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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 @KurtKohlstedt20 Amazing Examples of Art Made from Obsolete Technology
Technology has advanced throughout the years at an extraordinary pace, a pace that can only be matched by the rate of "the last model's" obsolescence. How often do we stop to think about the ...
The Art of Architecture: 10 Incredible Installation Projects
Where is the line between art and design? If "function" is the word that comes to mind then there are many works which fall somewhere in the gray area between extremes. Perhaps the most engaging ...
Dream-House Designs: 10 Uncanny Ultramodern Homes
Many designers must content themselves with imagining and drawing things that may never be built - very few can realize ultramodern home visions in the real world. Like a blast from the future, ...
Bloody Brilliant: 10 Blood-Themed Domestic Design Ideas
Imagine coming home to a house with red streaks and spatter patterns cast across your rugs, chairs or tables - or to find a loved one passed out in a pool of blood. Some of these radical red ...
Pics of Little Planets: 30 Polar Panoramic Photographs
There are more ways than most people realize to map a flat image onto a sphere - though the results are invariably surreal and often incredible. These five phenomenal photographers take amazing ...
Deserted Europe: 20 Hauntingly Abandoned Buildings
(Article information and images provided by Bart of Urban Travel) It is one thing to think about visiting that haunting abandoned building on the edge of town - but it is quite another thing to ...
Record-Setting Cities: 7 Urban Wonders of the Modern World
You might find an urban wonder right around the corner - from the narrowest and most windy streets of the world (respectively) to the biggest building moving project and the most profound ...
22 (More!) Fun Wood, Metal & Glass Fireplace Designs
A fireplace ... that is a box against the wall, connected to a chimney, which gives off smoke and can burn your house down, right? These examples defy that conventional understanding in all kinds ...
Uncanny Architecture: Ultimate Illustrated Urbanist Guide
We are surrounded by the built environment day in and day out, but how many buildings still turn your head, make you scratch it or even turn it upside down (your head, not the building ... well, ...
