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Month: February 2017

Golden Ratio in Action: Coloring Book & Animations of Geometric Illustrations

The Golden Ratio has been a source of inspiration (and contention) for thousands of years, lurking behind great works of design. Venezuelan architect and illustrator Rafael Araujo is fascinated ...

Brutal East: New Scale Models of Brutalist Architecture Made of Paper

Hold the most iconic and imposing of Eastern Europe’s Brutalist architecture in the palm of your hand with this new set of paper miniatures by Zupagrafika. The design studio presents ‘Brutal ...

Extreme(ly Comfortable) Camping: 13 Rugged Off-Road Trailers

If the standard camping trailer just isn’t extreme enough for you, maybe a compact ‘bug out trailer’ with monster wheels, a full kitchen and a pop-up roof tent will satisfy your survivalist ...

Amazon Calm: Rio’s Deteriorating Olympic Games Venues

Barely completed in time, venues at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil are going south in a big way now that the athletes have left. The Games of the XXXI Olympiad - ...

Disappearing Road: Cross Quickly, Before It’s Swallowed by the Sea Again

Twice a day, when the tides go down, this causeway appears to connect the French mainland to the island of Noirmoutier, but cross quickly or the road will disappear, stranding you in the middle ...

Inhabitable Nomadic Shelters: Designs Address LA’s Homelessness Crisis

The problem of homelessness is a complex one rooted in gross stratification of wealth, and while addressing it in full means addressing poverty itself, temporary portable housing can save lives ...

Reclaiming Urban Food Production: 12 Smart Designs for Farms & Gardens

Most urban environments aren’t lacking in sunlight - it’s a lack of square footage and healthy soil that makes it hard to use these spaces to grow food. While many a high-tech concept design ...

Desktop Jellyfish Tank: This Invertebrate Aquarium Sure Beats Goldfish

Rapidly warming oceans have led to an explosion of jellyfish numbers in seas around the world - allow that fact to float around your brain for a bit as you stare at translucent invertebrates ...

Two-Wheel Tech: 12 Innovative Motorcycle Designs Envision the Future

What happens to the aesthetics of motorcycles when we let go of our nostalgic love for retro silhouettes and whole-heartedly embrace the future? Sleek and seamless unibody construction, ...

Druid Awakening: A Dozen Hard Rockin’ Modern Stonehenges

These 12 modern homages to Stonehenge would likely bemuse, befuddle and bewilder those who constructed the original prehistoric standing stone circle. Much like the original Stonehenge ...

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