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Month: October 2013

Fine Art of Architecture: B&W Photography by Joel Tjintjelaar

Highly refined yet ever-evolving, the work of this photographer started with portraiture, moved through landscapes and seascapes, and has for a time now focused on architecture, capturing even ...

Priceless: Banksy Shop in NYC Sells Art to Clueless Public

A few lucky people had no idea what they were actually purchasing when they bought black-and-white graffiti works on canvas from a street stall in Central Park for sixty bucks a pop. Those works ...

Wild Water Crossings: 14 Bold & Crazy Bridge Concepts

Even ordinary bridges are complex structures, but add in multiple levels,  undulating ribbons of steel, elements that dip into the water or roads that split into scissor-like blades and you've ...

Bubble Hotels: Spacious Spherical Retreats Set in Nature

Somewhere on the scale between tent and cabin lies the bubble hotel, an optionally transparent or opaque plastic retreat that is roomier than normal camping accommodations but more minimal than a ...

Candy Corn-ucopia! 9 Sick Sweet Seasonal Snack Spinoffs

Ahh, Candy Corn... we can't seem to get enough of it or get rid of it fast enough. Take (or give) these 9 pancreas-pulverizing variations on a sugary theme. ...

Unbelievable Illusions: Adding a 3rd Dimension to 2D Surface

This mesmerizing performance piece from Bot & Dolly blends reality and a technological fantasy world. Using 3D projection mapping, two large white surfaces and two talented robots, the ...

Indoor Camping: Vintage RVs Reclaimed as Hostel Rooms

At Bonn's Basecamp Young Hostel, travelers enjoy the quirky accommodations of cheerfully decorated vintage RVs, with views of the sea and an unchanging blue sky just beyond their windows. That ...

144-Year Building: 3D Animation Completes Famous Basilica

Started in 1882, the Sagrada Família basilica is one of the most famous buildings in the world, despite still remaining unfinished ... at least for now. This amazing one-minute animation shows ...

Secret Graffiti: Railings Reveal Art Only at the Right Angle

Railings, shutters, sun shades and other surfaces with separate-but-repeating elements are all potential canvasses for this unique semi-secretive approach to street ...

3D Printer Bot Creates Perfect Replicas of Classic Paintings

You can't really get a feel for a Rembrandt painting by looking at a flat print - there's just so much detail missing in the texture of the brushstrokes, the physicality of the paint. But just ...

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