Hybrid Graffiti: Black-and-White Stencils Bring Colorful Tags to Life
Nearly photo-realistic figures stenciled in place make bright surrounding tags all the more vibrant in this series of street art juxtapositions by artist Martin Whatson of ...
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Urban Food Park: Scandinavia is Growing a “Silicon Valley for Agriculture”
An expansive master-planned complex to facilitate urban agriculture and private/public collaboration, The Agro Food Park is Denmark's version of "Silicon Valley" for food research and ...
World’s First Non-Rectangular Soccer Fields Activate Asymmetrical Spaces
Turning disused spaces in Bangkok into odd-shaped soccer (or: football) fields, this project provides much-needed places to play in dense cities where conventional lots are hard to find. It also ...
Street Eats: Free Urban Refrigerators for Sharing Spare Food
A few years back, one man in Saudi Arabia was hailed as a hero for putting leftover food from his restaurant in a refrigerator along the street for anyone to take; since then, an ongoing effort ...
Urban Camo: Bus & Train Fabrics Turned into Wearable Textiles
Transportation system patterns, right down to seat cloth details, are designed to last and look good even when stained by dirt and spilled drinks over time, making them an oddly suitable choice ...
Literal Streetwear: ‘Pirate Printer’ Lifts Patterns from Urban Objects
A Berlin art collective has taken to the streets, inking urban infrastructure and laying down shirts and tote bags to create a line of unique prints ... their patterns directly lifted from ...
Pokédrone Go: Micro-Drone Augments Reach for Pokémon Players
Pokémon Go has hit the ground running, breaking game release records and getting people out of the house and onto city streets. This new drone promises to take the game even further, allowing ...
Floating Greenhouse: Mobile Barge to Grow Food & Cruise Danube
Designed to float down the Danube river in Europe, the Eco Barge is a solar-powered floating greenhouse illustrating the possibilities of offshoring urban food production. In addition ...
Diagonal Crosswalk: Walk Any Way in LA’s Safe Scramble Intersection
When visitors approach the intersection in front of Seattle's famous Pike Place Market in the heart of downtown, the surprise is palpable when they realize that a 'go' for pedestrians lets people ...
World’s Biggest Indoor Vertical Farm Near NYC to Use 95% Less Water
AeroFarms is on track to produce 2 million pounds of food per year in its 70,000-square-foot facility in Newark, under construction less than an hour outside of Manhattan. Their efficient ...
