WebUrbanist | Archived Articles by Author: Steve
A stellar writer and amazing researcher, Steve has brought a twist of creative humor into the mix with articles on geek cake designs and brilliant book artists, extreme house boat designs and real-life nanotechnology applications, dramatic guerrilla marketing campaigns and steampunk art and fashion. Steve can also be found writing away about insane news and inventions of Japan over at InventorSpot.
Crop Culture: 10 Cool & Futuristic Concept Tractors
If you think tractors are not very exciting, you've spent too much time on a collective farm and not enough on the showroom floor.
Call Me Back: 10 Retrofuturistic iPhone Accessories
The best of both worlds: Retro iPhone accessories give Apple's mass-produced marvel old-fashioned style to complement its right here, right now functionality.
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.
Global Kneads: 15 Earth Stress Reliever Ball Designs
Save the planet... for when you're really stressed out! Bounce back from adversity with 15 Earth Stress Reliever Balls that put the whole world in your hands.
Hold The Icing: A Baker's Dozen Titanic Cakes
These 13 creative Titanic cakes may not be in the best of taste but judging by the amount of delicious ice- er, frosting, we'll bet they go down easy!
Walky Talky: 12 Concept Mobile Phone Telephone Booths
These 12 concept mobile phone telephone booths recapture the isolation old public phones provided while enhancing the experience of conversing in the city.
Hip Potty Musts: 15 Concept Designer Toilet Brushes
From the outhouse to the White House, these 15 concept designer toilet brushes never bristle when it comes to cleaning the latrine.
Pop Top Culture: 10 Giant Global Coca-Cola Cans
If things really go better with Coke and better means bigger, these 10 international giant Coca-Cola cans prove size really does matter!
Flame Fame: 12 Red Hot Designer Fire Stations
These 12 hot designer fire stations are hook & ladder leaders in more ways than one, combining WYSIWYG practicality with livability, economy and style.
Maids of the Mist: 15 Steamy Humidifier Designs
These 15 humidifier designs run the gamut from cute to clever to kitten-powered. Dry air got you down? Regain your cool with a dreamy steam machine!
Foreign Ramen: 12 Cup Noodle Soups You Can’t Get Here
Cup Noodle instant ramen's been a cultural icon since 1971 but there's a world of exotic flavors out there you can't get here. Here are 12 of the weirdest.
25 Leap Day Posters to Make You Jump for Joy!
What's a Leap Year without a Leap Day? Let's celebrate this quirky quadrennial event by displaying a quarter of a hundred cool & creative Leap Day posters!
Pretty Pointy: 15 Cool Concept Toothpick Holders
These 15 cool concept toothpick holders display your wee wooden weapons to best advantage while adding a designer dash to any kitchen, bar or chicken wing cafe.
Tired Out: Spain's Abandoned Sitges-Terramar Racetrack
Built in 1922, the steeply banked concrete curves of Spain's Sitges-Terramar auto racetrack have slumbered in quiescence for the better part of a century.
Power Houses: Toronto Hydro's Camouflaged Substations
Power to the people! For a century Toronto Hydro has been designing stealthy electrical substation "homes" that blend in with their surrounding neighborhoods.














