Wrap Recap: Best 10 DIY Xmas Gift Wrappings from Reddit
The best thing come in small packages - or around them. Among other places, Reddit was abuzz this year with simple but brilliant gift-wrap ideas, often done on low (or no) budget but with ...
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 @KurtKohlstedtBeautiful Suspended Bridge Hangs from Helium Balloons
Neither this installation artist nor his work are full of hot air - this is no optical illusion or structural trick, but an actual bring hanging in mid-air that can actually hold the weight of a ...
Sunken Memorial Garden Sliced into Submerged Cruise Ship
Submerged sea vessels have long been destinations for diving tourists or (intentional or accidental) marine life habitats, but what if they could serve some function still visible on the surface ...
21 Retro Travel Posters Feature Fantasy & Sci-Fi Destinations
Ever wanted to be the next companion of Doctor Who, wished you could ride along on the Firefly-class Serenity, or wondered what it would be like to cruise the galaxy with the rebels (or imperial ...
Matthew Christopher: Photographer of Abandoned Places
Some of the locations have storied histories, and others remain a mystery - photo shoots of spaces that must remain off the map to avoid disturbing delicate or dangerous ruins, or trespassing on ...
Don’t Trip: 4 Dizzying Rooms by 1 Surrealist Spatial Artist
Like some kind of strange spatial magician, Kyung Woo Han turns conventional furniture, fixtures, doors and windows into otherworldly scenes that call into question just how familiar we really ...
DIY Civilization: 40-Part Post-Apocalypse Construction Kit
Worried about the end of the world? A group of engineers has created a series of do-it-yourself machines for building (or reconstructing) society anywhere with access to light, water and ...
Absolutely Absurd: 18 Playful Furniture Pieces for All Ages
The humor starts with the name, but definitely does not end there. Straight Line Designs produces just about anything except works that are straightforward or linear. Descriptions ...
Then & Now: Hybrid Images of a Deserted School in Detroit
It is one thing to see a building in a state of disrepair and imagine what it would have been like when it was occupied and vibrant. It is quite another to overlay a photograph, taken from the ...
Beyond Domes: 36 Photos of Burning Man Building Types
It would be a mistake to characterize Burning Man as merely a festival in the desert. For one week a year, an entire built environment (dubbed Black Rock City) for tens of thousands of residents ...
