Somnambulist Manifestos: 10 Graffitied Old Mattresses
Abandoned mattresses are a graffiti artist's dream: street-level billboards ideally placed to expose art and opinions to a society sleepwalking thru life. In De Nihilism They say nothing ...
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.
Reading the Road: River of 11,000 Glowing Books Flows Down City Street
Thousands of books spanned from sidewalk to sidewalk in Ann Arbor's Literature vs Traffic installation, creating a space for quiet reflection on the value of pedestrian-friendly public spaces ...
Vanishing Beauty: A Photographic Tour of Almost-Abandonments
There's something extra eerie about places that are not quite abandoned just yet, but edging closer and closer to a prolonged death process. Relics of another time, these architectural remnants ...
Maximalist Makeovers: Transforming Architecture with Vivid Paint Jobs
Minimalism is chic and trendy, but sometimes, there’s nothing more satisfying than blotting out bland and boring surfaces with bold splashes of color and pattern. That’s especially true when ...
Big Data Art: Printed Visualizations Highlight Daunting Tech “Terms of Service”
Everyone knows that actually reading a "terms of service" agreement is rarely (if ever) done by consumers using large digital platforms, but there is something powerful about seeing just how ...
Refugee Baggage: Suitcase Dioramas Show Dark Scenes from Countries Fled
The project of a Syrian-born artist and architect and an Iraqi-born author, this installation invites viewers to imagine what refugees leave behind when the pack up the few things they can carry ...
Street Films: 7 Top Urban Transit Design Videos from Amsterdam to Zurich
Amsterdam, Zurich, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Vancouver, Oslo and more are all great cities of the world which are succeeding in making the lives better for their residents via innovative ...
What Can You Find in This 24.9-Billion-Pixel Panoramic Photo of Shanghai?
Commissioned by the Shanghai government, this 24.9-billion-pixel panoramic photograph captures an incredible amount of detail, and it's easy to lose hours zooming in on every individual scene. ...
Gingerbread City: Hyper-Detailed Edible Replica of New York Built to Scale
It’s not unusual for architecture enthusiasts to drool over elaborate scale models, but edible materials definitely add an extra dimension to our hunger for accurate miniature details. More ...
The Great Wave: Iconic Hokusai Work Splashes Across Moscow Apartments
In Moscow, the iconic “Great Wave off Kanagawa” woodblock print by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai has reached greater heights than ever before as it breaks across the facades of six ...
