Big Miss Steak: 10 Eerie Abandoned Meat Packing Plants
As the disconnect between the meat we eat and the places it's processed grows, so does the number of urban and suburban abandoned meat packing plants. Take the former Swift and Company ...
Month: September 2014
Flexible Furniture: Mold this Seat into All Sorts of Shapes
Sitting in a single position for long periods is not just uncomfortable but also a health hazard, but is the solution to be found in a single form or something more pliable and ...
Extreme Cliff Living: Modular House Dangles Precariously
Only the uppermost portion of this ambitious five-level home is visible when approaching from land, preserving the views for others and making for one dramatic way to live adjacent to the sea. ...
Drawn in Dust: The Great Traveling Dirty Truck Art Exhibition
Typical art travels inside, safely stowed in carefully-packed containers to prevent damage - these drawings do the opposite, playing up the folk-artsy practice of scribbling into built-up grime ...
Racing Pigeons: Garbage City Hosts World’s Oddest Pastime
In the trash-ridden outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, precariously lofted structures rise up on stilts, home to birds that, come sunset, are set loose as the strange race begins to reroute and capture ...
Brothers in Benches: Pallets Offer Public a Place to Sit
Packing down nearly as flat as they were before they were modified, six interlocking structures made of pallets unfold to reveal a variety of seating options with greenery poking out of the bench ...
Modern, Modular & Transforming Kids’ Furniture: 13 Designs
Why spend a fortune on a virtually endless array of aesthetically questionable kids' furniture, from birth to their teen years, when you could choose customizable, transforming, modern furniture ...
Bad by Design: Everyday Objects Reworked to Frustrate Users
They say great design is in the details, so what would happen if you were to twist a key element here or tweak a core feature there? As it turns out, rendering an item relatively frustrating (but ...
3-in-1 Cargo Shelters: Expandable Containers Triple in Size
Shipping container shelters combine the appeal of ultimate portability with rugged durability, but these structures add another dimension lacking in the default configuration: three times as ...
Over Board: Sink or Skate on This Amazing Floating Ramp
It's hard to imagine a more idyllic place to practice skate tricks than a sculptural wooden ramp floating on the crystalline waters of Lake Tahoe. In some of the photos, it almost doesn't look ...
