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Month: October 2013

School’s Out Forever: 12 Crazy DIY Converted Bus Homes

Flimsy, factory-made RVs have nothing on these totally customized, cozy buses converted into compact rolling homes. Dusty, run-down clunkers of school buses and city buses may not look like much ...

Urban Niche: Townhouse & Courtyard Fill Thin Lot in Hanoi

In some situations there is simply no way to add windows to the side of a home - this design rises to the challenge, stretching and reshaping a small urban lot to fit a cozy and low-cost solution ...

Don’t Tag Me Bro: The World’s 9 Most Vandalized Landmarks

These 9 famous international public landmarks, artworks and tourist attractions attract vandalism and graffiti that's usually (but not always) unwanted. ...

Rocket Man: Going POV With a Real Parkour Expert [Videos]

Parkour isn't quite the sensation it used to be, but there are plenty of urban athletes all over the world still exploring cities by free running, jumping, flipping and climbing. One of England's ...

Coming Next Year: World’s First Floating Apartment Complex

Living in close proximity to ever-rising water can be a difficult prospect, and while the Dutch have come up with all sorts of ways to work with instead of against it, this is a new achievement: ...

Modified Water Bike: Inventor Commutes San Francisco Bay

Both the first person to bike across the San Francisco Bay and over the Hudson River is great, but being able to skip traffic jams and cycle to work over the water daily is even better, according ...

Across the Country in 12 Images: 6,000 Wild Miles of America

It can be hard to explain to someone from Europe or elsewhere just how vast and variegated the United States really is, but this short epic photo series is a great start. It depicts a series of ...

A Tree Grows Inside This Modern Cylindrical Glass House

Would you give up all your privacy in order to live in a spectacular glass cylinder with a tree growing up the center? Perhaps the secluded forest location will help make that decision for you. ...

Clever Cord Organization: 14 Solutions to Manage Clutter

A mass of tangled cables doesn't exactly make for a nice-looking space, whether it's a desk covered in computer equipment or a game system in a prominent corner of the living room. You can either ...

One-Handed, Color-Coded First Aid Kit for Fast & Easy Use

If any design should be simple and intuitive, surely it would be an emergency medical kit - something you make lack time, treatment expertise or even a clear head to operate well in a disaster ...

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