Secret Slums: Ramshackle Rooftop Villages of Hong Kong
These hidden shanty towns, often invisible from the streets below, sprawl like surrealist suburbs across the roofs of one of the most densely-populated and expensive cities in the ...
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Architectural Kaleidoscopes: Buildings Spun into Fractal Art
Reimagined, repositioned and recomposed, this photo manipulation series turns familiar elements of buildings into abstracted compositions that morph beyond architecture, bridging disparate worlds ...
Hopscotch Intersection: 4 Artists Hack 16 Public Crosswalks
Sixteen crosswalks at four intersections in Baltimore are the subject of a street-spanning public art project that re-imagines white-on-black zebra striping, each with a unique ...
Guerrilla Gardening: Shotgun Shells Filled with Flower Seeds
Seed bombs have long been a (non-violent) weapon of choice for guerrilla gardeners, but Flower Shells now aim to make your 12-gauge shotgun a key part of your go-green arsenal. Perhaps these will ...
Crowdfunded Skyscraper: Record-Breaking Tower in Bogotá
With over $200 million from more than 3,500 supporters, the world's largest crowdfunding campaign has generated the means to create the highest skyscraper in Colombia (and the first new one in 40 ...
Half Abandoned: Twin Townhouses Tell Two-Sided Stories
Physically conjoined but separately sold upon construction, the lives of paired buildings (ones that share a common wall) can diverge dramatically as this photo series poignantly illustrates. In ...
Urban Wraps: Neighborhood Scarfs Make Videos Wearable
Cut. Print it. That's a wrap. One section (or scene) at a time, these designers are turning areas of Brooklyn into fashionable products that abstract the motion and colors of a place, converting ...
Sucking Smog: Electronic Vacuum Cleaner Clears City Skies
It sounds so preposterous and yet is sufficiently plausible that its designer is now talking to the mayor of Beijing about how to develop for urban use in this notoriously congested capital of ...
Woodhouses: Photos Envision Tiny Urban Life in the Forest
What tiny universes might exist behind the bark of trees deep within the forest? You're most likely envisioning the grubs, ants, beetles and other creatures that actually live out their ...
Real Life Instagram: Street Views Framed with Colored Filters
Instagram is both broadly adopted and heavily criticized for the faux-vintage filter options provided to users, providing opportunities for aptly-timed and well-executed spoofs like this project. ...
