Deserted Elevator Shaft Hides Single-Room Street Museum
Like so many secret spaces of New York City, this one-room exhibit space (hidden inside an abandoned elevator) is not exactly on the beaten path. This pop-up project is naturally ...
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Paintless Landscapes: Scenic Art Made of Light & Shadow
A collection of unlikely (often discarded) objects coupled with a light source can create amazing city scenes, landscapes, portraits and more in the hands of this artist. Rashad ...
Little People in Paris: 5 Tiny Street Art Scenes by Slinkachu
The tiny figures of Slinkachu play out surreal scenarios ranging from dramatic to comedic, all against the backdrop of life-sized props that seem giant by comparison. His latest set of little ...
Vertical Landfill: Monument to Civilization Honors Our Trash
Nearly all of our most majestic architecture reflects pinnacles of achievement for our species, and one architect aims to call attention to yet another way in which we are 'spectacular:' our ...
Dystopian Dumpster Living: Trash Bins Turned Tiny Houses
Giant receptacles for trash have been transformed into the most unexpected things - swimming pools, bars, giant pinhole cameras, and now tiny 'living containers' on wheels. German designer ...
Towers of Trash: 5000-Foot Junk Skyscrapers to Fuel Cities
The Germans have a dark joke about their low-water-consumption, eco-friendly toilets and cultural history, which goes something like this: you have to look at your garbage before you get to flush ...
Trash Hits: 11 Scent-sational Concept Garbage Trucks
Seeing art is one thing, but have you smelled it lately? These 11 scent-sational concept garbage trucks trash traditional artistic sensibilities while maintaining the “can”-do spirit today's ...
Wavy WasteLandscape Installation Made of 65,000 CDs
Glistening like the scales of a terrifyingly enormous sea creature, the bizarre landscape covering the floor of the Centquatre art space in Paris is delightfully surreal. WasteLandscape is an art ...
Thank You for Littering: NYC Garbage Becomes Boxes of Art
Centuries ago, there was very little garbage, but the little bits of this and that buried in the ground are now fascinating visual clues to a life long gone. Trash today is much easier to find ...
Adaptive Reuse: 20 Brilliant Recycled & Converted Buildings
Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some ...
