Spinning Canvas: Color & Gravity Create Brush-Free Paintings
Calculation meets chaos in the work of Amy Shackleton, a painter who works without brushes to create masterful yet whimsical urban and natural landscapes. Her dynamic paintings are the ...
Month: July 2014
No Sweat: 10 Abandoned Gyms & Deserted Fitness Centers
Gotta be at the gym in 26 minutes? Don't get bent outta shape but no amount of blood, sweat or tears can rejuvenate these abandoned gyms & fitness centers. Weight Of The ...
Fossilized Retreat: Log Cabin Remnants Recast in Concrete
Using the existing logs from a previous cabin structure as formwork, this retreat manages to retain the scale and textures of its predecessor in a dramatically modern new ...
Reflections from Above: Mirrored Skyscraper Illusion Photos
Illuminated cityscapes multiply and divide in unexpected ways when their nighttime reflections hit the mirrored facades of the skyscrapers found within them. Photographer Donna Dotan, known for her ...
Head Light: Popup Wall Lamp Has Horns that Glow in Shadows
A classy alternative to hanging animal parts, this deer head wall lamp started as a design concept, went viral as a prototype and has just been funded for full production via a successful ...
Casa Futebol: Design to Deploy Housing in World Cup Stadiums
Imagine converting the circumferential spaces of sports stadiums into a plug-and-play system of modular residential units, leaving their open centers for use as open sports surfaces, green ...
Retro-Modern Radio Ball Rolls its Way to the Next Station
Remember when searching for a good radio station was a process of discovery, slowly turning a knob to hear snippets of music or talk making its way through the static? The anticipation was part of ...
Stay on the Go: 13 Stackable, Movable Modular Hotel Designs
These hotel rooms can be stacked on top of each other, swapped out for easy renovation and easily transported from one place to the next thanks to their modular design. From a shipping container ...
Lightning Fixture: Domesticated Cloud to Hang in Your Home
A simple but provocative piece of dynamic home decor, this thundering cloud can be set to react to its environment, picking up cues from the weather or turning stormy on demand. Designed ...
Permanent Parklets: São Paulo Turns Street Parking to Parks
In a bold bid to change its urban landscape for good, Brazil's biggest city has given a green light to citizen proposals to transform car parking spots into perpetual park ...
