Lost Connection: 15 Closed & Abandoned Internet Cafés
Before WiFi and smartphones stole their thunder, internet cafés like these closed and abandoned relics offered cheap & easy access to the World Wide Web. As the original public ...
Year: 2017
Maximum Discomfort: Furniture-Free House Takes Minimalism to Extremes
A renovated and expanded home in Maryland features no furniture, begging the question: what does it mean to be minimal and when does the philosophy go too far? Decorative clutter is one thing, ...
Uninterrupted Views: Billboards Blended Into Their Natural Backdrops
For just a split-second as you zoom by in your vehicle, you’ll catch the perfect alignment of 2D imagery on a billboard and the real, three-dimensional mountains in the background, eliminating ...
Forest Cities: Tree-Covered Urban Architecture to Combat Smog in China
A new series of treescrapers designed for Nanjing, China, aim to combat air pollution with plant-covered towers, but this bold vision may represent hubris more than hope. Architect Stefano ...
Street Kintsukuroi: Art Project Fills Cracks in Pavement with Gold
Taking a concept most commonly applied to broken pottery, artist Rachel Sussman applies golden pigment to the cracks in paved urban surfaces in a series called ‘Sidewalk Kintsukuroi.’ In ...
Better Than Before: 10 Unwanted Structures Transformed for New Uses
Creative conversion projects transform old disused structures like factories, churches, grain silos, cisterns and slaughterhouses for new purposes, helping them avoid demolition. Often ...
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 - ...
