Top Pop-Up Shops: 14 Temporary Retail Stores
Popping up in unexpected places overnight, temporary retail locations aim to dazzle shoppers with engaging visuals and alluring merchandise displays. They take over vacant storefronts, unfold ...
Month: December 2011
Korean Twin Towers Fail to ‘Cloud’ Memories of 9/11
Korean Twin Towers FAIL? It would definitely appear so, though Dutch architects MVRDV strenuously deny any connection, inspirational or otherwise, with New York City's lost World Trade Center ...
Sculptures Made of Straws by Sang Sik Hong
They seem soft and out-of-focus; at first, you may think they're made of wax. Get closer and you'll notice a sort of honeycomb pattern in each of these strange relief sculptures, wherein the ...
Modern Religion: 13 Contemporary Churches & Chapels
Sacred spaces are slowly moving out of the intricate baroque and Gothic details of traditional church architecture and into cleaner, brighter, more minimalist designs. While a classic cathedral ...
Architectural Archaeology in Antwerp’s Abandoned Tunnels
Beneath the bustle of Antwerp, Belgium, empty tunnels lie still and silent, forgotten by most of the inhabitants above. Meant for a metro system, the tunnels have been abandoned since they were ...
Digital Suburbs: Logic-Defying Fictional Aerial Views
The carefully-crafted streets and avenues of the suburban neighborhood rarely strike anyone as artistic, though they do demonstrate a certain orderly attractiveness. The artwork of Ross Racine ...
Movie Poster Minimalism: 41 Stripped-Down Examples
Modern society is built on a "more, more, more!" mentality that has leaked into movie marketing. Minimalist posters take a more bare bones approach. Minimalist posters are recreations of classic ...
Lenticular Street Art: Trick Graffiti Works only at Angles
You know what a lenticular image is, even if you've never heard the word. Applied to a rippled surface in a certain way, a lenticular image shifts in and out of focus depending on the angle you ...
Art Attack: Berlin Drivers Paint The Town Red (& Beyond)
Not only did they paint it red, but pink, purple, blue and yellow as well. Don't blame the drivers (and the odd pedestrian), and don't question their sobriety either – all were unasked, ...
Pigs in a Box: Bizarre Balloon Animal Interior
Would 'voluptuous fat membranes' make you want to buy jackets and gowns? The Los Angeles Design Group submitted a highly unusual proposal called 'Pigs in a Box' for the BOFFO Building Fashion ...
