Feline Good: 15 Modern Cat Perches, Houses & Scratchers
We don't own our cats, they own us - and these fun feline furniture designs celebrate their rightful places in our homes. That is, sneering down at us from elevated perches on the walls and ...
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All Roads Really Lead to Rome: City-Centric Arterial Renderings
During the lead up to the invasion of Iraq, a German newspaper published step-by-step driving directions from Berlin to Baghdad, highlighting the interconnectivity of contiguous European and ...
Wearable RIP: Coffin Hood Helps You Relax Among City Chaos
There’s no peace quite like death, a fact that seems to have inspired this coffin-shaped, sensory-dampening hood encouraging you to “say goodbye to everything” no matter how chaotic your ...
World’s Brightest Flashlight: Brilliant 1000-Watt DIY Lantern
Lighting up the night sky like artificial lightning, this incredible homemade lamp boasts a 90,000-lumen output (over 100 times that of a typical Maglite) that would put the flashiest high-beams ...
Cardboard That Shreds: Working Corrugated Fender Stratocaster
If you can build a foosball table, a desk or an entire full-scale chapel out of cardboard, perhaps it’s not too surprising that this notoriously flimsy material can form the basis of a working ...
Small Footprints: London’s First Pedestrian & Bicycle Bridges
Bucking the trend of extravagant elevated parks, this new walking-and-cycling-only bridge uses tight spirals on either side to minimize land usage with a slender tension-supported pathway ...
Star Wars x Starchitects: Lightsabers Meet Modern Design
How would Zaha Hadid’s signature brand of futuristic bio-inspired architecture translate to the design of a lightsaber if she were a Jedi? The project ‘Design x Saber’ mashes up the iconic ...
Eff You: Sleek & Superior Bicycle Defies Global Racing Rules
This stunning concept bike breaks from conventions set by international racing authorities to bring riders a vastly improved cycling experience, from enhanced aerodynamics and speed assists ...
Fast Track: New High-Speed Pedestrian Lanes Live in Liverpool
An experimental pedestrian fast lane system deployed in England allows speedy walkers to circumvent gawking tourists and window shoppers. Implemented by retailer Argos adjacent to a ...
Space Architecture: Astronomers Sight Alien ‘Megastructures’
Scientists and alien life seekers alike are all looking to solve the mystery of a distant star, activity around which, according to astronomers including Jason Wright of Penn State University, ...
