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Decoding Streets: Secret Symbols of the Urban Underground

Somewhere between city signs and street graffiti lies a surprisingly rich and colorful language of secret messages, all hidden in plain sight on roads and sidewalks. This spray-painted slang we ...

Trapdoor Secrets: Furniture Hidden Inside Floors & Ceilings

This remarkable remodel is full of fun and functional surprises ranging from ceiling-suspended swing sets, hammocks, bookshelves, tables and benches to flip-up, in-floor mirrors and trap-door ...

Magic Cement: Hidden Concrete Patterns Appear with Water

The writing is on the walls, but only when they get wet - that is when the secret messages or hidden designs appear in these seemingly innocuous concrete surfaces, like a durable and built-in ...

Secret Graffiti: Railings Reveal Art Only at the Right Angle

Railings, shutters, sun shades and other surfaces with separate-but-repeating elements are all potential canvasses for this unique semi-secretive approach to street ...

Edgy Art: Fore-Edge Paintings Hidden in Historical Books

Invisible at a glance, artists have long hidden fore-edge artwork in plain sight, resulting in works that are sometimes first spotted decades or even centuries after their creation. What looks ...

Secret Speakeasy: Abandoned Water Tower Nightclub in NYC

New York has a long history of hidden and illicit venues - one that did not stop when prohibition was lifted. There is the innocuous pizza shop where dialing the right number in their phone booth ...

Walk on Water: Hydro-Floors Hide Secret Swimming Pools

Adding a swimming pool or hot tub means displacing something else - usually a outdoor lawn, yard or deck or dedicated room inside a house. But what if you could have the best of both worlds: a ...

Fit for a Villain: 12 Surprisingly Homey Underground Lairs

Nuclear missile silos, former quarries, natural caves and man-made hills camouflage homes ranging from rustic and understated to modern and luxurious. Seeming ideally suited to shield unsavory ...

Transforming Decor Reveals Secrets via Spills, Wear & Tear

Kristine Bjaadal creates objects with hidden stories to tell - everyday objects with secret tales shown only under strange circumstances, such as tabletop spills or time-worn seating. A ...

QR Hobo Codes: Secret-Symbol Stencils for Digital Nomads

This project tackles what is probably the last place anyone expect to find a digital-age intervention: the centuries-old tradition of the mobile and homeless communicating via shorthand markers, ...

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