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WebUrbanist | Archived Articles for July, 2010

Rube Goldberg Machines: Making the Simple, Complicated

Rube Goldberg loved to draw complicated machines designed to complete wonderfully simple tasks. Here are 10 examples of Rube Goldberg's enduring oddball legacy:

15 Creative Custom Company & Business Logo Designs

The logo designs that really stand out manage to combine memorable branding with super-simple text & basic graphics that say so much in such a small package.

Life's A Gas: Vienna's Recycled, Repurposed Gasometers

Formerly used to store "town gas" for Vienna's stoves and street lights, four huge 1890s gasometers have been reborn as a unique mixed-use urban community.

Towards a New Antarchitecture: Tiny Worlds in Ice

An architecture student produces a thesis project that doesn't just propose a wealth of architecture ideas for Antarctica, but is a work of art in itself.

Hiding in Plain Sight: Secrets of Everyday Objects

Is that glass of orange juice hiding something from you? A student project demonstrates how even the most innocent objects can conceal plenty of secrets.

Amy Casey: Painter of Precarious Worlds

Today's society feels increasingly insecure, as if everything could fall down at any moment; Amy Casey taps into this with precarious, topsy-turvy worlds:

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