Flame On! 19 Fire Hydrants You’ll Want To Use
Fire hydrants are looked down on by everyone who isn't wearing a firefighter uniform. They prevent you from parking, they block the sidewalk... even dogs mistreat them. Some urban artists have ...
Tag: Art
Miniaturist Crafts Cardboard Streetscapes from Scraps
Richly detailed and highly evocative, the miniature streetscapes created by artist Evol appear in the most unexpected places - using the most unexpected materials. Known for stenciling windows ...
Sub(limb)inal Criminals: Faux Legs, Arms & Heads as Art
Whether they're just the arms of a mannequin attached to inanimate urban objects or gory, all-too-realistic hands clutching violent video games, severed limbs are definitely one way to grab the ...
Incredibly Intricate 2.5 Ton Carved Marble Manhattan
Yukata Sone received his formal training as an architect, but soon discovered that his penchant for fine details went far beyond merely designing life-size buildings. He began working in marble, ...
Wear You Live: T-Shirts and Totes Printed with City Maps
Wear your civic pride. Startup company CityFabric produces hand-crafted t-shirts, totes and prints bearing maps of thirteen cities around the United States including Atlanta, San Francisco, ...
Manifest Destiny! Parasite Cabin Clings to San Francisco Wall
Jarringly out of place, a tiny, rustic cabin clings to the wall of an urban high-rise in the unlikely location of San Francisco, California. The cabin, which is fitted with a rocking chair and ...
Green Carpet: Grass Trail Winds Through City Streets
It flows down the streets, up staircases and around corners - a green carpet, unfurled like a leaf, in a city of stone. This path of grass was installed in the picturesque French village of ...
Interactive Urbanism: 5 Simple Street Art Projects
Transforming how we see the cities around us by forcing us to look at our surroundings - and each other - in new ways, these 5 street art projects are simple yet powerful. Artists are spreading ...
Powerful Art: 34 Superhero Artworks With Power To Move You
Superhero art is no longer confined to comic books and graphic novels. Breaking free from their two dimensional boundaries, superheroes are now the stars of their own art exhibits. ...
