Surfing Without Waves: Electric Wakeboard Powers Itself
Surfers living inland, or anyone who's ever eyeballed their city's river wishing they could use it to get around stalled traffic, could make their waveless surfing dreams come true with a ...
Month: October 2014
Balancing Buildings: 14 Structures that Seem to Defy Gravity
Heavy structures seem to hover in mid-air, supported only by spindly poles or narrow beams of concrete. Towers lean toward the ground at alarming angles. Narrow houses jut out over cliffs. ...
Aerial Rugs: Images from Above Converted to Carpet Patterns
Created by an architect and landscape enthusiast, this limited edition series of custom textiles derives its geometries and colors from aerial views shot around the world. Florian ...
Empty Chambers: 10 Closed & Abandoned Gun Stores & Shops
If your business involves getting fired, going off half cocked or triggering bankruptcy, you just might be one of these 10 closed and/or abandoned gun shops. ...
Anti-Object: A Public Bench Designed to be Everything-Proof
While many individuals desire multi-functional and space-saving furniture, many cities want quite the opposite: an object that one can sit on but that foils attempts at anything from sleeping, ...
365 Postcards for Ants: Impossibly Tiny Daily Illustrations
The most minuscule details of a floral bouquet, an old-fashioned camera, a jockey on a horse or a VW bus are rendered with incredibly fine paintbrushes to create paintings smaller than a quarter ...
Space-Saving Sleepers: Sofas Convert to Bunk Beds in Seconds
Convertible couch beds are great if you are having a couple over to stay and have the space to fold out into, but these double-decker solutions is a great alternative for smaller apartments or ...
Insane Yacht’s Floating Garage Doubles as an Indoor Pool
File this one under 'billionaire toys that will simultaneously make you envious and give you a rage headache:' the J'ade by CRN is the world's first mega-yacht featuring a floating garage, which ...
Transforming Transit: 13 Compact Scooters, Skates & More
Zoom past backed-up traffic and crowded sidewalks on an electric unicycle, motorized skates or a fold-up scooter/backpack combo. Urban personal transit is going electric and ultra-compact so you ...
