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Deciphering Cities: The Secret Languages of Utility Markings, Hobo Codes & Graffiti Tags

Most cities have so much in common that a generic "map of every city" can seem similarly familiar to people living in London, Paris, New York or another metropolis entirely. General types of ...

Brutalist Victory: Concrete Skylines Dominate Radical Retro-Future Cities

Architectural trends come and go, but some visions are more persistent than others, and Brutalism could have been among them. This artist asks and answers the question: what if concrete ...

Legible Graffiti: Repainting Street Art for Digital-Age Audiences

Artist Mathieu Tremblin has hit the streets again, expanding on his portfolio of repainted tags, turning messy walls into neat and readable 'tag cloud' arrays. His past works have ...

Blocked Out: 10 Closed & Abandoned Hat-Making Factories

The golden age of hats – what George Costanza called a “bald paradise” - has long passed and along with it, so have hundreds of huge hat-making factories. ...

Can’t Be Shaved: 12 Abandoned Barber Shops

This abandoned barber shop triple-quartet collectively echoes with the metallic chattering of honed clippers tempered by hazy undertones of warm conversation. ...

Traditional to Contemporary: 6 Cool Custom Bedroom Lofts

Sometimes you have nowhere to build ... but up. And really, there is something nice and relaxing about removing oneself from the main floor of a home - which can be done at times even in a ...

Haircut Time: 25 Hair Styles That Will Blow Your Mind

As someone who has never said anything to a hair stylist beyond "Make it shorter," I have a true admiration for people who step outside of the box and get truly creative with their hair. It's ...

Graffiti Designs & Styles: Tagging, Bombing and Painting

When you walk by graffiti in the street, do you take the time to study it? Do you look at its composition to determine the intention of the person behind the spray paint can? If you do, you may ...

9 Famous Painters & the Revealing Art of Self-Portraits

Its a rare artist that hasn't at one time or another attempted a self-portrait. Sometimes its for the most obvious reason, that in painting himself he has a ready, willing and free model. At ...

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