Jobs None: 7 Sad Signs From The Financial Crisis
Back in the grim days of The Great Recession, companies large and small laid off workers while discouraging new hires with a wealth of “no hiring” signs. Train In Vain Historic Pullman, ...
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Sprawling out in a radial growth pattern, a bench in Korea seems to grow organically, stretching and stretching to fill a lawn in a public park. Designed by Yong Ju Lee for the Hangang Art ...
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Is there anything that can’t be convincingly reproduced to scale with LEGOs? Enthusiasts of these plastic toy bricks are constantly taking their creations to the next level, and full-scale (and ...
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Spiky Sustainable Black Tree Houses Rise from the Italian Dolomites
Extending down the hillside from an existing hotel, a series of matte black structures rise from the deep green landscape like spikes. Without revealing many details, Peter Pichler Architecture ...
American Decay: Eerie Shots of Abandoned 20th Century Households
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Character Type: 3D Typographic Skate Obstacles in Rotterdam
Get a little too artsy with skate obstacles and you might end up with objects that just aren't all that fun or functional for their intended purpose. But when Rotterdam design studio Opperclaes ...
Forever Homeless: 7 Closed & Abandoned Pet Shops
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Bubbletecture: New Book Shows Off the Innovation of Inflatables
Maybe it's the kids in us, but there's something about inflatable architecture that's just plain fascinating. It’s hard to deny the fun factor in blowing something up bigger and bigger and ...
