Public Camouflage: Make-Up Artist Makes Models Invisible
Illusion relies on expectation - we glance but only glimpse what is familiar and the rest blends neatly into the background, particularly as we go about our busy lives in a bustling urban ...
Tag: urban
Urban Landscapes Transformed: 23 Stunning Urban Murals
Alleyways and city streets are often criss crossed with urban art, though it usually takes the form of paint out of a can. Thankfully this is not always the case, as urban property owners team up ...
Super Skyscrapers! 20 Concept Towers That Reach Sky High
Architects are all dreamers. While their special projects and grand ideas often aren't considered practical enough to be created, looking at their concepts is a great way to see the potential ...
Urban LEGOs: Conceptual Cure for Civic Blight Blindness
Chances are, you'd notice all of the vacant lots in your city if massive LEGO structures were used to call attention to the wasted space. 'Habit Makes Us Blind' is a concept by Spanish studio ...
Miniature City Scenes: 21 of Slinkachu’s Tiny Art Installations
Slinkachu is a UK-based artist who creates tiny scenes on city streets that are both humorous and compelling. He photographs each scene and then leaves it to be discovered. (Images via ...
WebUrbanist Update: 5 Years & 50 Million Visitors Later
Five years ago, who would have thought that what started as an offbeat visual culture weblog would turn into a full-fledged (but still and always free) cosmopolitan online magazine? After just ...
Urban Suburbs: 4 McMansions Atop Chinese Shopping Mall
It sounds like a hoax at best, an architectural student thesis gone wrong at worst ... yet it is entirely real: a series of conventional-looking, a-frame abodes atop a gigantic mega-block ...
Honey I Shrunk The City! Alan Wolfson’s Tiny Streets
Alan Wolfson is a master of the miniature. His urban sculptures are tiny, incredibly detailed views of the mundane city landmarks that urban citizens interact with on a daily basis. (Images ...
Giant-Sized Stabbing Scenes: Street Art at Knife Point
At first glance, these scenes are disturbing: a man and a woman lay immobile on sidewalks, streets and stairwells, pools of red gushing from their abdomens. But then you realize that the weapon ...
Collector Decks: 15 Wall-Worthy Artistic Skateboards
Can you bear to place the soles of your shoes upon artwork this beautiful? While almost all of these artistic skateboard designs were made to be functional, they're also worthy of hanging in a ...
