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Shipping Manifesto: An Introductory Guide to Building Cargo Container Architecture

In the 1950s, Malcolm McLean developed a modular design that would simplify the loading and offloading of ships, boxing up goods for easier loading and unloading between trains, trucks and boats ...

Outward Mobility: Clever Campers, Trailers & DIY Mobile Home Conversions

The 20th-century American dream of suburban houses and picket fences unfolded in parallel with another vision: freedom to roam, embodied in camper vans and other mobile housing designs. The ...

Experimental Architecture: Testing New Ideas in Living Laboratories

Why should architecture continue to look, feel and function almost exactly as it always has, in spite of a dramatically changing world? Sticking to established conventions is often the easy and ...

Stackable School Desks: Multifunctional Designs for Rural Mexican Schools

Stacking chairs have long been a space-saving staple of offices, homes and schools, but getting a complex shape like a desk to stack up is a challenge -- one these designers decided to take on ...

Augmented Nature: 6 Ways Robotics Are Aiding Conservation Efforts

Does the idea of deploying robotic plants and animals in natural habitats to help save threatened species and reduce pollution make you feel better or worse about the state of the world? On the ...

A-Hole Design: Subreddit Highlights Intentionally Frustrating Products & Ads

There’s design that’s just plain crappy, and then there’s design that’s maliciously terrible because the creator just wanted you to suffer. They’re related, yet distinct, which explains ...

Building Blocks of Innovation: 11 Cutting Edge Materials Set to Shape the Future

Architecture has looked much the same since early humans first began constructing their own shelter, but that could change soon with the introduction of new materials and technologies producing ...

Down The Tubes: 10 Closed & Abandoned TV Factories

TV factories once churned out countless cathode ray tube television sets but when the Golden Age of Television faded to black, the TV factories followed. You have to look for the ...

Wood You Believe It: 10 Ultra-Tall Timber Towers Compete for World Records

As studies proving the strength and fire-resistance of timber construction loosen building codes around the globe, a new class of towers emerges, each of them angling to set records for the ...

Tankless Tetra: Portable Dishwasher for Small Homes Saves Time & Water

A dish-washing machine is often the first thing to go when space needs saving in a tiny home, small condo or studio apartment, but this little invention aims to provide a better option for more ...

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