From Foodies to Brides: 12 Offbeat Designer Survival Kits
When you think 'survival kit', what comes to mind is probably some kind of camouflaged, ultra-practical collection of items that live up to the name - i.e., they'll help you get by in an ...
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The Fifth Facade: A Peek Inside NYC’s Hidden Rooftop World
Even for native New Yorkers who are rarely surprised by the secrets offered up by their fascinating home, the hidden NYC that Alex MacLean captured might be something completely new. And if you ...
Outside Offices: 14 Detached Work Pods, Eggs, Modules & More
Why settle for a cramped corner of a noisy house when your home office could be a separate unit tucked into the greenery of your backyard? Detached office modules, art studios, recording studios ...
Reel Cold Comfort: 10 Creative Ice Fishing Hut Designs
Ice fishing may seem to be a simple “sport” but appearances can deceive: anglers must be able to tolerate long hours of chilly, silent monotony in tiny, cramped shelters before reeling in their ...
Knit Wit: More Of Olek’s Amazing Crochet Art
When it comes to knit graffiti, yarn bombing or urban knitting, New York City-based artist Agata Oleksiak (known as Olek) has got it all sewn up! The Polish-born queen of crochet specializes in ...
More Money, More Art: 32 Currency Creations
Money art, including sculptures and collages made of coins or paper cash, proves that currency can be worth even more than its face value. These 32 works by 14 (more) artists were created by ...
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 ...
Have a Gas! Japan’s Artistic Gas Storage Tank Paint Jobs
Though Japan's troubled nuclear plants have hogged the spotlight of late, atomic power only provides about 20% of the Asian nation's energy needs. Petroleum products provide much of the rest, and ...
Fine Faux Finishes: Awesome Plywood & MDF Architecture
Plywood and other manufactured wood building materials are like the undergarments of architecture – foundational elements that are then covered with a more stylish, finished layer. But their ...
Hunker in the Bunker: 15 Cool Converted Concrete Shelters
Once, they were bomb shelters, fortified underground structures that housed military operations or nuclear warheads. Today, they're apartment buildings, tea houses, hotels and art galleries. ...
