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Year: 2017

Arcaketecture: Algorithms & 3D-Printing Shape Deliciously Structural Cakes

Ukrainian pastry chef Dnara Kasko is at it again, this time with an algorithmically-modeled desert made up of 81 distinctly shaped pieces. Kakso drew inspiration from artists and engineers ...

Forget Mocktails: High-Tech Glass Makes Water Taste Like Anything You Want

If you’re sober, pregnant or otherwise unable or unwilling to consume alcohol, you can still enjoy whatever cocktails you crave with a high-tech drinking glass that simulates three layers of ...

Self-Driving Mobile Living Rooms: 10 Car Concepts for the Next 50 Years

A couple decades from now, we’ll be able to summon autonomous shared vehicles both from our smartphones and from privately owned steering wheels that double as AI companions in the home, ...

Toniture: Kit-of-Parts Construction Toy Set Lets Kids Design & Build Furniture

At the intersection of toys and furniture, TONITURE borrows from classic construction sets with a critical twist: the do-it-yourself objects kids design and build with these pieces are functional ...

It’s On Like Donkey Kong at Berlin’s Mount Mitte Urban Climbing Park

In the words of venerable modern philosopher Ice Cube, ‘it’s on like Donkey Kong’ - literally - at Berlin’s Mount Center climbing park, which features elevated platforms that look an ...

A Standing Ovation for Great Animation: 13 Arresting Works of Art in Motion

There's something about creating art that's not quite reflective of our physical reality and then giving it life through motion that can be alternately beautiful and unnerving. The slight ...

Storage Worse: 10 Abandoned Self-Storage Facilities

Abandoned self-storage locker units (and those who bid for them) have spawned a popular TV series but what happens when entire facilities go belly-up? It is unfortunate when a self-storage ...

Urban Miniatures: Graffiti-Tagged Architectural Model Features Gritty Detail

In a world of pristine and perfect model architecture, this replica of a locksmith in Taiwan boasts dirt, grime, graffiti and rickety structural details. Crafted by Joshua Smith ...

Religious Conversion: Modern Office Inserted Into a Historic Belgium Chapel

A cubic white volume juts out of the exterior wall of a historic church in Belgium, looking a bit like it a dramatic incident of some sort landed it there. But the parasitic appearance of this ...

That’s a Wrap: Critics Pan Leather Skirt that Looks Like a Car Floor Mat

It's easy to pan high fashion for being expensive, impractical and out of touch with reality, and all the more so when a fashion item resembles an upcycled everyday item like a car's floor ...

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