Book of Shadows: 2D Shape Cutouts Cast Silhouettes on Pages
A children's book with an interactive twist, Motion Silhouette engages readers through pop-up pieces that require lighting to animate shadow pictures on each page. The idea ...
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 @KurtKohlstedtEarin: World’s Smallest Wireless Earbuds Raise $1,500,000+
Stripping away all non-essential functionality, these sleek audio accessories are tiny enough to be effectively invisible and entirely wire-free. No need to worry about charging, either - ...
WTF Is Street Art? Poster Boy Edits NYC Sign by High Line
If you have spent any time along the High Line Park in Chelsea, you will recognize this extremely prominent billboard that one artist had the audacity to climb and hack away at. The ...
All Terrains: 3 Futuristic Land, Sea & Air E-Vehicle Designs
This amazing all-terrain land variant is just the first of three compelling electric vehicles conceptualized with lightweight materials and green technologies and designed, respectively, for ...
Spinning Canvas: Color & Gravity Create Brush-Free Paintings
Calculation meets chaos in the work of Amy Shackleton, a painter who works without brushes to create masterful yet whimsical urban and natural landscapes. Her dynamic paintings are the ...
Fossilized Retreat: Log Cabin Remnants Recast in Concrete
Using the existing logs from a previous cabin structure as formwork, this retreat manages to retain the scale and textures of its predecessor in a dramatically modern new ...
Head Light: Popup Wall Lamp Has Horns that Glow in Shadows
A classy alternative to hanging animal parts, this deer head wall lamp started as a design concept, went viral as a prototype and has just been funded for full production via a successful ...
Casa Futebol: Design to Deploy Housing in World Cup Stadiums
Imagine converting the circumferential spaces of sports stadiums into a plug-and-play system of modular residential units, leaving their open centers for use as open sports surfaces, green ...
Lightning Fixture: Domesticated Cloud to Hang in Your Home
A simple but provocative piece of dynamic home decor, this thundering cloud can be set to react to its environment, picking up cues from the weather or turning stormy on demand. Designed ...
Permanent Parklets: São Paulo Turns Street Parking to Parks
In a bold bid to change its urban landscape for good, Brazil's biggest city has given a green light to citizen proposals to transform car parking spots into perpetual park ...
