Body Paint Illusions Transform Human Models into Animals
Intricately painted and carefully posed, the human bodies serving as canvases for artist Gesine Marwedel are virtually unrecognizable as they morph into swans, flamingos and iguanas. The ...
Author: SA Rogers
S.A. Rogers is a veteran print and web author covering architecture, design, art and more. With years of experience writing for WebUrbanist, hers is one of the core voices that defines the site. She has an uncanny knack for discovering and sharing hidden built environments, including abandoned places, world wonders, monumental mysteries and other urban secrets, some of which are hidden in plain sight.A+ Architecture: The World’s Most Dazzling Designs
Can modern architecture be accessible - and even alluring - to everyone in the world? Architizer believes that it already is, and the 87 winners of its first annual A+ Awards prove that assertion ...
Waste Not: 1890s Urinal Turned into a Sandwich Shop
Sit at a counter embedded into a wall of urinals and enjoy a nice sandwich at Attendant, an eatery in London built in a former men's bathroom. While it's virtually unrecognizable after an ...
Algaculture: Symbiosis Suit Produces Food from Breath
Inspired by 'plantimals', photosynthetic organisms like lichen, sea slugs and salamanders that welcome algae into their bodies in order to thrive, the Algaculture Symbiosis Suit aims to enhance ...
Image Hacking: 40+ Glitch Art Photos, Paintings & Videos
Surreal, dreamlike and often haunting, databending creates digital or analog image errors for artistic effect. An art form in which corrupted files are either created or mimicked in photographs, ...
Not a Glitch: Cabinet Carved with Disorienting Design
No, there's nothing wrong with your screen - this intricate wooden cabinet was actually carved to resemble an image error. The 'Good Vibrations' storage unit by designer Ferruccio Laviani ...
Mobile 3D-Printed House Factory in a Shipping Container
Yet another candidate has entered the race for the world's first 3D-printed house, with a mobile 3D printing factory in a shipping container that can produce the components on-site. Dutch studio ...
Tentacle-Like Tubular Slide Swirls Through NYC Penthouse
A silvery steel tentacle swirls through four stories of a bright white renovated 19th-century penthouse in New York City. Architect David Hotson turned the modern space into a playful residence ...
Abandoned Power Station Transformed into a Roller Coaster
An abandoned power station that has been an iconic part of London's skyline since 1933 is transformed into a playground and museum in the "Architectural Ride London" proposal by Atelier Zündel ...
Architecturally Literate: 13 Built Alphabets Spell Design
For those in love with letters, typography is - or should be - virtually everywhere, from furniture to office buildings. These 13 designs indulge typophiles with three-dimensional typefaces in ...
