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Amazing Works of Infrared Photography
2009-04-03 02:16:00 Since the world first saw and fell in love with infrared photography in 1910, it has continued to grow in popularity and these images are now widely available. More About: Nature , Photography , Architecture , Amazing , Works
Beyond Brutalism: Creative Concrete Architecture
2009-04-01 19:52:00 Concrete construction has been used at least as far back as the Roman Empire. In the modern age, the overuse of concrete (Brutalism) has tarnished its reputation but lately the versatile material has enjoyed a revival and reappraisal. More About: Creative , History , Architecture , Concrete
Room Dividers: 15 Spectacular Spatial Separators
2009-03-31 20:11:00 Want a really cool wall but don’t want to build one? Conventional curtains and traditional shoji screens aren?t the only ways to visually break up interior spaces. These 15 innovative and artistic room dividers ? including colorful plastic panels, strange plant-like modular screens, real green and growing separators and flexible walls made of wood ? ... More About: Room , Spectacular
Retrofuturistic Ads: Selling a Brighter Tomorrow
2009-03-30 01:27:00 These 15 retrofuturistic ads showcase one of advertising's most time-tested traits: convincing the target market a better, brighter future can be theirs TODAY - once they purchase this must-have product. Is the world we live in really as "new & improved" as we were led to believe? More About: Travel , Selling , History , Tomorrow
Recycled Treasures Converted Into Inspired Art
2009-03-28 22:22:00 Wait - before you toss that into the garbage, can it be recycled? Many things obviously can in traditional ways, but an artist often sees beyond the obvious. With a creative eye and artful touch, art can be created with nearly any medium. Innovative artists can transform what you might consider trash into amazing art. ... More About: Inspired , Treasures
Amazing and Creative Book Cover Art and Design
2009-03-26 22:49:00 They say you can't judge a book by its cover, but sometimes it can be unavoidable. The cover of a book can often make a strong first impression that is hard to ignore. Those who have had a lifelong love affair with books know the thrill of running their fingertips down a spine cloaked in rich mahogany leather. However, there are some books so cleverly designed that they captivate even the casual bookstore browser. More About: Creative , Design , Book , Art and Design , Amazing
Bloody Brilliant: 10 Blood-Themed Design Ideas
2009-03-25 00:19:00 Imagine coming home to a house with red streaks and spatter patterns cast across your rugs, chairs or tables - or to find a loved one passed out in a pool of blood. Some of these radical red designs are intended to scare visitors while others are aesthetically engaging even before one realizes the bloody ... More About: Ideas , Design , Furniture , Blood , Brilliant
Radical Retrofuture Rides: 12 Never-Produced Vehicles
2009-03-23 22:04:00 Concept cars, dream machines and technology-packed prototypes give us hints of what the future holds. Here are 15 that have not, though they live on in our imaginations. More About: Travel , History , Vehicles , Urbanism , Radical
15 of the World?s Most Brilliant Business Card Designs
2009-03-22 22:51:00 To be competitive in business, you?ve got to stand out ? and there?s no better representation of your visual identity than your business card. While most are tucked into a wallet or desk drawer and quickly forgotten, others make people look twice, with designs that are funny, shocking or just incredibly unique. Here are 15 ... More About: Business , World , Card , Advertising , Urban
WebUrbanist Fanbase Artist Showcase - Part 1
2009-03-22 00:07:00 Over the past year and a half the WebUrbanist readership has continued to grow at a very healthy pace. The site that started as a hobby has fast become one of the most-read online publications and along the way has even been selected by the Google Reader Blog as a staff favorite. The site’s readership ... More About: Graffiti , Artist , Part , Showcase
20 (More!) Creative Recycled Furniture Designs
2008-09-22 16:34:00 Recycling doesn’t have to be limited to sorting cans and bottles into bins to be sent to a recycling plant to be turned into new cans and bottles. Recycling can be about using existing materials to make something completely new and original, often with a function completely different from the good’s original purpose. Furniture designers have capitalized on this notion to dream up some incredibly creative and unpredictable results for use around the home. Barrel Designs specializes in a wide array of furniture crafted from “retired” barrels once used to contain wine. The oak wood used in the barrels is reshaped in a number of creative ways to create new pieces ranging from tables and chairs to fixtures used with the wine the barrels once held, such as racks for bottles and serving bars. Like the wine barrels turned into wine accessories, This Into That specializes in recycling materials into new things relating to their original function. Specifically, ... More About: Creative
24 Stunning HDR Photographs of Abandoned Places
2008-09-21 16:05:00 Something about the vibrant colors, stark contrasts and vivid depths of an HDR approach lends abandonments to HDR photography like few other subjects. Beautiful HDR pictures bring dead places and long disused spaces powerfully to back to life. Photographers like Julie Berlin (whose work is shown above) and many others (shown below) have opened the door ... More About: Environment , Photography , Architecture , Graffiti , Places
Rotating Architecture: 16 Sweet Spinning Structures
2008-09-20 17:32:00 Architects have always aimed towards building bigger, wider and higher (and, recently, more sustainable as well). Now technology has made a fourth design dimension possible: movement. These 15 amazing structures shift their shapes, put a new spin on style! (image via: Everingham Rotating House) Don’t like the view out the window? Change it! That’s what the designers ... More About: Environment , Architecture , Urban , Sweet , Spinning
WebUrbanist Reconstruction Nearly Complete
2008-09-18 14:36:00 Greetings loyal readers. We have nearly finished the reconstruction of our much loved (and much damaged site) and, with the help of many friends, authors and other associates have managed this difficult task in record time. Thanks again to everyone who has assisted along the way and expect some great content coming up this week ... More About: Arts , Bizarre , Reconstruction , Complete
24 Eerie Abandoned Vehicles and Transit Structures
2008-09-15 22:04:00 (Images via: wili, thejourney1972, ahmedrabea and parksy) Like buildings and property (or even entire towns and cities), vehicles go abandoned in all shapes, sizes and types. In some cases disaster strikes. In others, changing technologies render old designs obsolete, leaving majestic airplanes and giant steamers to rust and gather dust. These twenty-four abandoned land, sea and air ... More About: Environment , Travel , History , Vehicles , Structures
90 Unusually Awesome Urban Furniture Designs
2008-09-15 00:34:00 In a world where most people move into spaces that were designed by and for someone else furniture becomes a way in which we can customize places to suit our needs, lifestyle and aesthetic attitudes. If you want something comfortable and conventional you might want to look elsewhere. If you are looking for bold, creative ... More About: Furniture , Awesome , Urban , Designs
A Picture is Worth … 10 Brilliant Book Artists
2008-09-10 13:36:00 Who would have thought that books could be used for something other than, well, reading? Artists today are breaking down the walls between different types of art. Just as some have used materials as unorthodox as sand and even light to craft unique artistic statements, today’s brilliant book artists combine literature with sculpture in a new form of expression that has an effect greater than the sum of its parts. (image via: Center for Book Arts) Some book artists work exclusively in the literary medium while others will delve into it only occasionally for a stated purpose. Barton Lidicé Beneš falls into the latter category with his bold and somewhat disturbing “Censored Book”. The sharp, rusty nails and complex rope knots graphically underscore the heavy hand of censorship in all of its crude, single-minded power. (image via: Aron Packer) Brian Dettmer employs books in a variety of creative ways in order to express a vision that goes beyond mere words alone. Dettmer often s... More About: Picture , Worth , Brilliant
70 Amazing Houses from Around the World
2008-09-09 15:35:00 Do you prefer the quiet calm of a house on the water or the daring adventure of a house hanging off of a cliff? A giant space in which to sprawl or a tiny nook in which to seek solitude? Whether you aspire to something exotic and unique or comfortable and cozy there is sure to be a house here for you. Sorted into eight types, here are seventy of the most amazing, unusual, offbeat and unique houses in the world. 1) Unique Beach and Lake Houses : What could be more relaxing and peaceful than an extended stay at a house on the water? How about: a stay in one of these architecturally amazing beach and lake houses that defy conventions, buck traditions and in one case represents the realization of an amazing designer’s lifelong engineering aspirations. 2) Dizzying Cliff and Mountain Houses: If beach houses are relaxing these precarious structures are anything but. Perched on the edges of daunting precipices these cliff and mountain homes are some of the scariest places you could possi... More About: World , Around the world , Amazing , The World
Banksy Art and Graffiti: The Ultimate Guide
2008-09-07 15:42:00 The internet has long been abuzz with Banksy , the world’s most infamous street artist. But what is the big deal about Banksy, where can you find his work and what has he said about his art to set the world to talking about it? This thoroughly researched in-depth eight-part guide will walk you through the entire world of Banksy, from his stencil and graffiti work to prints, interviews, quotes, forums and other resources. Skim the overviews and click the links for more information. 1) Introduction: Who is Banksy? In a world where the face of a politician, actor or artist is generally as widely recognized as their influence and work Banksy has struggled for years to maintain the mystery of his identity. He has created work around the world with messages ranging from subversive to downright silly but little is known for sure about his background - though much has been speculated and many have claimed to have figured out who he really is. 2) Banksy Graffiti , Stencils and Drawings: Wh... More About: Guide , Ultimate
9 Over-the-Top Luxury Swimming Pools of the Rich, Famous and Utterly Eccent
2008-09-07 15:39:00 luxurious swimming pools Guest Article contributed by Nelson Doyle Design takes on a whole new meaning when it involves the exorbitant piles of cash the rich and powerful are willing to invest in their luxuries. From the Playboy bunny pond to gigantic shark tanks, here are some of the most extraordinary architectural creations that come from well-paid imaginations and deliver marvelous mind-blowing pools that most of us would happily belly-flop for. luxurious swimming pools san alfonso del mar (images via: ervega and economicrefugee) The world’s most arguably most amazing swimming pool is also the world’s largest swimming pool and artificial lagoon according to the Guinness World Records. Located in the resort of San Alfonso del Mar in Chile, this pool actually dwarfs many natural lakes that attract visitors throughout the world. It contains a breathtaking 66 million gallons of water and blankets eight hectares of earth. This artificial lagoon and swimming pool is 1km in length ... More About: Swimming , Rich , Luxury , Famous , Pools
7 Modern Wonders of Green Technology: Conceptual and Actual Ecological Desi
2008-06-09 21:06:00 [This article created with generous assistance from Agustin Otegui] Green architecture comes in many forms though lately it seems like these forms are stranger than ever. Urban skyscraper farms? Floating eco-cities? Glowing solar towers? Turbine-driven skyscrapers? Magnetically levitated wind collectors? Where does it end?! With all of these emerging green technologies it seemed an appropriate time ... More About: Technology , Environment , Desi , Wonders
10 Stunning Monuments Dedicated to Heroes: More Memorials From Around the W
2008-06-09 02:31:00 Be it war monuments or those dedicated to peace, memorials stand out from other structures man have built because of their unique and stunning appearance. With so much history behind one, standing in front of a gigantic memorial can be very awe inspiring as these masterworks of art and engineering are dedicated to those who ... More About: History , Architecture , Heroes , Stunning , Monuments
The Origins and Evolution of Guerrilla Marketing: Part Two in a Six-Part We
2008-06-06 00:46:00 In the first part of our series on guerrilla marketing we examined how the movement got its start and why it is so effective. Before that, we took a look at some of the most creative guerrilla marketing campaigns the world has ever seen. But now, if you’ll indulge us, we’d like you ... More About: Marketing , Guerrilla , Evolution , Advertising , Bizarre
7 Innovative Artists Who Create Art from Trash: Projected, Recycled and Oth
2008-06-04 21:54:00 The cliche is that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” but the author of that phrase probably never realized how strangely true it could turn out to be. In today’s world of weird and amazing art some of the most compelling and creative works have been born out of the simplest and most abundant ... More About: Environment , Travel , Architecture , Graffiti , Artists
The History of Guerrilla Marketing: Part One in an Eight-Part WebUrbanist G
2008-06-04 00:54:00 Everyone loves a story about the little guy who takes on the bigger, more heavily armed opponent and wins. When the little guy uses unconventional tactics and surprises the opponent, it’s called guerrilla warfare. When some starry-eyed startup shocks the world with an underground marketing campaign that costs nothing but causes shockwaves for months, it’s ... More About: Marketing , History , Guerrilla , Advertising , Part
10 (More) Awesome Architectural Shipping Container Designs: From Loft Space
2008-06-01 23:21:00 Guest author Andrew Boyd is an expert on travel hacks After the overwhelming praise for our previous post on cargo container homes and offices we simply couldn’t resist doing a follow-up with even more amazing shipping container architectural designs from around the world. From self-transforming shipping container rooms to towering retail spaces and emergency housing ... More About: Space , Architecture , Awesome , Urban , Shipping
25 (More) Incredible Works of Art from Ordinary Objects: Cell Phone Sculptu
2008-05-28 23:11:00 Regular readers will remember parts one and two of our ongoing series about amazing art from ordinary objects. Recently a number of readers have written in to submit their own works or works they have constructed from everyday materials. Guido Daniele is an accomplished painter who transforms ordinary individual hands into art, Robert Pettit has ... More About: Phone , Photography , Cell Phone , Cell , Arts
10 Clever Architectural Creations Using Cargo Containers: Shipping Containe
2008-05-26 22:11:00 Guest author Andrew Boyd is an expert on travel hacks With the green theme growing in popularity across every stretch of the world, more and more people are looking for green alternatives for office, and even new home, construction. There are countless numbers of empty, unused shipping containers around the world just sitting on the ... More About: Environment , Architecture , Urban , Shipping , Cargo
7 Creative Approaches to Building Big with Paper: Adaptive (Re)Uses of an E
2008-05-23 01:52:00 New and innovative products are being conceived and produced all the time, but what about new ideas for already-familiar materials? What would it take to get you to see a well-known building material in a new light? Some designers are doing just that now with forward-thinking furniture and architectural features made of one of the ... More About: Creative , Building , Paper , Adaptive
10 Private Islands You Can?t Afford to Live On: Amazing and Exotic Luxury R
More articles from this author:2008-05-20 23:32:00 Guest author Brian Thibault lives and breathes (and occasionally writes about) international real estate as the CEO of International Listings LLC. Feeling a little cramped in your thousand square foot Manhattan apartment? Got a few extra million to blow? If so, you too can join the elite of the elite and buy your very own ... More About: Environment , Travel , Architecture , Luxury , Bizarre 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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