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Month: October 2013

Talking Windows: Trains Deliver Ads Directly into Your Head

Television, radio, the internet, billboards, newspapers, magazines, malls, supermarkets...wherever you are and whatever you're doing, it's highly likely that at least a few  companies are trying ...

Art Wars: Stormtrooper Helmets Get a Colorful Makeover

'Turning the dark side into the art side,' a group of renowned contemporary artists have provided their unique spin on iconic Star Wars imagery with custom-painted stormtrooper helmets. Damien ...

Real Street Photographer Documents Virtual Life in GTA V

Advanced artificial characters and enhanced in-game graphics have increasingly made in-game worlds look and feel like real-life places. It was only a matter of time before photographers hit the ...

99% Invisible: 7 Episodes of the Best Radio Show on Design

There is no witty wordplay nor shocking truth in our title today, but that is quite by design - we simply did not want risk underselling Roman Mars, the maker of a radio show that covers ...

Place Vendome in Paris Gets Giant Bird Nest Tree Huts

Upon the centuries-old architecture of Place Vendome in Paris, nest-like structures of head-scratching proportions have appeared; messy wooden lean-to huts clinging to verdigris pillars and posh ...

Awe-Inspiring Art: 14 More Masters of Paper Sculpture

Most artists approach paper as a two-dimensional surface upon which to draw or paint. Others see it in an entirely different way, using it as an architectural material for the most unexpected of ...

Busy Banksy: New Street Art Spans All 5 Boroughs of NYC

Banksy's artwork is all over the map this month, both literally and metaphorically, showing up in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island - some of it is even traveling in ...

Explore Everything: Epic Book Shows How to Hack Cities

Combining harrowing first-hand experiences, vivid images and historical context, urban explorer and photographer Bradly L. Garrett takes his readers on a stunning in-depth tour through the hidden ...

Yellow Submarine: Abandoned Car Turned Colorful Street Art

An abandoned car left to rust by the curb in São Paulo, Brazil became a 'yellow submarine' art installation for World Car Free Day, turning an eyesore into an attraction. Junkers sitting around ...

Fake Banksy: 40 Forgeries Sold in 1 Hour on Streets of NYC

Just last week, real Banksy art was offered for sale in Central Park to an uninterested crowd, with only a few passers by unwittingly picking up signed pieces worth thousands of dollars or more. ...

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