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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 @KurtKohlstedt

Backyard Aeronautics: Chinese Farmers Who Also Make Flying Machines

According to photographer Xiaoxiao Xu, the Chinese farmers and other rural hobbyists building flying machines from scratch are not in it for fame or fortune. Mostly working out of their own ...

How a Safety Net Spawned the Golden Gate Bridge’s “Half Way to Hell” Club

The board of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District recently voted unanimously to approve a $76 million funding plan for installation of steel-cable nets 20 feet beneath the ...

Ugly Gerry Alphabet: Gerrymandered District Shapes Made into Free Font

Gerrymandered districts are perhaps the most visible forms of political corruption, dramatically redrawn into implausible shapes to benefit one political part or another. The idea for this font ...

Mindful Sculptures: Morphing Chinese Busts Blend Portraiture & Architecture

Seamlessly connecting realistic facial features with organic architecture, these sculptural works bridge reality and fantasy, natural forms and built scenes blurring scales and ...

Ukiyoe Small Museum: “Open When I Wake Up and Close When I Must Go to Sleep”

Located in Kyoto, Japan, the Ukiyoe Small Museum has extremely flexible hours, at least for its owner/operator, artist Ichimura Mamoru, whose sign explains: "When I’ve had enough the store is ...

Durable Self-Balancing Scooter Boasts Better Battery Life & Higher Speeds

A combination of rugged and road-worthy, this self-balancing electric scooter boasts quick-start functionality and speeds of up to 25 mile per hour, perfect for scooting through (and around) ...

Micro-Cycle: Kit Bike Packs Up into Portable Backpack Case

A classic kit-of-parts solution with modular twist, this conceptual bicycle is designed to be disassembled on the spot for maximum mobility, able to be shipped with ease, carried onto public ...

Squid Jacket: 2 Billion Glass Spheres Reflect Entire Spectrum of Visible Light

Waterproof and windproof seem like small bonus features next to the dazzling look of this jacket design, the shell of which is covered in microscopic spheres that mimic the adaptive camouflage of ...

Special Editions: Three-Story Bookshelf Mural Speaks Volumes in Utrecht

Few avid readers can display their collections quite so publicly and loudly as Dutch street artists Jan Is De Man and Deef Feed, who painted this bookcase across one entire of a three-story brick ...

Leafy Landscapes: Artist Reshapes Autumn Leaves into Mazes, Circles & Suns

Famously beautiful ginkgo trees provide the raw materials for this falling leaf artist, which are carefully raked to create site-specific, all-natural art on the campus of Sacramento State ...

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