Modern Markings: 42 Bold Black & White Tattoo Designs
Modern tattoos are less about sailors, pin-ups and 'MOM' and more about bold black lines, complex geometry, architecture, esoteric imagery, glitches and even blacking out entire body parts to ...
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.Vertigo Wallpaper: Warped 3D Room Illusions Transform Flat Gallery Surfaces
You could be forgiven for cautiously entering one of these rooms full of wavy sketched lines, stepping over obstacles that aren’t really there, uncertain whether parts of the walls are really ...
Cargotecture Travel: Shipping Container Hostel Opens in Vietnam
You might not want to live in a shipping container permanently, but now you can test-drive one for a night or two at the affordable, streamlined and modern Ccasa Hostel in Vietnam. Colorful cargo ...
Made for Introverts: 13 Furniture Designs & Wearables That Prioritize Privacy
Nothing says 'don't talk to me' like a soundproof helmet, a cocoon-shaped desk or a chair that basically swallows you when you want to disappear. Designed for introverts and people who just want ...
Book and Bed Hostel: Your Dream to Sleep in a Library Came True
Every true bibliophile has gazed up at the seemingly endless shelves of books in a good bookstore or library and imagined gathering up a stack, finding a quiet nook and turning in for the night. ...
City of Ice: 20 Photos of China’s Amazing Annual Snow Sculptures
Dozens of large-scale snow and ice sculptures are once again on display in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, for the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo. ...
MicroPAD: Tiny Mobile Units Aim to End Homelessness in San Francisco
Could tiny prefabricated stackable mobile housing units help solve homelessness in cities like San Francisco, where nearly 7,000 people sleep in the streets every night? Affordable housing has ...
Daredevil Santa: Human Flying Drone Enables Sky-High Snowboarding Tricks
“This isn’t fake, I promise,” said filmmaker Casey Neistat as he announced the impending debut of his ‘Human Flying Drone Holiday Movie’ on Twitter with a dubious-looking graphic. ...
Angling for Warmth in Winter: 21 Ice Fishing Hut Designs
Not just cold comfort, these portable shacks designed to be towed out onto frozen lakes come in a variety of forms, from the practical and resourceful to the funny and artistic. These ice ...
Gifts for Star Wars Geeks: Millenium Falcon Multi-Tool & Death Star Waffles
It may not slip into your pocket with quite the ease of a Leatherman, but this Millennium Falcon multi-tool is a lot more fun to use when the hyperdrive breaks down and R2 isn’t around to fix ...
