Waterfront Wonders: 8 Great Modern Island + Ocean Homes
When it comes to waterfront property, the beautiful views demand wide open spaces and most architects take a minimalist approach in order to prevent taking attention away from the stunning ...
Month: May 2011
Creative Cartography: 15 Artists Transforming Maps
Maps aren't just two-dimensional pieces of paper depicting the locations and geographic features of the world. They're the basis for portraits, sculptures and clothing, and are reconstructed or ...
Bronze Aged: Cornwall’s Scenic Abandoned Metal Mines
Nearly 4,000 years ago, Cornish miners singlehandedly jump-started the Bronze Age by digging, scratching and clawing copper and tin ores from mines hacked deep beneath Cornwall's fertile soil. ...
Modern Metro: 14 of the World’s Coolest Subway Stations
Dark, smelly, filthy and crawling with rats – while this may be an accurate description of many subway stations and tunnels around the world, it definitely doesn't apply to Barcelona's ...
Hidden Creativity: QR Code Portrait Hides Double Meaning
Great art is not only beautiful, but deeply meaningful to both the artist and the viewer. Artist Scott Blake has made a name for himself creating art with bar codes: those simple black-and-white ...
City of Sounds: Scale Model Plays Urban Soundtrack
It has been said that every city makes its own unique music, though that "music" is more like a discordant jumble of various urban noises. What would it sound like if a city really could make ...
Hyper Realism in Art: These Are Not Photographs!
Hyper realism in art is mesmerizing. Take a photo in one hand and then take a look at one of these artists' oddly perfect paintings and prepare to be shocked. ...
14 (More!) Masters of Incredibly Intricate Cut Paper Art
Billowing clouds of cut paper installations that cast dream-like shadows on a gallery wall, delicate paper drawings plastered on gritty urban surfaces, complex layered sculptures of hand-sliced ...
Living In A Box: China’s Shipping Container Apartments
All across China, millions of migrant workers are on the move, looking for jobs and – once they've found them – places to live. At the same time, China's booming economy has generated a vast ...
Spiraling Tower of Babel Made of Books in Buenos Aires
Seven stories tall, this Tower of Babel is no long-lost artifact from biblical times but rather an artistic tribute to the city of Buenos Aires' new designation as 'World Book Capital 2011'. The ...
