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Month: February 2018

Slide on Down! Double Helix Installation Zooms Visitors Through a Renaissance Palace

You’ve never experienced Italian Renaissance architecture quite like this. German artist Carsten Höller, known for his playful interactive installations, will be installing a pair of slides in ...

The Force is Strong in These 10 Immersive Star Wars Themed Interiors

If your abiding love for the Star Wars franchise extends to collecting figurines but not to custom-building your own themed rooms quite yet, these projects might just kick you into that higher ...

Days after Gucci’s Severed Head Stunt, Drones Model Handbags at Milan Fashion Week

Robots: they took'r jerbs! Or at least, drones stood in for live models at Dolce & Gabbana’s runway during Milan fashion week, floating handbags above the heads of awed onlookers. The ...

Wood You Believe It: 10 Ultra-Tall Timber Towers Compete for World Records

As studies proving the strength and fire-resistance of timber construction loosen building codes around the globe, a new class of towers emerges, each of them angling to set records for the ...

Prints in Time: Ancient Pet Animals Accidentally Immortalized in Artifacts

When we think of ancient persons carefully laying the foundations of stone monuments, or hard at work writing out historical tomes, it's a bit hard to imagine them brushing away an interrupting ...

Squeeze Play: 9 Weird & Bizarre Stress Relief Balls

Life's stressful enough without our stress relief balls freaking us out yet the more we squeeze these creepy stress aids, the more anxious we get. Caomaru means "round face" in Japanese, ...

Modular Mood Rings: 3D-Printed Gem Blocks Make ‘Lego’ Jewelry a Snap

Instead of swapping between rings and earrings for different occasions, why not keep the framework and trade out the colorful key element: the featured jewel. Inspired by Lego and ...

Svart by Snøhetta: A Futuristic Circular Hotel Glows Under the Aurora Borealis

Redefining what it means to be a hotel on the water, Svart by architectural firm Snøhetta is an energy-positive circular structure hovering above the frigid fjord at the foot of Norway’s ...

Uplifting Design: Site’s Native Greenery Transplanted onto New Architecture

A lot of architectural schemes start from scratch with the assumption that everything on the building site will be razed or removed, but for this office structure, the designers saved and raised ...

Photographic Memory: Artist Covers Family Home in Pics Prior to Demolition

To celebrate 70 years of family memories, artist Gary Sweeney plastered his family home in Manhattan Beach with old photographs, an installation that lasted until the building was ...

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