Aerial Rugs: Images from Above Converted to Carpet Patterns
Created by an architect and landscape enthusiast, this limited edition series of custom textiles derives its geometries and colors from aerial views shot around the world. Florian ...
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 @KurtKohlstedtAnti-Object: A Public Bench Designed to be Everything-Proof
While many individuals desire multi-functional and space-saving furniture, many cities want quite the opposite: an object that one can sit on but that foils attempts at anything from sleeping, ...
Space-Saving Sleepers: Sofas Convert to Bunk Beds in Seconds
Convertible couch beds are great if you are having a couple over to stay and have the space to fold out into, but these double-decker solutions is a great alternative for smaller apartments or ...
IKEA Flips Condo Sideways to Create Furniture Climbing Wall
Furnishings become footholds, supports and resting spots as you scale the flipped-over floor of this fanciful apartment, opened to the public as a method to market a new IKEA store ...
Guerrilla Moss Graffiti: 8-Step DIY Guide to Green Wall Art
Seed bombs and shotgun shell sprouts are not the only weapons in a guerrilla war for urban gardens and green street art - moss is a great material that can be rapidly adapted and deployed to make ...
Sewer Pipe Sofa: Rusted NYC Tubes Recycled as Urban Seating
The latest in a long line of city-centric upcycling projects, this modular couch turns the ultimate in untouchable urban infrastructure into a chic industrial work of furniture. Carlo ...
Paint Me White Again: Tunnel Type Graffiti Taunts Authorities
Well known for stenciling big block-lettered phrases on walls around his native Newscastle, Mobstr made this piece is unusually blunt (as well as hilarious) - it amounts to a multi-part ...
Dress Down: Wild Women’s Dresses Made of Trash, Trees & More
State of Dress is part fashion, part art and part personal mission, an attempt to capture the essence of all fifty States in the US through a series of site-specific dress designs tailored to ...
Aerial Urbanism: Hyper-Dense ‘Cloud City’ Redefines Skylines
A complex spanning in seemingly all directions, this sky-oriented, cloud-shaped, forward-thinking design has just won the Shenzhen Super City Competition in China. It represents a critical way ...
Color-Changing Hammocks: Swing on 20 LED-Lit Circular Chairs
Transforming an outdoor recreational space into an interactive evening wonderland, this series of variously-sized swings (and accompanying activities) encourages playful nighttime ...
