Collector Decks: 15 Wall-Worthy Artistic Skateboards
Can you bear to place the soles of your shoes upon artwork this beautiful? While almost all of these artistic skateboard designs were made to be functional, they're also worthy of hanging in a ...
Month: September 2012
Deserted Double Decker: OZ Outback’s Busted Bus
Think your daily dose of public transit is commuter hell? Try taking a double-decker bus for a Sunday drive in the Australian Outback, Jack! You don't have to be Crocodile Dundee to know that's one ...
Drenched by Design: Waterfall Hotel is Strangely Cool
In southern Chile, a waterfall erupts repeatedly and predictably from the top of a mountain, to the delight of the people sleeping, dining and relaxing inside that mountain. It is the Montaña ...
What Are Pallets? 19 DIY Creations That Really Stack Up
What are pallets? And why should anyone care? Is a good question being asked a lot since Pinterest came into popularity. Pallets are used and abused wooden platforms used in conjunction with ...
Musical Tree! Amplified Sound Art from Falling Chestnuts
The ground below an immense chestnut tree in Berlin's Montbijoupark is aglow with green polymer membranes that produce sound from the impact of falling nuts. 'Tree Concert' is a temporary ...
WikiHouse: Open-Source DIY Architecture You Can Build
What if building houses were as easy as downloading and 'printing' CNC-milled wooden components, which can be easily and quickly assembled with no formal skills or training? In the future, it ...
World Rankings: Top 3 Nations of A’ Design Award Winners
The London Olympics this year marked another round of global competitions, and while some people follow specific sports, many are enthralled by the overall ranking of winners by country. Our ...
Grey Gold: Shower + Clothes Washer = Wise Water Recycling
Conserving water is something we should all be concerned with - but it isn't always easy to do when we've got clothes and skin to wash. The WashIt is a concept that makes use of grey water, or ...
Remember Millions of Mobile Phones in the 1960s? You Should
Quick, when was the mobile phone invented? If you thought it was the 1980s, when businessmen lugged them around in giant briefcases, think again. The earliest version of a mobile phone was first ...
Urban Living Room: Feel at Home in Public Places
How can we get more people to leave the comfort of their homes to spend time getting to know their communities and appreciating public urban spaces? Artist Eddy Kaiser and the Theatre Group ...
