Sculptures Made of Straws by Sang Sik Hong
They seem soft and out-of-focus; at first, you may think they're made of wax. Get closer and you'll notice a sort of honeycomb pattern in each of these strange relief sculptures, wherein the ...
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.Modern Religion: 13 Contemporary Churches & Chapels
Sacred spaces are slowly moving out of the intricate baroque and Gothic details of traditional church architecture and into cleaner, brighter, more minimalist designs. While a classic cathedral ...
Architectural Archaeology in Antwerp’s Abandoned Tunnels
Beneath the bustle of Antwerp, Belgium, empty tunnels lie still and silent, forgotten by most of the inhabitants above. Meant for a metro system, the tunnels have been abandoned since they were ...
Lenticular Street Art: Trick Graffiti Works only at Angles
You know what a lenticular image is, even if you've never heard the word. Applied to a rippled surface in a certain way, a lenticular image shifts in and out of focus depending on the angle you ...
Pigs in a Box: Bizarre Balloon Animal Interior
Would 'voluptuous fat membranes' make you want to buy jackets and gowns? The Los Angeles Design Group submitted a highly unusual proposal called 'Pigs in a Box' for the BOFFO Building Fashion ...
Artistic Dollar Redesign is Beautiful, Simple & Practical
What if thoughtful design, in which aesthetic concerns shared top priority with practical ones, were able to infiltrate every aspect of our lives? Even the bank notes in our pockets would be ...
Revolutionary Robots: 16 Cool & Crazy Creations
Artificial intelligence is getting more advanced by the day, in ways that are both scary and exciting. There are robots that can help make the world a better place - leading schools of fish away ...
Scribbled Line People: Amazing 3D Digital Art
At first, you're not sure what you're looking at. Are these strange portraits, their subjects seeming to disassemble before your very eyes, wire sculptures? They are incredibly three-dimensional, ...
Art in Abandoned Places: 14 Inspiring Installation Projects
Abandoned places often seem like art in themselves; there's a certain beauty in decay, and urban explorers go to great lengths in order to capture decrepit remains on film. But some take it one ...
Robotic Light Art: Clean & Create with a Roomba Vacuum
Roombas, those little robotic vacuum cleaners, zoom around cleaning the floor without requiring you to lift a finger. Hitting furniture and walls, they simply back up and move in another ...
