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Month: January 2014

Adventures of Double-Faced Girl: Surreal Photography Series

It's amazing what a few strokes of a black eyeliner can do - like create an unsettling optical illusion that makes it seem as if a girl has two faces. The 'Doublefaced' project by Sebastian ...

Stealth Style: Navigate Subways with a Map-Backed Necktie

Putting loose ends to good use, this clever piece of street-smart apparel takes advantage of the usually-hidden flip side of your standard-shaped men's tie. Savvy travelers know that there ...

Extreme Street View: Google Employee Maps Deserted Island

Street View has mapped much more than roads in its, but sending a lone urban explorer through the haunting multistory ruins of a remote island may be one of their riskiest geographic ventures ...

Apartment Arcade: Passersby Play Game Through Window

A large storefront window in a Belgian designer's work/live space invites passersby to pause and play an arcade game with a fun interactive installation. Where others living in such a busy urban ...

Altered Architecture: 12 More Abandoned Buildings as Art

Abandoned places are brightened up, made even creepier and more atmospheric, or otherwise transformed into massive works of art with installations that use entire buildings as creative tools. ...

Bike Tire Tent: Compact Travel Shelter Wraps Inside Wheels

For the cycling nomad, this design uses space you never knew you had, and helps free up room in front-of-handlebar baskets or on above-back-tire racks for other uses in the ...

Swim the Thames: Pair of Pools for London’s Polluted River

Inspired by planned Super Sewer that will reduce pollution in London's central waterway by 96%, this audacious design aims to take advantage of a future in which it is finally safe again to swim ...

Pencil vs. Camera: Illusion Drawings Pop Off the Page

You might think artist Ben Heine has Photoshopped himself into his own pencil drawings, but he's actually standing on top of them. Much like the mind-bending optical illusions produced in chalk ...

Live Crabs, Gold Bars & iPods: 18 Weird Vending Machines

Forget crackers and candy bars - you could be buying live lobsters, bike parts, whole heads of lettuce and even freshly baked baguettes with the push of a button from vending machines across the ...

Urban Farm Kit: Modular Chicken Coops, Planters & Benches

A solution for all seasons and regions, the premise is simple: every would-be urban farmer has space, weather and other growing constraints, and yet draws from the same set of essential ...

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