Vertical Forests: 2 Lush Urban Towers Support 16,000 Plants
Skeptics of improbably green skyscraper concepts might want to take a moment of silence to appreciate the successful construction of these two beautiful buildings now nearly ...
Tag: design
Cute Cameras: Animal Shapes Make CCTV More Palatable
Would a cute, artistically designed chameleon sculpture make you feel better about being watched? A new series of CCTV camera cases by Italian designer Eleonora Trevisanutto transforms ugly, ...
Street Smart: Solar Roadway Lights Up & Feeds Power Grid
Currently in crowdfunding, these hexagonal pavers can provide energy, melt accumulated snow and ice, light up with LEDs, all while being tough enough to support trucks weighing 250,000 ...
The Bus Stops Here: 7 Transit Shelters by Famous Architects
Trading a free vacation for their design input, a series of world-renowned designers each contributed their vision of a bus shelter to a tiny town of just 1,000 residents in ...
Real-Life Panopticons: Deserted Dystopian Prisons in Cuba
Imagine life inside a ring of cells around a central watchtower, where you can never be sure whether you are being observed. This surreal setup became an extreme reality under dictator Gerardo ...
Pop-Up Portfolio: Mobile Furniture Folds Flat Between Pages
It is not unusual to see art and design students walking around with portfolios under their arms, but few open up to reveal such creative results as these. Inspired by campus ...
Dense City: Mixed-Use ‘Urban Alloy’ Transit Hub for New York
Taking advantage of air rights above existing an transportation nexus, this design integrates elevated train lines, apartments, offices and shops to create a nodal point within ...
Ditch Your Car: Get From A to B Using Real-Time Transit Data
What if we could make alternative transportation ultimately faster, cheaper and more convenient than personally-owned cars, the dominant transport devices of the 20th Century? The sharing ...
Tour Tiny Worlds: 6-Camera Cube Creates 360-Degree Video
The ultimate at-home hacker project, this strange small-world effect was created using a half-dozen GoPro cameras, a 3D printer and a technique that turns ordinary panoramic shots into a surreal ...
Ultimate DIY RV: High-Tech Caravan Made for a 4-Year-Old
Named after its creator's progeny, the Kirivan may be the most impressive mobile home ever made, using cutting-edge technologies to blend the best elements of a luxury motorhome, zombie ...
