Month: April 2012
Outside Offices: 14 Detached Work Pods, Eggs, Modules & More
Why settle for a cramped corner of a noisy house when your home office could be a separate unit tucked into the greenery of your backyard? Detached office modules, art studios, recording studios ...
Hot & Sticky: 15 Concept Adhesive Tape Dispensers
Roll tape! These 15 concept adhesive tape dispensers stick sometimes surprising form together with often (though not always) adequate function. Imbuing office supplies with personality can be a ...
Incredibly Intricate 2.5 Ton Carved Marble Manhattan
Yukata Sone received his formal training as an architect, but soon discovered that his penchant for fine details went far beyond merely designing life-size buildings. He began working in marble, ...
Groundbreaking Street Art Smashes Up Through Sidewalks
Oh yes, you read it right: breaking ground was meant in the literal sense - think Sandworms from Beetlejuice, chewing through asphalt on their way to attack and nature's own bright orange warning ...
Give Me Space! 24 Compact Innovations For More Elbow Room
As the urban landscape expands upward and outward, and space becomes an increasingly pricey commodity, stylistic compromises have to be made... or do they? Beautiful furniture designs are ...
Removing Moss as Art: Reverse Graffiti Goes Subtractive
Moss has gained a reputation as one of the best natural art mediums, a living swath of vivid green with an irresistible texture that can be coaxed into various shapes and patterns. While most ...
Living Infrastructure: Grow-it-Yourself Jungle Bridges
In sunny weather, the calm pools of water in Nongriat are the perfect place to bathe or relax, their waters typically shallow enough to stand in. But this peacefulness is rare, and when the rain ...
Painting Reality: Surprised Motorists Make Sudden Street Art
Ingredients: 500 liters of brightly-colored, eco-friendly, wash-away water-based paint, one elevated location with video camera and a whole mess of (2000) cars just waiting at an intersection to ...
Fantastic Failures: 10 Wacky Failed Inventions From the Past
There are some inventions that will forever be remembered fondly even after they are made obsolete by other technology. And then there are the other ones...the failures that never quite took off, ...
