Not Safety For Work: 10 Comical Conical Traffic Cones
These traffic safety cones manage to rise above their innate urban utility by virtue of some – dare we say 'iconic' – conic characteristics. Wat Rong Khun (White Temple) in Chiang Rai ...
Tag: Streets
Cyberpunk Furniture: City Streets Light Up Through Laser-Cut Wood Table
Iconic cities come to life in this custom wood table series, their resin streets and waterways glowing through grids of raised wooden architecture, all sitting on top of wrapping thin and dark ...
Vespa Revamp: Classic Scooter Brought up to Speed with Electric Redesign
The Vespampère is slim, light and stylish, recalling a vintage classic from 1948 with an electric motor and other contemporary technological tweaks to bring it in tune with the modern era. Among ...
Cooling Cities: L.A. is Painting Streets White to Combat Heat Island Effects
Thanks in part to heat-absorbing materials and colors, cities tend to be warmer than their natural surroundings, and in hot places with lots of dark roads like Los Angeles that can prove a ...
Cellular Urbanism: Analyzing the Anatomy of Functional City Block Designs
We all understand intuitively that different urban layouts lead to different kinds of cities, but a new book analyzes these on a block-to-block basis to illustrate how this civic anatomy works on ...
Dockless Bike Shares: Convenience of Uber & Car2Go for Urban Cyclists
Promising the convenient pick-ups of Uber (found all over) and drop-offs of Car2Go (which can be parked anywhere), new cycle-sharing services aim to overturn the paradigm of dock-to-ride-to-dock. ...
LEGO at Large: Modern Block Vehicles Hit the Historic Streets of Rome
A sports car parked in a residential alley, train emerging from a tunnel and helicopter landing next to the Colosseum are all believable sights in Italy's capital ... except in this case they are ...
Talking Points: 12 Odd Japanese Safety & Traffic Cones
Plastic safety cones have become so ubiquitous along Japan's roadways, unusual measures have been taken to ensure they stand out amongst the crowd. ...
Ghost Loos: Visible Remains of London’s Underground Bathrooms
Tentatively titled "Toilets at Dawn," this photo series documents the strange phenomena of underground public bathrooms of urban London, now deserted but many dating back to Victorian ...
Silicon Greenery: World’s Largest Green Roof to Span City Blocks
Aiming to turn Cupertino into the green center of Silicon Valley, this expansive green roof design rolls over 30 acres of central urban real estate, capping a massive mixed-use redevelopment ...
