Stripped to Skeleton, Old Building Becomes Bright Art Lab
An unused building at Mexico's Monterrey Institute of Technology was stripped to its frame and given a glass and wood shell for a new life as a creative lab.
Vintage Vandals: 6 Artists Monsterize Thrift-Store Paintings
In this series of epic involuntary collaborations, boring garage-sale landscapes get transformed into strange and inspired monster mashups.
Public Camouflage: Make-Up Artist Makes Models Invisible
Illusion relies on expectation - we glance but only glimpse what is familiar and the rest blends neatly into the background of urban settings.
Superstitions, Illustrated: A Calendar of Fallacious Thought
An illustrated calendar inspired by the Mayan apocalypse hysteria examines twelve common superstitions, like avoiding black cats and carrying rabbit feet.
Life-Sized Dollhouse: Abandoned Home to Giant Playhouse
In what may be the world's strangest residential renovation, an artist and restored this deserted structure into what may be the world's largest handmade dollhouse.
Flame On! 19 Fire Hydrants You'll Want To Use
Fire hydrants are considered, at most, a sidewalk hog. Urban artists have decided to give this urban landmark a confidence boost by painting them decoratively.
Half & Half: Stunning Semi-Graffitied Boutique Hotel Room
Dubbed "The Panic Room" this daring dwelling space is more designed to make you panic than as a place to flee during a (real or panic) attack.
WebUrbanist Update: 5 Years & 50 Million Visitors Later
Five years ago, who would have thought that what started as an offbeat visual culture weblog would turn into a full-fledged cosmopolitan online magazine?
Corn Colonels: 13 Creepy Geeky Scarecrows
By design or by default, some scarecrows rise above their humble bird-frightening origins and scare a lot more than just crows. Hay, it's in their jeans!
Neighborly Art: Surreal Sky Bridge Spans 2 Typical Homes
Houses can be isolating ... but what happens when you break down - or bridge - the gap created by yards and fences between two otherwise-ordinary homes?


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