‘5 Bridges’ Wins Competition to Stitch Portland Back Together
In many cities, freeways cut through the heart of urban centers like fresh wounds faded to old scars, but what if there were a way to reintegrate the disparate sides across the ...
Tag: design
Social Seating: 14 Public Benches Foster Urban Interactions
Breaking, bending, twisting and warping wood, this ongoing series of installations fosters new forms of interaction within cities, challenging that most iconic piece civic furniture: the ...
Bricksy: 20 Classic Banksy Street Artworks Recreated in LEGO
Selecting from Banksy favorites and classics, this series of brick-based fan art both replicates and expands on familiar two-dimensional works. Professional photographer Jeff ...
Electrifying Art: Sculptures Made of Wire and Cable Ties
All it took to create this series of sculptures - aside from ingenuity and artistic talent, of course - was a trip to the hardware store for some electrical wire and cable ties. Artist Pavel Sinev ...
Inspiration Pad: Lined Notebook for Thinking Outside the Box
Made for those who like to color outside lines and jot outside boxes, each page of this bound pad provides a unique source of inspiration and different framework for drawing, sketching and ...
DreamVendor: 3D Printing Kiosk Makes Your Vision Reality
If you could have a vending machine spit out a small object in any shape you could dream up, what would it be? The DreamVendor, an interactive 3D printing station for Virginia Tech students, is ...
Lightweight ‘Airbeams’ Frame Inflatable Geodesic Dome Tent
Derived from crystal structure of diamonds and geodesic domes of Buckminster Fuller, these all-weather structures are astonishingly strong but incredibly light at the same ...
Water Buses: New Nautical Transit Solution for Urban Islands
Fathoms beyond traditional boat taxis, this modular water bus proposal for Stockholm bridges critical gaps within the current public transit system while also making boarding faster and ...
Virtual Light: Facade Installation Casts Fake Illumination
A temporary project set in Madrid, this bright yellow artistic reconfiguration was rendered all the more engaging due to its location in a semi-dark alleyway of the city. It was ...
Turning Tides: 10-Mile Park to Protect NYC from Flooding
Designed to shield the exposed edges of Lower Manhattan from increasingly-disastrous storms, this impressive system of parks and other public spaces is also designed to serve the everyday needs ...
