Creative Cartography: 15 Artists Transforming Maps
Maps aren't just two-dimensional pieces of paper depicting the locations and geographic features of the world. They're the basis for portraits, sculptures and clothing, and are reconstructed or ...
Category: Art
Urban art is at the heart of WebUrbanist – the drawings, images, photos and sculptures that inspire us in part because they are open to the public. From installation artworks to street graffiti and everything in between, here is our extensive collection of urban street art gathered from around the world and representing both traditional techniques and innovative approaches by old and new street artists alike.
Hidden Creativity: QR Code Portrait Hides Double Meaning
Great art is not only beautiful, but deeply meaningful to both the artist and the viewer. Artist Scott Blake has made a name for himself creating art with bar codes: those simple black-and-white ...
City of Sounds: Scale Model Plays Urban Soundtrack
It has been said that every city makes its own unique music, though that "music" is more like a discordant jumble of various urban noises. What would it sound like if a city really could make ...
Hyper Realism in Art: These Are Not Photographs!
Hyper realism in art is mesmerizing. Take a photo in one hand and then take a look at one of these artists' oddly perfect paintings and prepare to be shocked. ...
14 (More!) Masters of Incredibly Intricate Cut Paper Art
Billowing clouds of cut paper installations that cast dream-like shadows on a gallery wall, delicate paper drawings plastered on gritty urban surfaces, complex layered sculptures of hand-sliced ...
Spiraling Tower of Babel Made of Books in Buenos Aires
Seven stories tall, this Tower of Babel is no long-lost artifact from biblical times but rather an artistic tribute to the city of Buenos Aires' new designation as 'World Book Capital 2011'. The ...
Sidewalk Disco: Wayfinding Lights to Dance Down Streets
Can you control a crowd with nothing more than an optical illusion? A group of researchers at Tokyo's University of Electro-Communications think so. They are developing a lenticular lens sidewalk ...
Drawing Conclusions: Documenting Every Building in New York
New York is one of the most culturally and architecturally fascinating cities in the world, as evidenced by the millions who flock there every year to get a taste of city life. One Australian ...
Paint + Sound = Sculpture? [Wild Photos & Videos Included]
There is powerful, undeniable beauty in music, and vivid colors evoke some type of reaction in almost everyone - but the two have never been combined in quite this way before. This unique project ...
Colorful Calls to Action: Decorated Pothole Projects
When the seasons change, there is at least one thing that you can always count on: potholes in the street. They are rough on your car, they make the whole street look awful and they are seriously ...
