Archive for January, 2008

Shop, Drop and … What? 7 Creative and Surrealist Shopdropping Urban Art Projects

[above: put this back in your next mass-mailed business reply envelope!]
If the comments on this article are any indicator, Shopdropping is controversial to say the least. Still, whether they amuse, inspire or disturb you, it is hard to argue with the sheer gumption and creativity behind these strange, subversive and interactive urban art projects.

More Creative Furniture for Cramped Urban Living: 20 Pieces of Ingenious ‘Flat Pack’ Furniture

[Above: flat pack book case design by Jeremy Grove]
Flat pack furniture is exactly what it sounds like: furniture that starts out entirely as sheets of wood, metal or even cardboard. In addition to being clever and simply aesthetically awesome, flat pack furniture is also eco-friendly and highly creative. Without further ado, here are 20 […]

7 Unusually Geeky Street Graffiti Projects: From Digitized Spray-Painting to Physical Hyperlinking

(Above [Citation Needed] Wikipedia Graffiti from Flickr via Snarfd)
What makes great graffiti into geek graffiti? It can be the approach, using nifty computer equipment to generate graffiti (for example). It can also be the content, as in the case of pixelated, projected or or even “physically hyperlinked” street art. The following examples span the spectrum […]

7 (More) Abandoned Wonders of America: From Military Islands to Mills and Institutions

Imagine entire islands and vast building complexes eerily abandoned virtually in your own back yard. This seemingly far-fetched scenario might be more real than you realize. Complexes of more than 150 buildings and even small islands are located near the heart of major cities such as Houston and Washington DC. You may know these 70 […]

Brad Downey Brings Wonderland to Life: 7 Surreal Urban Street Art Installation Projects

“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change,” exclaimed Alice. While his work may seem as amazing and fantastical as something straight out of Alice’s Wonderland, Brad Downey’s creative street artwork does have a rhyme and reason beneath the madness. Downey is a New York street artist with a twist: his […]


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