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Word on the Street: 14 Fun Urban Street Ads

Advertisers take to the streets with ads that turn asphalt, manholes and sewer grates into surprisingly effective marketing platforms.

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Dial4Light: Turning Street Lights On Via Mobile Phone

A groundbreaking cost-cutting, energy-saving program in Germany called Dial4Light requires pedestrians to activate street lights using their cell phones.

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Going Up? Radical & Subversive Urban Rooftop Dwellings

Urban rooftops are often neglected, but some clever homeowners are using them to their full potential: to support extended, unique, sky-high living areas.

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Stupendous Steps: 15 Great Escalator & Stair Ads

Ads in unexpected places, like escalators and stairs, can be utterly captivating when they take full advantage of the unusual medium.

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Urban Red Planet: Human Habitats On Mars

When humankind finally sets down roots somewhere other than the planet of our birth, chilly, lifeless and distant Mars is our most likely destination.

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App Provides Glimpse of Phantom City

An iPhone app allows users to explore the New York City that could have been if visionary architectural proposals had become reality.

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Livable Luxury: 14 Creative Kitchen Designs

The best in modern kitchen design isn't just minimalist and visually appealing, but fits the most function into the smallest space possible.

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Communication Arts: 15 Awesome Posters About Design

A group of diverse graphic designers answer the question "what is graphic design?" the best way they know how: through graphic design.

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18 Super Shipping Container School and Hotel Designs

After seeing the success of other shipping container construction projects, schools and hotels are getting in on the money- and time-saving cargotecture method.

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30 Cargo Container Offices, Stores and Businesses

Shipping containers are ideal for commercial buildings. Stores, offices, shopping malls, and more are using recycled cargo containers for low-cost construction.

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20 Steel Shipping Container Cities, Dorms, Apartments

Not all steel shipping container architecture is about building a dream home. These clever designs use cargo containers for community and emergency housing.

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From Vomit Collectors to Worm Pickers: 13 Bizarre Jobs

While you're stuck in your cubicle from 9 to 5, there are people out there getting paid to sleep, taste pet food and sniff armpits.

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10 Black Friday Shopping Tips By Urban Ninjas

Black Friday . . . are you preparing to battle the holiday shopping crowds? Brush up on your ninjas skills before you go into the battle of the urban ninjas.

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9 Amazing Apartment Designs & Cool Condo Plans

Color, pattern, unexpected materials and careful editing of rustic historic architectural details make these apartment and condo remodels one-of-a-kind.

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