Telescoping Trailer: Expanding Teardrop Camper Triples in Size
The 3X trailer deploys with the push of a button, tripling its interior space in a matter of seconds, turning a cramped road can by day into an expansive set of rooms at ...
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 @KurtKohlstedtHello World: Precise Aerial Art Drawn by Light-Painting Drones
Highlighting the capabilities of high-precision aerial drones, this series of LED words and patterns could be the future of everything from midair advertising to digital fireworks displays. ...
Tube Travelators: Replacing London Trains with Moving Walkways
A proposal by an international architecture firm would reduce travel time in the London Underground, not with faster rail cars but by using people movers of the kind generally found in ...
Animal Overpass: LA Wildlife Crossing to Be Largest in US
Set in urban Los Angeles over a calculated spot along the 101 Freeway, an audacious freeway overpass has been designed to reduce deaths among mountain lions, pumas and other wild species ...
Home-Free Living: German Woman Trades in Rent for Train Ticket
Reasoning that a full-time train pass costs less than an apartment, a 23-year-old German writer and student has exchanged her life in a fixed location for one in perpetual motion. At the ...
Modular Camping: Flexible Pod Tents Connect & Subdivide
Looking as much like a kind of outer space habitat system as a campground compound, an assembled complex of POD units can be arrayed in whatever pattern suits the available space and user ...
Squeeze to Zoom: No Need to Fold this Egg-Shaped Analog Map
Tapping into the natural expansion of a squeezable ball under pressure, this urban micro-globe provides both big-picture views and detailed streetscapes on one continuous ...
Hive Habitats: Modular Floating Survival Shelters Band Together
Providing secure enclosures and other critical safety features in the face of tsunamis, floods and accidents at sea, this system of survival pods adds another critical dimension as well: ...
Fragile Cloud: 100,000 Illuminated Balloons Fill Indoor Market
Pulsing with light and life, this incredible art installation provides Covent Garden, a glass-topped marketplace, with a kind of artificial interior skyscape. Created for the London Design ...
Open Competition: Redesign the World’s Largest Temporary City
Creating a one-of-a-kind opportunity for urban designers and aspiring planners, Black Rock City is soliciting fresh layouts from anyone who wishes to contribute. Winners selected by the BRC ...
