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Month: January 2015

World’s Largest Indoor Farm is 100 Times More Productive

The statistics for this incredibly successful indoor farming endeavor in Japan are staggering: 25,000 square feet producing 10,000 heads of lettuce per day (100 times more per square foot than ...

That’s No Moon: Artists Launch Huge Human Head Balloon

A bizarre art installation based on a dream saw a 50-ft tall balloon become a bizarre “Man In The Moon” as it rose above the streets of Utsunomiya, Japan. ...

Beware of Colour: Activists Highlight Decay with Pink Paint

Splashed with bright buckets of paint from roofs and windows, the colorfully defaced buildings of downtown Johannesburg have evoked different reactions from supports and detractors who variously ...

Hut Above the Rest: Elevated Cabin for the Athens Skyline

Far from its typical location in the woods and other remote places, an archetypal cabin looms over the bustling city of Athens from its rooftop perch two meters above the top of most high-rises. ...

Exo-Prosthetics: Light, Cheap & Custom 3D-Printed Body Parts

Lightweight, individualized and inexpensive, this design and manufacturing strategy bends artificial limbs in new directions and promises a more personalized product for those in need of a ...

10 Vintage London Paintings Superimposed on Street View Images

Blending fiction and reality, art and history, this series of superimpositions takes 'then-and-now' imagery all the back to the 18th Century on the streets and rivers of England's capital city. ...

Caricature as Furniture: Pop Culture in Functional 3D Form

The Simpsons and other characters and pop culture figures are translated into minimalist chair designs in this eclectic collection from 56th Studio. Can you guess who the rest are supposed to be? ...

Art in Abandoned Places: 15 Unexpected Urban Installations

Translucent jellyfish put on a serene display in the window of a derelict shop, ghostly images of long-dead patients seem to haunt a disused hospital and surreal oversized spider webs appear in ...

Flowerworks: Pictures Capture Plants Exploding Like Fireworks

A novel take on a New Year's staple, crafty photography and flower power, these bright botanical arrangements (set against dark night-like) backgrounds seem to burst in ...

Waste-Free Future: 5 Package Redesigns for Everyday Products

Starting with name-brand versions of popular products found in virtually any home, this designer has come up with a series of clever solutions to eliminating the waste from each package system ...

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More Articles

As We Are: Giant 3D LED Screen Head Takes Selfies to the Next Level

Refugee Baggage: Suitcase Dioramas Show Dark Scenes from Countries Fled

Tikku: Three-Story Minimalist Micro Apartment Fits in a Single Parking Space

Out-of-Place Artifacts: The Perpetual Puzzle of Reverse-Engineering Mysterious Objects

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