Hipster Starter Kit: Complete with Ironic Mustache & More
No shutter shades or scarf in this set, just a basic collection of essentials to get you started on the road to a life of independent fashion, aspiring artistry and political ...
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 @KurtKohlstedt14 Designer Dog Houses: Curating Posh Pup Architecture
Famous architects have been known to dabble in other design disciplines, from furniture and interiors to products and packaging, but what happens when you task international icons like MVRDV and ...
Wind Shield: Invisible Air Umbrella Keeps You Dry in the Rain
Umbrellas are already halfway there: compact as possible, they deploy in a quick motion and retract almost as easily. But problems remain: they are wet when you walk indoors, and their ...
Vintage Vandals: 6 Artists Monsterize Thrift-Store Paintings
You seem to see them at every garage sale: a chipped and battered, faux-ornate, gold-colored frame containing a bland and boring landscape that only holds meaning for the original painter and ...
Public Camouflage: Make-Up Artist Makes Models Invisible
Illusion relies on expectation - we glance but only glimpse what is familiar and the rest blends neatly into the background, particularly as we go about our busy lives in a bustling urban ...
Brewed Fresh: 10 Hot Coffee-Centric Designs & Prototypes
A hot black cuppa bean-infused water was only the beginning, but beyond Espressos, Americanos, Cappuccinos, Latte art and creative coffee mugs lies a world of stimulating design ideas for the ...
2 Pay-to-Sit Projects: Privately Monetizing Public Amenities
The privatization of public spaces is a contentious issue - suburban malls have turned many main streets into ghost towns. At the same time, there are legitimate difficulties when it comes to ...
Life-Sized Dollhouse: Abandoned Home to Giant Playhouse
In what may be the world's strangest residential renovation, an artist-in-residence took this long-deserted and severely-dilapidated house, and restored it into what may be the world's largest ...
Star Wars IV Survives: Real Life Tatooine Located in Tunisia
Yes, you can spend the night in Luke Skywalker's home, see the hermit habitat of Obi-Wan Kenobi up close, and view other remnants of the original Star Wars movie via a series sets turned since ...
Cities on Rails: Mobile Master Plan Turns Trains into Towns
Modular thinking is brilliant and infectious, expanding and spreading from industrial-revolution technologies to three-dimensional printing and beyond. But how big can modularity get? Imagine the ...
