Squeeze to Zoom: No Need to Fold this Egg-Shaped Analog Map
Tapping into the natural expansion of a squeezable ball under pressure, this urban micro-globe provides both big-picture views and detailed streetscapes on one continuous ...
Tag: Streets
‘Death Ray’ Skyscraper Stands Accused of Blowing People Over
Already infamous for its curved facade that ignited fires in adjacent buildings and melted nearby cars basking in its reflected sunlight, the Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London is now ...
Future of Wayfinding: Augmented Reality for Urban Bicyclists
Using augmented reality highlights, hints and cues to guide bikers through complex city paths and streets, this conceptual system addresses issues of wayfinding and safety, speculatively asking: ...
Sans Ads: See Tokyo Scrubbed Clean of Signs & Advertisements
Tokyo seems inseparable from the banners, billboards, logos, slogans and other flashy neon alerts, except when seen through the lens of this French graphic designer in a startling ...
London Approves Europe’s First City-Spanning Bike Superhighway
Catering to some of the 170,000 cyclists that ride across London every day, this segregated bicycle lane will stretch from west to east, pass through the heart of the city and span 18 miles when ...
10 Vintage London Paintings Superimposed on Street View Images
Blending fiction and reality, art and history, this series of superimpositions takes 'then-and-now' imagery all the back to the 18th Century on the streets and rivers of England's capital city. ...
Gravesend: Fake Town for Simulating Crimes, Riots & Terrorism
Like the set of a movie or setting of a video game, this surreal suburban facility could easily be mistaken for a real place at first glance - in reality, the installation is an elaborate ...
Exclucity: Unique GoPro Footage of Pyongyang, North Korea
Notoriously restrictive of the media, the North Korean government surprisingly granted the request of an outsider seeking to shoot a virtually unprecedented video: a continuous car tour of the ...
Urban Infill: Colorful Tile Mosaics Patch Potholed Streets
In a city with over a half-million open potholes, one artist is helping address the problem and raising awareness by installing his own creative patches, filling them piece by piece with colorful ...
Vanishing Vernacular: NYC Storefront Gentrification in Action
Overtly a straight-shot photographic compilation, Store Front: The Disappearing Face of New York shows the rich vernacular diversity of mom-and-pop shops across all five boroughs. Since ...
