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Month: August 2017

Wilderness Huts for Backcountry Glamour: 15 Not-So-Rustic Retreats

If you've got an appetite for backcountry exploration but hate setting up tents, perhaps a more comfortable wilderness hut would be a better fit. Designs for home-like retreats in remote ...

Light Capsules: Projections Bring Building-Side ‘Ghost Signs’ Back to Life

Exposed to the elements, hand-painted signs on building exteriors chip, crack and fade over time, but one artist is shining a spotlight on these historic illustrations, restoring them through ...

Eclipsing Belief: 8 Rare and Amazing Astronomic Objects & Events

We don’t even need to go searching for signs of aliens to find incredibly bizarre and unexplainable objects and events in outer space, from a ‘black widow’ pulsar that’s devouring its own ...

8-Bitten: Space Invaders Street Art Tells Tile Tales

Urban street artist Invader has installed tile mosaics modeled after Space Invaders 8-bit video game characters in over 30 countries over the past 20 years. Although he prefers to remain ...

Deadly Pleasures: The Devil’s in the Details of These Dark Miniature Scenes

Every dumb thing we humans do in this modern-day ‘civilized’ world is laid out in excruciating detail in these miniature scenes by artist Frank Kunert - not to mention our fears and ...

Compact CityTree: Vertical Micro-Garden Packs a Forest’s Worth of Green Benefits

Packing the environmental impact of as many as 275 actual urban trees, these multi-functional CityTree units are dense and efficient fighters of urban air pollution (the single largest ...

The Bizarre, Chaotic Geometry of a Frank Gehry Building in Progress

Depending on how you feel about Frank Gehry’s work, this building in progress could either be fascinating, monstrous or a combination of both. But it’s hard to argue with the fact that seeing ...

Happier Campers: Take Your Gear to a New Level With These 15 Innovations

Elevate your camping style with the latest high-performance gear like twig-burning stoves, tree tents, bear-proof coolers and portable loungers. These major upgrades will keep you dry, warm, fed ...

Inflatable Interventions: Soft Spikes Bring Roofless Ruins Back to Life

A series of architectural installations in Scotland contrast sharply with the centuries-old stone architecture and natural landscapes, featuring spiky white inflatables filling in aged cracks and ...

Oru Origami-Inspired Folding Kayak is Back with an Updated Design

City dwellers with small apartments and limited storage can now own a kayak that folds up into a suitcase-sized package perfect for toting on your bike or public transit. The Oru Kayak originally ...

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