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Month: January 2008

Extreme Mobile Living: Garbage Trucks to Luxury Campers

There's nothing like the freedom to move and live where we want. Perhaps the greatest expression of postmodern mobility is when transportation devices are combined with living spaces. Creative ...

(Not) Only in Russia: 7 Deserted Wonders of the Former USSR

There are amazing abandonments in America but the former Soviet Union has some of the most interesting, unique and strange abandoned buildings. The complex political, military and social history ...

Stick ‘Em Up! 16 Post-It Note Pranks, Sculptures & Murals

Never underestimate the power of simple office supplies. Post-It Notes come in many vibrant colors and provide everything from a building block for engaging sculptures to a collection of blank ...

16 of the Most Creative & Weird Hotel Rooms in the World

Ever wonder what it would be like to live upside-down, sleep like a vampire or break out of prison? More and more hotels are breaking out of the tradition of cookie-cutter rooms and are ...

Philadelphia City Hall: Tallest Masonry Building in the World

Did you know that brick or stone-clad buildings you see today almost invariably hide a steel support structure that does the actual work? Before steel was used to create rigid frames, buildings ...

Shop, Drop & Art: 7 Surrealist Urban Shopdropping Projects

[above: put this back in your next mass-mailed business reply envelope!] If the comments on this article are any indicator, Shopdropping is controversial to say the least. Still, whether they ...

Flat Pack: 20 Creative Furniture Designs for Cramped Living

(Check out our complete collection of Unusual, Creative and Transforming Furniture.) [Above: flat pack book case design by Jeremy Grove] Flat pack furniture is exactly what it sounds like: ...

7 Geeky Graffiti Art Projects: Physical Hyperlinking & More

(Above Wikipedia Graffiti from Flickr via Snarfd) What makes great graffiti into geek graffiti? It can be the approach, using nifty computer equipment to generate graffiti (for example). It ...

7 Abandoned Wonders of America: Mills to Military Islands

Imagine entire islands and vast building complexes eerily abandoned virtually in your own back yard. This seemingly far-fetched scenario might be more real than you realize. Complexes of more ...

Brad Downey Projects: 7 Surreal Street Art Installations

"It would be so nice if something made sense for a change," exclaimed Alice. While his work may seem as amazing and fantastical as something straight out of Alice's Wonderland, Brad Downey's ...

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