Flyby in Style: WWII and Korean War Aircraft Nose Art
Decorating military planes with nose art has been a largely American tradition since WWI. During WWII and the Korean War, nose art surged in popularity with controversial images of cheesecake ...
Category: Technology
Technology is a core content area not only for WebUrbanist but in our daily lives whether we like it or not. These innovations, creations and aberrations are meant to incite conversations about the past, present and future relationships of humans and the technologies that we deal with all the time and that envelop, support and grow our urban environments in ways we can often not predict.
Stroke of Genius: 10 Abilities Borne of Brain Damage
Imagine having a stroke, a severe brain injury or a tumor and suddenly waking up one day to find you’ve developed artistic talents to rival Picasso. It sounds impossible, but the brain is a ...
Your Future Is Calling: 15 Cool Cell Phone Concepts
Cell phone technology and styling continue to progress by leaps and bounds bu that still leaves a lot of wiggle room for creative engineers eager to answer the call for ever odder phones. Here are ...
Case Closed: 15 of the Coolest Laptop Bags & Sleeves
Carrying your shiny new laptop computer around a busy, bumpy, blisteringly hot urban setting seems like an accident just waiting to happen. Not to worry, we've got your back... or your bag, to be ...
Art of Speed: 30 Brilliant Vinyl Car Wrap Designs & Decals
Custom vinyl car wraps, commonly called car wraps or vehicle wraps, have become very popular. This relatively new and rapidly growing industry relies on wildly creative precision graphic design ...
10 Fantastic Futuristic Materials that Actually Exist Today
Sometimes technology leaps so far ahead it seems like the future has arrived a few years early. When the improvement comes in the area of materials the leap can seem even greater, as the new ...
176 Great Geek Approaches to Design, Art & Technology
Many of the foremost masterpieces of design, art and technology have been created by those very special folks kindly (or unkindly) referred to as geeks, who just can't seem to help inserting some ...
Unbuilt Buildings: 12 Awesome Future Architectural Designs
Bold, bio-inspired, vertical and sustainable: those are the traits that architecture of the future will share, if you go by the trends in current cutting-edge concept designs. While some of these ...
105 Examples of How 8 Essential Technologies Have Evolved
Oh, how we love our hi-tech gizmos and gadgets! Today's technological wonders didn't just land on store shelves suddenly, however, it took plenty of engineering smarts plus tons of trial and error ...
Alternative Matryoshka (Nesting) Dolls Embrace Modernity
As the popularity of Matryoshka nesting dolls has grown, more people are interested in making their own customized sets. Kits are now commercially available to allow any artist or DIY crafter to ...
