Urban Microscape: Build Your Own Miniature Metropolis
Display your own little corner of your favorite city - or the entire metropolis of Manhattan - on your wall or table, scaled down to 1:5000 and simplified in white monochrome. ‘Microscapes’ ...
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Buildings in Bottles: Crafty Test-Tube Architectural Models
A tiny twist on miniature architecture turns simply-crafted models into hovering micro-habitats, suspended in test tubes like the science experiment of some mad architect. Micro Matter ...
Lego Landmarks: Elegant New ‘Architecture Skyline’ Collection
The phrases 'adult toys' and ‘city blocks’ take on a different meaning when applied to architecturally sophisticated LEGO sets like these, enabling you to make your own miniature replicas of ...
Instant Cities: 3D-Print Your Favorite NYC Blocks on Demand
We are accustomed to being able to click a few buttons and get 2D prints of cities, blocks or buildings, and now a new web app allows you to create your own 3D model just as easily, picking and ...
Tesla Thunderstorms: Miniature Bolts of Man-Made Lightning
Tiny bolts of lightning are captured on camera as they shoot off an antique electrotherapy medical device, turning the discharge of electricity into a form of art. Germany-based photographer Marc ...
Figures & Ground: Crafty Wood Miniatures Create Urban Vignettes
Inspired by everything from personal experience to famous photography, this street artist crafts small wooden cutouts to frame scenes of action, adventure, romance and life. Living ...
Itty City Blocks: Build Your Own 3D-Printed Physical SimCity
At a scale of 1/1,000, these beautiful little models bring famous buildings to life but can also be fitted into whole blocks or assembled to form micro-metropolises. Car fanatics ...
1 Building Per Day: Crafting Paperholm, a Working Micro-City
The individual structures are impressive as is the fact that they have moving parts, but their rate of construction is particularly compelling: the man behind this project is creating an ...
Tiny Japanese Flip Books Filled with Secret Slots & Negative Spaces
Pushing the limits of the traditional printing craft, these stunning little Japanese flip books illustrate the power of slicing, splicing, zooming and panning, all to create a series of ...
365 Postcards for Ants: Impossibly Tiny Daily Illustrations
The most minuscule details of a floral bouquet, an old-fashioned camera, a jockey on a horse or a VW bus are rendered with incredibly fine paintbrushes to create paintings smaller than a quarter ...
