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Squid Jacket: 2 Billion Glass Spheres Reflect Entire Spectrum of Visible Light

Waterproof and windproof seem like small bonus features next to the dazzling look of this jacket design, the shell of which is covered in microscopic spheres that mimic the adaptive camouflage of ...

Operable Facade: Front Wall & Windows Conceal Hidden Garage Door & Lift

New Zealand architect Jonathan Smith worked with a cabinetmaker to carefully deconstruct part of this 1890s home in Auckland, then assembled a set of automatic doors as well as a moving fence to ...

Knitted Camouflage: Handmade Outfits for Hiding in Built Environments

From tiled walls and wallpaper to shrubs and graffiti, this array of custom outfits helps conceal wearers within very specific urban contexts. Photographer Joseph Ford worked with ...

Uninterrupted Views: Billboards Blended Into Their Natural Backdrops

For just a split-second as you zoom by in your vehicle, you’ll catch the perfect alignment of 2D imagery on a billboard and the real, three-dimensional mountains in the background, eliminating ...

Art Hacker: Famous Masterpieces Recreated with Painted Human Bodies

Chinese body painting artist Liu Bolin explores the concept of ‘art hacking’ through reinterpreting two of the world’s most famous paintings with human figures as canvases, and manipulating ...

Invisible Solar: Panels Camouflaged as Wood, Clay, Stone & Concrete

Overcoming the awkward aesthetic factor typically faced by home solar technology, these disguised panels look like ordinary building materials you would expect to spot along the sides, steps or ...

Urban Camo: Bus & Train Fabrics Turned into Wearable Textiles

Transportation system patterns, right down to seat cloth details, are designed to last and look good even when stained by dirt and spilled drinks over time, making them an oddly suitable choice ...

Night House: Artist Cloaks Suburban Home Facade in Starry Skies

House painting is such time-consuming and meticulous work just to get a single color on a facade; perhaps next time you could clad your home in printed image of the night sky ...

Architectural Camouflage: Garments Printed with Tile & Marble

Blend right into urban surfaces, from the walls of subway stations to the marble in museums and courthouses, with this line of architectural camouflage shirts, pants and accessories. A ...

The Beauty Beneath: Ceramic Tile Illusion on Electric Box

The ugly banality of a worn beige electrical box in a Lisbon plaza seems to give way to colorful ceramic tiles hidden beneath, the paint cracking and peeling to reveal a glimpse traditional ...

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