Archived Articles from Delana
Our brilliant resident super-series author, Delana is the mastermind behind core content including the following 8-part comprehensive series and guides: 90 Unique Urban Furniture Designs, 70 Amazing Houses of the World, The Definitive Guide to Banksy Graffiti and Street Art and the Essential Beginner’s Guide to Guerrilla Marketing.
Find the Perfect Parking Spot Before You Even Leave Home
ParkMe is an app that lets you browse available parking structures, lots, and street spaces from the comfort of your home computer or smartphone.
Odd-Wheel Wonders: 11 Novel Vehicles with 1 or 3 Wheels
When you get around, it's usually on two or four wheels. But the inventors of these crazy vehicles decided to go a different route by using one or three wheels.
The Stunning Instrument That Sounds Like an Orchestra
Stringed instruments have been in use since antiquity. There has never been one as breathtaking as the Wheelharp, which sounds like an entire orchestra.
In The Fold: 10 Futuristic Folding + Flexible Computer Ideas
The shapes of computers have changed drastically in the past decade, but the evolution isn't done yet - keep an eye out for these radical folding designs.
Cranking Out Memories: Analog Playback for Digital Videos
Being able to store old videos in digital formats has helped preserve some of the world's most important footage, but it comes at a cost.
Hotel on Wheels: Portable Room Travels the World With You
Tired of searching for a hotel when you get to a new city? This room travels with you, opening up from a suitcase into a fully functional sleeping space.
Elemental Elegance: 14 Amazing Photographs of Elements
The elements are everywhere, but it isn't often that we get a good, close-up look at them. This series of photos gives a stunning new perspective on them.
A Million Times: Clock Wall is a Moving Art Installation
Put 288 clocks on a wall and what do you get? One design group did just that, but in a new and completely mesmerizing way.
Making It: 10 (More!) Futuristic Materials That Exist Today
These futuristic materials may sound like science fiction, but they are all real - from Terminator-like metal alloys to concrete that can heal its own cracks.
Flexible Paper Sculptures Bend Reality + Warp Perceptions
Li Hongbo's sculptures look like fine ceramic at first, but they are far more layered than they appear. This talented artist excels in the unexpected.
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