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Month: January 2014

Trick of the Light: 12 Shining Works of Holographic Art

Holograms suggest a depth and dimension that isn't really there, an illusion of matter in space that can range from a low-tech flickering image in a children's book to ghostly computer-generated ...

Hourglass Lamp: Grid-Free LED Powered by Falling Sand

Traditional timepiece meets inventive illumination in this human-powered hourglass lamp that draws its energy elegantly from grains of falling sand. Designed by Danielle Trofe, each ...

Put To Sleep: 12 Sad Abandoned Pet Shops & Vet Clinics

Put away the cat-carrier and make your own Cone of Shame; these abandoned veterinary clinics and shuttered pet shops are closed fur good. ...

LEGO Architecture Studio: Boldly Monochromatic Block Set

A colorless LEGO kit may sound boring at first blush, but consider the spatial advantages of letting form, line and shadow stand apart from the profusion of colors normally associated with their ...

Darkened Cities: Urban Skylines Minus Light Pollution

What would your city look like if it went completely dark? Words like majestic, awe-inspiring and magical come to mind - not as descriptions for the cities themselves, but how some of their most ...

Lucky Rainbow: Time Lapse Pics of Traffic Light Piercing Fog

The right place, proper timing and a keen eye conspired to help a photographer capture this eerie nighttime phenomena at a crossroads outside of Weimar, Germany. German ...

3D Cat Furniture Set: Modular Hangouts for Walls & Ceilings

Furnishings for felines are nothing new, but this one-stop shop provides modular bridges, beds, posts and platforms designed as a kit-of-parts solution to turn any room into a cat's personalized ...

World’s Coolest Dorms: 7-Story Circular Student Housing

Many college dorms - especially at public schools - are little more than prison-like rows of cheap, boring housing with no architectural interest to speak of. That's definitely not the case at ...

Failed Jungle Utopia: 7 Abandoned Wonders of Brazil

The remains of Henry Ford's failed rubber-producing city, two rusting theme parks, intricate colonial facades and a railroad that set the scene for 7,000 deaths are among Brazil's fascinating ...

Deserted Elevator Shaft Hides Single-Room Street Museum

Like so many secret spaces of New York City, this one-room exhibit space (hidden inside an abandoned elevator) is not exactly on the beaten path. This pop-up project is naturally ...

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