Pixelated Portraits Made of Crayons by Christian Faur
When you blow up an image to many times its actual size and see each individual pixel, all of the details and color gradations that seemed so fine and subtle suddenly become so coarse and ...
Author: SA Rogers
S.A. Rogers is a veteran print and web author covering architecture, design, art and more. With years of experience writing for WebUrbanist, hers is one of the core voices that defines the site. She has an uncanny knack for discovering and sharing hidden built environments, including abandoned places, world wonders, monumental mysteries and other urban secrets, some of which are hidden in plain sight.Skateable Sculpture in France Glows in the Dark
Glowing an eerie green in the darkness, 'OTRO' is a new skate park in the sculpture garden of the International Center of Art and Landscape on Vassiviére Island in France. Designed by Koo ...
Grass-Covered Bridge in Amsterdam Doubles as Public Park
In the 'Venice of the North', bridges over the many 17th century canals are plentiful, but nearly all of them are for vehicles and bicyclists. The Iconic Pedestrian Bridge competition by AC-CA ...
Luxury Lounging: 13 Tantalizingly Tranquil Hammocks
A hammock can be as simple as some woven rope stretched between two trees, or it can be a massive, built-in 'outdoor room' for four people with a price tag of $20,000. These 13 hammocks run the ...
Bridging Home: House Wedged in an Alleyway by Do Ho Suh
Passing by this Liverpool alleyway and noting the bizarre sight of a small structure wedged between two buildings, you might wonder whether it was dropped from the sky, or perhaps pushed off the ...
Golden Raindrops Rise and Fall in Singapore Airport Installation
Over a thousand golden raindrops undulate in programmed patterns, rising and falling in waves and spirals, in a beautiful installation by German design collective ART+COM. Dangling from steel ...
Hacktivists Subvert Street Ads with Art & Info in Toronto
When the city sets up so-called 'Info Pillars' on the sidewalks - but then fills them with ads instead of actual information - how should the community respond? In Toronto, hacktivists decided to ...
Art Strikes Back: 24 More Sweet Star Wars Graffiti Artworks
A generation of artists who grew up on Star Wars is now decorating tunnels, alleys and other urban surfaces with Darth Vader, Yoda, Han Solo and the rest of the gang in works of graffiti art that ...
Batman Infographic: The Myriad Monikers of Gotham Villains
Catwoman, The Joker, Two-Face and Bane are just the beginning when it comes to Batman's nemeses in the decades-long history of the character and his complex adventures in Gotham. Have you heard ...
Underground Art: The Repurposed Oil Tanks at Tate Modern
Once a power station, now a repository for some of the world's most innovative art: the expansion of the Tate Modern art museum in London is repurposing industrial infrastructure in surprising ...
