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Vibrant Hybrids: Architect Inspired by Local Traditions & Transformers Movies

Architects around the world strive to incorporate regional design histories into contemporary work, but Bolivian designer Freddy Mamani Silvestre takes it a step further, blending pop culture ...

Japan-ized Cities: Surrealistic “Worldwide Tokyo-lization Project”

A team of designers has taken iconic images of major global cities and added a "rich graphic language and vibrant visual effects" to blend each one with elements of Japanese infrastructure and ...

Power Plants: Scientists Grow Conductive Wires in Living Roses

A group of Swedish scientists has developed a successful method for integrating conductive wire systems into plants, naturally soaked up from a gel into leaves and stems to create ...

Subway Angels: Painted Figures Spliced into Contemporary Cities

Gods, angels, cherubs and human mortals from famous historical artworks can be found browsing the beverage display at the corner store, passed out in front of the liquor shop, or riding the bus ...

Tree of 40 Fruit: Fresh Interview with Nature’s Master Grafter

Seven years into his experiments, the living artworks of Sam Van Aken are bearing far more than just fruit, each new variant of the Tree of 40 Fruit building on experiences learned from the ...

Augmented Showroom: Projections Compliment Physical Products

Offering more than a traditional storefront space or conventional shopping website could individually, this hybrid showroom allows shoppers to experiment with different combinations of ...

Hyperphotos: Architectural Hybrids Remix Built Environments

There is something almost mystical (or mythical) about these photographic collages, at once apparently realistic in content and seemingly impossible in composition. The Hyperphotos ...

Tree of 40 Fruit: Single Plant Grown with Dozens of Grafts

Giving the phrase 'garden variety' a fresh new meaning for urban gardeners, this amazing hybrid plant makes it possible to raise dozens of types of produce on a single tree using low-tech ...

Hybrid Desk & Storage Rise Up to Meet Suspended Staircase

Playing tricks on the eye, this split-style stairway merges a desk and storage below with a framework of steps hanging down from above, all with a daunting-looking gap left in the ...

Woodskin: Flexible Hybrid Material Makes Wood Modular

In essence, it has the look and feel of wood, but the flexibility of fabric, all rolled into one composite mesh that is durable but able to be molded into all kinds of creative patterns both ...

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