Urban Farm Kit: Modular Chicken Coops, Planters & Benches
A solution for all seasons and regions, the premise is simple: every would-be urban farmer has space, weather and other growing constraints, and yet draws from the same set of essential ...
Author: Kurt Kohlstedt
WebUrbanist was founded in 2007 by Kurt Kohlstedt, who currently writes and edits articles and episodes at 99% Invisible and can be found on Twitter @KurtKohlstedt12-Country Coalition: Building the Great Green Wall of Africa
The clock is ticking for the collaborative creation of a living green wall to span nearly 5,000 miles across the African continent, designed to slow or even stop the relentless spread of ...
Mobile Hotel: Converted Double-Decker Bus B&B Still Drives
Quintessentially British, this boutique suite sleeps six, features a wood-burning stove and much more, but perhaps most amazing of all: the vehicle remains road-worthy, despite its conversion to ...
Drop-Leaf Desk: Small Side Table Converts into Work Surface
Designed as carefully as it is hand-crafted, this Tablet Desk has a deceptively streamlined look that hides a series of modular features and space-saving strategies, all made with technology in ...
Throw a Bouquet: Guerrilla Seed Bombs & Flower Grenades
Filling shotgun shells with flower seeds is just the latest (and loudest) in a long line of designs for guerrilla gardeners. If you are looking for a little less bang for your buck than ...
Hourglass Lamp: Grid-Free LED Powered by Falling Sand
Traditional timepiece meets inventive illumination in this human-powered hourglass lamp that draws its energy elegantly from grains of falling sand. Designed by Danielle Trofe, each ...
LEGO Architecture Studio: Boldly Monochromatic Block Set
A colorless LEGO kit may sound boring at first blush, but consider the spatial advantages of letting form, line and shadow stand apart from the profusion of colors normally associated with their ...
Lucky Rainbow: Time Lapse Pics of Traffic Light Piercing Fog
The right place, proper timing and a keen eye conspired to help a photographer capture this eerie nighttime phenomena at a crossroads outside of Weimar, Germany. German ...
3D Cat Furniture Set: Modular Hangouts for Walls & Ceilings
Furnishings for felines are nothing new, but this one-stop shop provides modular bridges, beds, posts and platforms designed as a kit-of-parts solution to turn any room into a cat's personalized ...
Deserted Elevator Shaft Hides Single-Room Street Museum
Like so many secret spaces of New York City, this one-room exhibit space (hidden inside an abandoned elevator) is not exactly on the beaten path. This pop-up project is naturally ...
