city name as a souvenir magnet, and a handwritten post-it note for the temperature and weather conditions. Incorporate items necessary for today’s weather into the knolling. No repeats.”
Not long after, the creators of the project started uploading their own interpretations, which of the very famous landmarks from different cities of the world in this tiny yet organized format.
How Users Are Creating These Images
Many users are trying out Nano Banana Pro and among the places they are working on design is Delhi, which has monuments like India Gate, Red Fort, Qutub Minar, Lotus Temple, Humayun’s Tomb, and Rashtrapati Bhavan all of them were transformed into sleek 3D magnets. On top-center of the image was “Delhi” as a magnet, next to a handwritten post-it with the current temperature and weather conditions.
Cultural elements of the local area are frequently incorporated by creators, such as samosas, jalebis, chai cups, or parathas, which not only add to the artistry of the images but also give a personal and regional touch to the images. The images are painstakingly placed in parallel lines and right angles using the knolling technique to maintain a clean and artistic visual.
Why It’s Popular
The trend's charm is in its neatness and aesthetic harmony. Knolling allows each item to be placed very close to each other, producing a pleasingly visual display. Tiny magnets create a fun, travel-inspired atmosphere, while seasonal props—sunglasses for sunny days or umbrellas for rainy days—make the composition distinctive and relatable.
Social media users have adopted the trend for its fun factor and low effort. The format allows for customization indefinitely with cities, landmarks, and everyday weather being the countless combinations.
The current trend showcases the ascending user-friendliness of AI-powered visual tools that enable stylish reimagination of well-known places. The sensory engagement that the Gemini Nano Banana Pro's capabilities are provoking has been the main reason behind the sharing of the art of miniature cityscapes prepared with such meticulousness.
