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Month: October 2012

The Incredible Lost and Found Art of Hand-Painted Signage

While technology usually makes things faster, it rarely produces the kind of unique and soulful results that come from the hearts and hands of humans. The sign industry fell as a casualty to a ...

Sound of the Earth: Vinyl Globe Plays Music of the World

This is more than just a model of the globe: it's a spherical record player that will produce the sounds of a particular region when spun. The Sound of the Earth by Yuri Suzuki is just one of the ...

Shanghai Bomb Shelter Now Bustling Underground Night Club

With a population of nearly 13.5 million packed into just 2,448 square miles and a large network of disused bomb shelters, it's no surprise that some Shanghai businesses are going underground. ...

Looping Roller-Coaster Stairway You Can Actually Walk On

From afar, it looks like a forgotten relic of a theme park that has since picked up and moved on - but it's actually a walkable sculpture. 'Tiger & Turtle - Magic Mountain', as it's named, ...

Architecture Gets Graphic: 13 Ornamental Building Designs

Modern architecture is not exactly known for being ornamental, but some architecture firms are beginning to pick away at the close association of modernism and minimalism. Led by Herzog & De ...

Japan’s Urban Spaceship: The Omiya Rocket Building

Let's do launch! The shiny, streamlined, sc-fi styled Rocket Building dominates an otherwise unremarkable downtown street near Omiya Station in Saitama, just north of Tokyo, Japan. Home to rental ...

World-Warping Photography Bends, Twists & Tears Reality

Life feels rather rigid and unyielding sometimes, which is why it's nice to have art like Jan Kriwol's into which we can escape momentarily. Kriwol's series "Paper Realities" only consists of ...

Video Tours Take You Around the World in Just One Minute

Most of us will never have the time or resources to travel all around the world - but for the lucky few who can make that trip, it's a life-changing experience. "Regular guy" filmmakers Rick ...

Miniature City Scenes: 21 of Slinkachu’s Tiny Art Installations

Slinkachu is a UK-based artist who creates tiny scenes on city streets that are both humorous and compelling. He photographs each scene and then leaves it to be discovered. (Images via ...

Half Pipe, Double Trouble: 2 Skateboard-able Dream Homes

Skateboarders often have a tendency to eye virtually every surface as they go about their day, sizing it up for its curves and rails, imagining what it would be like to skate it. What if more ...

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