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Month: June 2014

Machine Cemetery: Diggers Bury Selves in Unmarked Graves

A surreal testimony to the excesses of underground construction in London, developers have been intentionally burying still-functioning digging machines used to excavate subterranean ...

Electrifying Art: Sculptures Made of Wire and Cable Ties

All it took to create this series of sculptures - aside from ingenuity and artistic talent, of course - was a trip to the hardware store for some electrical wire and cable ties. Artist Pavel Sinev ...

The Future Takes Flight: 13 Forward-Thinking Airport Ideas

With their inefficient terminals and bloated footprints, today's airports are typically ill-equipped to adapt to sharp increases in demand, scarce land availability or new flight technologies. ...

Inspiration Pad: Lined Notebook for Thinking Outside the Box

Made for those who like to color outside lines and jot outside boxes, each page of this bound pad provides a unique source of inspiration and different framework for drawing, sketching and ...

Agony & Ivory: 12 Not So Grand Abandoned Pianos

88 keys and nothin' on... except dust, dirt & decay. These 12 abandoned pianos may irk music lovers but cheer those who live life slightly out of tune. ...

DreamVendor: 3D Printing Kiosk Makes Your Vision Reality

If you could have a vending machine spit out a small object in any shape you could dream up, what would it be? The DreamVendor, an interactive 3D printing station for Virginia Tech students, is ...

Urban Infill: Colorful Tile Mosaics Patch Potholed Streets

In a city with over a half-million open potholes, one artist is helping address the problem and raising awareness by installing his own creative patches, filling them piece by piece with colorful ...

16 Cap Redesigns Give 2nd Lives to 40,000 Used Cola Bottles

Aimed at promoting the creative reuse of plastic bottles, Coca-Cola has launched a project to give away caps that convert discarded drink containers to fun and practical alternative ...

Animating Architecture: Real Facades Remixed, Spun & Stacked

Taking building concepts to their illogical conclusions, this series of surreal animations provides a tour of impossible architectural structures and facades, each taken to a fresh visual ...

Decaying Detroit: Google Street View Shows Change Over Time

The dark architectural equivalent of 'Faces of Meth,' these compiled Google Street View images of Detroit from 2009 through 2013 paint a poignant portrait of decay in the city. Entitled ...

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