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I remember videos about this project from many years ago. His plan was to make the chimney puff a ring of smoke. Seems it took longer to finish than anticipated

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The designer of the chimney puffer is serving a life sentence for the brutal murder and dismemberment of a Swedish journalist, on his home-made submarine.

holy smokes!

You'll need a source for a statement like that. You appear to be overstating the reality.

"It is correct that Peter Madsen worked on the prototype for BIG back in 2014 in his capacity of a welder," a company spokesperson told AD PRO.

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/blarke-ingels-pete...

The Guardian says: "The smoke ring mechanism has been put on hold, in part because Peter Madsen, the artist who helped design it, was sentenced to life in prison for murder." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/13/danish-waste-t...

Maybe somebody overstated when talking to the journalist, or maybe the company understated his position in some short of PR movement...

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