No Life Support: 10 Abandoned Ambulance & EMS Stations
Silence the sirens and be careful out there... these abandoned, closed and condemned ambulance & EMS stations no longer respond to medical emergencies. ...
Month: January 2014
12-Country Coalition: Building the Great Green Wall of Africa
The clock is ticking for the collaborative creation of a living green wall to span nearly 5,000 miles across the African continent, designed to slow or even stop the relentless spread of ...
Clever Counterfeit: Vacant Shops Pretend to be High-End
There's something a little off about the highly recognizable logos splashed across this retail complex in the Chinese city of Wuxi: beside a round green & white approximation of the Starbucks ...
Playing With Food: Fruits & Vegetables as Temporary Art
Romanian photographer Dan Cretu loves to play with his food. His series of food-themed photographs takes everyday foods and turns them into something that looks far more permanent. Cretu ...
Mobile Hotel: Converted Double-Decker Bus B&B Still Drives
Quintessentially British, this boutique suite sleeps six, features a wood-burning stove and much more, but perhaps most amazing of all: the vehicle remains road-worthy, despite its conversion to ...
Cocaine Skull: Life-Sized Sculpture Made of Street Drugs
A pile of street cocaine mixed with gelatin is sculpted into a life-sized replica of a human skull in 'Ecce Animal,' a statement on humankind's lingering tendency to lose control of ourselves. ...
Haunting Haikyo: 7 Abandoned Wonders of Modern Japan
Haikyo is the Japanese term for 'ruins' and intimates infiltration and exploration of the country's abandoned places, of which there are many. The economic highs and lows of the past century have ...
Drop-Leaf Desk: Small Side Table Converts into Work Surface
Designed as carefully as it is hand-crafted, this Tablet Desk has a deceptively streamlined look that hides a series of modular features and space-saving strategies, all made with technology in ...
Throw a Bouquet: Guerrilla Seed Bombs & Flower Grenades
Filling shotgun shells with flower seeds is just the latest (and loudest) in a long line of designs for guerrilla gardeners. If you are looking for a little less bang for your buck than ...
Disappearing Bed for Tiny Flat Rolls Under Kitchen Floor
When you're trying to pack an entire apartment worth of furniture into just 130 square feet, where do you find the room for a full-sized bed? The answer, in this case, is a place you'd likely ...
