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Month: November 2018

Midcentury Modern ‘Draper’ RV Offers a Nomadic Lifestyle for Discerning Design Fans

With its black facade, stylish roof slant and fold-down deck, the new 'Draper' RV by Land Ark is ready to cruise all over the country and look hot doing it. The lines between recreational ...

True Colors: Photographer Captures Urban Spectrum of Modern Istanbul

Istanbul, Turkey, conjures to mind far-off days of Constantinople and historic works of architecture, from stone masonry homes ot ornate mosques, but there is a colorful variety to the city's ...

From Saving Lives to Raining Candy: Drones Do a Lot of Good, Too

We haven't quite reached the predicted point at which drones become an intrinsic part of our daily lives, but small autonomous flying machines are learning how to do a lot more than spook people ...

Wave Forms for Artists & Artisans: Free Vintage Design Guide to Japanese Waves

In Japan, an island nation, waves are symbols long found in a vast array of art, design and craft from around the country, which one author decided to systemize in a three-book series now ...

The World’s First Underwater Hotel Villa is Officially Open in the Maldives

Sleep sixteen feet below the surface of the ocean at the new Conrad Muraka villa in the Maldives, nestled into bed with panoramic views of marine creatures to color your dreams. Officially the ...

Cough-y House: Abandoned Cresson Tuberculosis Sanatorium

The abandoned Cresson Tuberculosis Sanatorium once housed TB patients seeking relief and recuperation amidst Pennsylvania's rugged Allegheny Mountains. Sanatoriums (not to be confused with ...

Urban Forestry: Explore 678,632 Street Trees of NYC with Interactive Map

The NYC Parks Department offers an amazing resource in the form of an online map that "includes every street tree in New York City" (spanning 422 species) first mapped by volunteers in 2015 and ...

Zaha Hadid Architects to Design a Swirling New Smart City in Moscow

A whole new smart city is set to begin construction west of Moscow, Russia, and Zaha Hadid Architects has been selected to help design it. The firm’s proposal is a phased development ...

Wild Waste: Giant Trash Animals Nest Inside Abandoned Las Vegas Motel

A classic mid-century roadside motel in Las Vegas has been turned into a fantastically colorful habitat for a series of huge animals, constructed from waste collected from dumpsters, abandoned ...

We Could All Use a Little More Chindogu, the Japanese Art of Useless Inventions

A little bit Dada, a little bit "only sold on television," intentionally useless inventions called Chindogu look like a bunch of plastic junk at first glance, but there’s more to it than that. ...

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