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Month: July 2010

Nuclear Coverup: 10 Cool Examples Of Cooling Tower Art

Cooling towers have come to symbolize power plants - nuclear or not - around the world. Standing hundreds of feet tall with a distinctive hourglass profile, some of these "towers of power" show ...

Surreal Decay: Stunning Light Graffiti Made with Stencils

Light graffiti is surreal and impermanent, infused with a sense of kinetic chaos that seems inherent to this unique and expressive art. But one Melbourne, Australia-based street artist has found ...

Read ‘n Roll: Fantastic Newspaper Art of Nick Georgiou

Nick Georgiou is a Queens-born artist known for his use of the printed word as an artistic medium, but not in the way you think. He creates creatures and art pieces out of discarded newspaper and ...

Textures of Time: A Vanishing America Told in Pictures

All across America, a familiar type of landscape can be found: empty buildings, decaying storefronts and deserted streets. They're not ghost towns, but rather the remnants of a different time. ...

The Retro Future is Here: Houses Beyond the Year 2000

The future is here! Unfortunately, dinner is not in pill form, I have nothing that looks remotely like a hovercar, and robots are still lumbering jokes. Where are the domed cities? The jetpacks? ...

Logo Fail: 10 Ways to Avoid Making a Creative Logo

A well-designed logo is timeless, simple, memorable, versatile and appropriate. But then there are the hideous, the bizarre, the unreadable and the offensive (whether due to unintended double ...

Enjoy Your Fright: The World’s 10 Scariest Airports

Flying may be one of the safest methods of transportation but it doesn't always look that way, especially when flying in and out of certain airports. These 10 air travel destinations challenge ...

Stop, Pop & Roll: Urban Tape Line Art by Aakash Nihalani

Do you see beauty in a cinder block wall, a street crossing or a stop sign? Chances are, you don't even notice them – but Aakash Nihalani would like to help you out with that. The ...

Is it Real or is it Roman? Fascinating CGI Architecture

Regardless of our amazingly advanced CGI technology, it's rare to see a piece of CGI artistry that's so masterful it makes one stop and question whether it's actually real footage. The short film ...

Pool or Beach? The Summer Dilemma Summed Up in Design

A trip to the pool or beach is practically mandatory to beat the summer heat, and dragging the same dented bucket for playing in the sand, and swinging the typical ratty towel over your shoulder, ...

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