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Tech NewsDesignThis Building Looks Different Every Hour
This is the “Kiefer Technic Showroom” in Austria and the changing panels are meant to help the people inside regulate the internal temperature. Given China’s “weird architecture” ban, it’s good to see there are still weird buildings around the world.
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Tech NewsDesignBMW’s Ugliest Concept Car Inspired Puma’s Ugliest Sneakers
Way back in 2008 BMW revealed an especially outlandish concept car called the GINA Light Visionary Model that traded metal body panels for a flexible lycra-like fabric wrapped around the vehicle. It wasn’t exactly pretty, which makes it harder to understand why Puma would use it as inspiration for a new shoe. Back when BMW … Continued
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Penn Station Would Be So Much More Fun As a Roller Coaster
Many New Yorkers have schlepped to Penn Station to take a train out. We’ve sat in the waiting room, bored, and said to ourselves, I know what would improve my experience. If only I could go on a 1,200 foot amusement-park ride before my train arrived. One group—Brooklyn-based design studio AE Superlab—had the bravery to … Continued
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Iconic Architect Eero Saarinen Designed Weapons and ‘Devices’ For the CIA
Eero Saarinen designed some of the most iconic American buildings of the 20th century. The arch in St. Louis? That was him. The TWA terminal at JFK airport? That was him too. And it wasn’t just buildings. Saarinen also designed the furniture that would define futurism of the 1960s, like the tables in Stanley Kubrick’s … Continued
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Bjarke Ingels Built a Real-Life Minecraft Structure in London
Each year, the opening of the Serpentine Pavilion heralds the beginning of summer with a temporary structure installed in a London garden. This year, the pavilion was designed by Bjarke Ingels, the Danish superstar architect who was recently brought onboard to design Hyperloop One stations. Depending on where you stand, it’s either a very convincing … Continued
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Jesus’ Tomb Is Finally Getting the Restoration That Bickering Monks Delayed for 200 Years
The are many reasons one might put off a much-needed home improvement project. Budget. Can’t find the right contractor. When it came to the tomb where Christians believe Jesus was buried, it was two centuries of infighting between some very possessive monks. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, located in the Old City of Jerusalem, … Continued
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Converse Has Modernized the Classic All Stars After 96 Years
Last year, Converse redesigned its iconic Chuck Taylor sneakers for the first time in almost 100 years. The new version of the kicks went over so well that now Converse is updating its classic All Stars too with a modern take that replaces the canvas uppers with a lightweight and breathable knitted material. Don’t point … Continued
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Tech NewsDesignThe World’s Most Expensive Hallway Is Under New York City
The exorbitant costs of the new World Trade Center Transportation Hub have been well-reported: the station cost FOUR BILLION DOLLARS. As of today, New Yorkers can now walk through the station in its entirety, but they’ll want to take note of one particularly pricey element: If calculations are correct, a single 600-foot corridor is the … Continued
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Tech NewsDesignFurniture that Flattens Into Wall Art Is Perfect For Cramped Apartments
Just because you live in a cramped downtown apartment doesn’t mean you don’t want to entertain. So here’s a brilliant way to keep some extra seating around, without wasting precious floor space once all your guests have left. Designer Jongha Choi’s From 2D to 3D furniture collection is fully functional when unfolded to third dimensional … Continued
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Here’s Your First Look at America’s New Food Label
The FDA just released its first major change to its nutritional labels in over twenty years. Here’s the new label you can expect to see on the back of your food: There are a lot of changes—and a lot to like—in this newest update. Calorie counts are bigger and easier to read. A line has … Continued
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How NYC’s Super Skinny Skyscrapers Stack Up Next to the World’s Tallest Buildings
Over the last two decades, a new type of building has invaded New York City: The super skinny supertall known as a “super-slender.” This new generation of skyscrapers range from 50 to 100 stories, are almost uniformly filled with luxury housing—and some are wedged into the city with astoundingly tiny 45-feet-wide footprints. An update of … Continued
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This Amazing Carbon Fiber Pavilion Was Woven by a Robot
London’s Victoria & Albert Museum has unveiled an incredibly intricate robotically woven and biologically inspired carbon-fiber pavilion in its courtyard. The structure, constructed as part of the museum’s new engineering season, is built up of 40 hexagonal components that cover over 2,000 square feet. Each panel is made from a combination of transparent glass fiber … Continued
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How to Get the Old Instagram Logo Back on Your Phone
Instagram announced earlier this week that they’d be changing their logo from a representation of a camera to a slightly more colorful and abstract representation of a camera. And people had feelings! The logo was variously described as “not quite picture perfect,” a “travesty,” and “so internet” by media outlets—and the hoi polloi were about … Continued
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Movie Fans Will Love These Posters of Famous Hollywood Sneakers
Product placements and advertising in movies can be smooth, annoying, disturbing, and even ridiculous depending on how the filmmakers integrate well real life products into their work. Sometimes the result is a cheesy mess, but sometimes the product becomes as iconic as the movie. To showcase the best case scenario illustration and design studio Sons … Continued
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Tech NewsDesignThe Movpak Is Like Having a Very Convenient Car on Your Back
We wrote about the Movpak back in May 2014 when the backpack/electric skateboard first launched as a Kickstarter project, sadly the project didn’t quite make enough to be funded. Now the company has added even more features ahead of a second attempt at funding via Indiegogo. The new design is sort of like having a … Continued
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These Minimalist Posters of Famous Libraries Want to Hang on Your Wall Just Beside the Bookshelf
Libraries are magical places, and even the smallest local branch over the corner deserves your attention, and you should pay a visit regularly. Artist André Chiote believes in the power of libraries, and has put together an astounding set of posters to celebrate their importance. These minimalist posters below, created by Chiote, an architect and … Continued
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This House Is Made From Cardboard
Welcome to the Wikkelhouse, a building that’s made not from concrete, brick or wood—but cardboard. The building is made from a series of modular pieces that stack next to each other like the slices of a loaf of bread. In profile it looks like the kind of stereotypical house a child might draw on paper, … Continued
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Famous New York Buildings Make Way More Sense on These Alien Landscapes
Sometime in the near future, eleven of New York City’s most famous landmarks have gone missing. Soon, they start to turn up in the some of the most desolate locations on the planet—perched high in a red rock mountain range, buried in a white sand desert—but no one knows why. That’s the concept behind Misplaced, … Continued
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This Lamp’s Designed to Work Like Its Circuit Diagram
If you fondly remember drawing circuit diagrams at school, this lamp will make you smile: Its designers created it to mimic the line-drawn circuit plans that make it work. The lamp—called Node—was created by Odd Matter Studio using loops of copper to represent the wire in a circuit diagram, reports Dezeen. To switch the thing … Continued