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It’s in the Bag: 13 Ultra-Functional Backpacks for Busy Urban Lifestyles

A bag is definitely not just a bag when you're commuting in all weather conditions, biking to work, carrying a lot of expensive gear and trying to look professional and stay organized all the ...

Portable Walk-In Closets & 14 Other Ways to Make a Studio Feel Like a Mansion

A lot of the most impressive space-saving ideas really only work for wealthier urbanite apartment owners who can simply hire a contractor to design a bunch of customized built-ins. The results - ...

(W)Ego House: Tetris-Like Hotel Reveals Clashing Dreams of City Residents

  One person’s ego-centric vision of how cities should adapt to their own particular individual needs encroaches upon the dreams of another, as revealed by MVRDV’s Tetris-like open-walled ...

Hostile Urbanism: 22 Intentionally Inhospitable Examples of Defensive Design

It’s not just you - that bench in your city is designed to be uncomfortable on purpose. Armed with a loose definition of what it means to ‘loiter,’ intentionally hostile and sometimes ...

Tikku: Three-Story Minimalist Micro Apartment Fits in a Single Parking Space

Proponents of our supposed driverless car-sharing future say the system could lead to a dramatic drop in the number of vehicles in our cities, so does that mean we’ll be able to fill our sudden ...

No More Ugly Apartment Buildings: 13 Designs Refreshing the Paradigm

Apartment buildings are typically so hideous, it’s kind of exhausting. A structure with some measure of character gets knocked down in a prominent spot and before locals dare to dream that ...

Mini Living: Breathable Cylindrical Home Slots Into a Tiny Alleyway

Extending beyond the existing rooftops like a fast-growing plant, this compact cylindrical home slotted into an unused urban plot in Milan features a breathable ‘skin’ connecting the ...

Grime in 1:20 Scale: Gritty Dollhouse-Sized Urban Architectural Models

The kind of graffiti-covered, poster-plastered, weathered and visibly aging architecture that once characterized many big cities and has now largely been demolished is recreated in miniature by ...

Urine for a Beautiful Day: Street Gardens Double as Public Pissoirs

‘Piss in peace’ is the tagline for the Urintrottoir, a recent addition to the streets of Paris that’s part urinal, part composter, part mini garden. City officials are hoping that offering ...

Whatever You Need, On Demand: 10 Apps That Streamline Urban Life

If you're that person who's always asking for a ride or help moving, or you're just too crazy busy to go grocery shopping or clean your own house, there's a range of apps that could make your ...

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