Tag Archives: infrastructure

Taxi Fabric Fills Plain Cab Interiors with Vibrant Original Artworks

When thinking of decor inside an American taxicab, your imagination is probably limited to an LED payment screen blaring annoying ads and maybe a pine tree air freshener dangling from a rearview mirror. In India, a new firm is thinking a … Continue reading

Posted in Art | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

🙃📚 Upside down! Painted on the town’s library 🙃📚 (4 photos) – Street Art Utopia

Street Art byZABOUatEternelles Crapulesin Moutiers, France. Source: 🙃📚 Upside down! Painted on the town’s library 🙃📚 (4 photos) – Street Art Utopia

Posted in Street Art | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Centerline: The Surprising History of Lane Markings

Using a line painted down the center of a road to denote lanes seems to be merely common sense. But it was an innovation that took a surprising amount of time to develop. The history of lane markings is a … Continue reading

Posted in infrastructure | Tagged , | Leave a comment

shanghai | Blu in Cina in 2019 | Murals street art, Street art, Street art graffiti

Oct 27, 2019- Explore yuanxiaopeng’s photos on Flickr. yuanxiaopeng has uploaded 517 photos to Flickr. Source: shanghai | Blu in Cina in 2019 | Murals street art, Street art, Street art graffiti

Posted in Street Art | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Not Just For Bookworms: Helsinki’s Oodi Central Library Connects Residents Through Multi-Faceted Cultural Resources

Readers, researchers, and other curious residents are encouraged to gather together in a massive new ship-shaped library in Helsinki, Finland. Designed by ALA Architects, Oodi Central Library, the long and narrow structure features a sweeping wooden exterior topped with two stories … Continue reading

Posted in Architecture | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Muralist Elian Chali Envelopes Building Facades in Enormous Abstract Fields of Color

Argentinian artist Elian Chali, who goes by just his first name professionally, creates vibrant murals that balance a simple aesthetic with carefully calculated designs. Elian often incorporates anamorphic shapes into his murals, placing squiggles and squares at the corners of … Continue reading

Posted in Street Art | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Polish Tram Shelter’s Walls Become a Gallery for Dried Flower Designs

A tram stop at Dabrowskiego Square in Łódź, Poland is blossoming with dried flowers, giving pedestrians and commuters a fresh view on the intersection of their natural and built environments. The project, titled “Nostalgia”, was designed by local art student Dominika … Continue reading

Posted in Art | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Natural Fragmentation – the Poetry of Science

Anthropogenic biomes cascade Across natural networks, Swarming across this backdrop With assumed transcendence. Broken footprints disrupt Fractured ecologies; Disremembered territories Whose buried cycles Are trampled beneath the topsoil. Our treads scar the landscape, While conceited measurements of Their length, breadth, … Continue reading

Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Out of Range – Animation Short Film 2019 – GOBELINS

Sue, une avocate qui vit à cent à l’heure, se rend au meeting le plus important de sa carrière. En chemin, une panne de voiture la contraint à s’enfoncer dans la forêt, et c’est en s’y perdant qu’elle saura se … Continue reading

Posted in Animation | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The Ever-Present Glow of LED Greenhouses Documented by Aerial Photographer Tom Hegen

German photographer Tom Hegen, who specializes in aerial photography, recently traveled to the Netherlands to document the country’s LED greenhouses. The greenhouses were developed as a response to the small country’s growing need for food both within its own borders … Continue reading

Posted in Photography | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment