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6 Abandoned Railroads, Subways, and Train Stations 2008-09-30 10:14:25 Across most of the developed world, railroad was once king. The installation of train tracks across America was a momentous occasion that made wide commercial trade possible from one coast to the other. Today, railroads have fallen from their previous glory days. They’re still used, but not anywhere near as much as [...] Read more:Abandoned
, Stations
, Subways
, Train
7 Abandoned Architectural Wonders of Modern Asia 2008-09-28 15:06:20 (Thanks in part to contributions by urban explorer and photographer Jon Dubar)
Abandoned
buildings, properties and places take on remarkably different aesthetic character and are treated differently from one culture to the next - particularly in Asia
n nations where beliefs about the cultural roll of architecture or the whims of a dictator can vary greatly. From [...] Read more:Modern
, Wonders
The Dreamy Driftwood Sculptures of Heather Jansch 2008-09-27 18:01:31 (Part One in an Eight-Part Series on Brilliant and Unusual Artists of the World)
The relationship between an artist and the material they create with is a complicated and intimate one. At times, the artist chooses the material. But often, the material speaks to the artist and begs to be made into something wonderful. UK artist [...] Read more:Dreamy
, Heather
, Sculptures
7 Creative, Unique and Twisted Art Photographers 2008-09-25 08:17:15 (Part One in an Eight-Part Series on Amazingly Creative Photography and Photographers
)
Photography is one of the most accessible forms of art. Even without special training or a vast knowledge of the technical details involved, one can pick up a camera and make a photograph. And like all other forms of art, photography allows [...] Read more:Twisted
20 Creative, Artistic and Geeky Cake Designs 2008-09-24 11:00:15 Even geeks, believe it or not, like to party, and this sweet selection of artistic confection showcases the many ways geeks can have their cake and eat it too - with or without an .exe file baked inside. No, these cakes are not a lie (if you don’t get the reference, you may still be [...] Read more:Artistic
, Designs
, Geeky
16 Abandoned Cars, Trucks, Buses, Tanks and Roads 2008-09-23 11:22:12 (Part One in an Eight-Part Series on Abandoned
Vehicles and Buildings)
Like abandoned buildings, abandoned vehicles can have a profound effect on those who see them. They represent the sadness of losing those comforts that we’ve come to rely on, and the end of someone’s dream. Every abandoned car was once a brand-new machine, [...] Read more:Buses
, Roads
, Tanks
, Trucks
20 (More!) Creative Recycled Furniture Designs 2008-09-22 09:34:03 (Check out our complete collection of Unusual, Creative and Transforming Furniture
.)
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 [...] Read more:Designs
, Recycled
24 Stunning HDR Photographs of Abandoned Places 2008-09-21 09:05:37 (Check out our complete collection of 100+ Abandoned
Buildings, Places
and Property.)
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 [...] Read more:Stunning
Rotating Architecture: 16 Sweet Spinning Structures 2008-09-20 10:32:42 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 [...] Read more:Architecture
, Structures
, Sweet
24 Eerie Abandoned Vehicles and Transit Structures 2008-09-15 15:04:03 (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 [...] Read more:Abandoned
, Structures
, Transit
, Vehicles
20 Comfy-to-Crazy Chairs and Chair Designs 2008-10-17 13:25:29 We spend much of our working lives occupying chairs, but since we never really see them we sometimes take them for granted. Luckily there are clever and talented designers willing to renegotiate our relationship with chairs. Here are some examples of strange seats and bizarre benches that dare to be different, from the fabulously elegant [...] Read more:Chair
, Chairs
, Comfy
, Crazy
, Designs
12 Motion-Blur and Time-Lapse Photographers 2008-10-16 21:26:24 Unlike freeze-frame photography that captures a tiny cross-section of a moment, time-lapse, long exposure and motion blur photography shows a series of moments. They can be a few consecutive microseconds, moments spanning several years, or anywhere in between. Rather than an ultra-fast shutter speed, time-lapse and motion blur photography use a very slow shutter speed [...] Read more:Lapse
, Motion
, Photographers
Sweet Slices of Pi: 20 More Awesome Geek Cakes 2008-10-15 15:06:45 Even geeks have got to eat, and when pizza’s just not enough, there’s cake. Not just any cake either - the surest route to geek satisfaction is a slice of pi. Pie, that is. The first twenty artistic and geeky cakes uncovered more sweet servings then you could shake your Wii at, so sharpen up [...] Read more:Cakes
, Geek
, Sweet
Abandoned Airfields, Airports, and Airplanes 2008-10-14 15:52:31 Air travel has become a major part of our society, with industries and individuals depending on air transport for their livelihood. But have you ever wondered what happens to the artifacts of our airborne culture when they’re no longer needed? In many cases, they’re simply abandoned and forgotten.
(images via: Abandoned
& Little-Known Airfields)
Military [...] Read more:Airplanes
, Airports
10 Historical Secret Rooms and Hidden Passages 2008-10-13 15:08:25 For all of humankind’s history, we’ve been fascinated with hidden places. Before they were a fun architectural addition to new homes, hidden rooms and secret passages served a purpose. Most often, that purpose was to allow someone to hide or escape from some kind of danger. At other times, though, they have [...] Read more:Hidden
, Historical
, Rooms
Unbelievable Kinetic Sculptures of Theo Jansen 2008-10-11 18:59:41 Part Three in an Eight-Part Series on Amazing Artists of the World
In 1990, a new species was born. It was not formed from the cross-breeding of existing creatures. It didn’t evolve from a simple to a complex organism. It sprung from the hands of a Dutch artist whose imagination and technical knowledge somehow turned plastic [...] Read more:Jansen
, Kinetic
, Sculptures
, Unbelievable
7 Spectacularly Skilled High-Speed Photographers 2008-10-09 12:28:35 High-speed photography is a fascinating way to capture the images that we don’t often get to see. So many amazing things happen in the blink of an eye - moving too quickly for us to see more than a blur and the aftermath. Using clever equipment and quick shutters, these talented photographers freeze [...] Read more:Photographers
, Skilled
, Speed
15 Innovative Green Vehicles and Vehicle Designs 2008-10-08 14:40:53 With gas prices are spiraling out of control, Americans are going wild over green cars like never before, but there are far more to the eco- (and wallet) friendly world of alternative fuels than just the Prius. From strange conversions by bold individuals (a truck that runs on used coffee grounds) to hundred-year old [...] Read more:Designs
, Green
, Innovative
, Vehicle
, Vehicles
12 Historic Abandoned Boats, Ships and Docks 2008-10-07 18:27:24 (images via: divenorway, hyperfish, vigidal and sanjuan)
Like trains, ships once played a much larger part in the worldwide economy than they do now. Their reach has been significantly reduced with the advent of quicker and more efficient modes of transport. As a result, there are amazing shipwrecks and abandoned ships, boats and docks and [...] Read more:Abandoned
, Boats
42 Prefab Architecture & Flat Pack Furniture Designs 2008-11-09 14:39:42 When a prefab building solution is required it can kick a design-oriented mind into high gear - the search for a visually appealing yet functional solution can be incredibly motivating. These creative designers are no exception. Prefabrication, modularity and portability also translate well into the world of furniture design, where versatile kit-based and flat-pack products [...] Read more:Architecture
, Designs
, Furniture
20 Fantastic Physics-Defying Frozen-in-Time Photos 2008-11-08 14:14:28 What do you get when you cross performance art with high-energy photography? You get the unique and fascinating photography of Denis Darzacq and Liwei. Both artists create and then capture unexpected moments in time, leading the viewer to wonder if these images could possibly be real (hint: they are).
The two artists operate in slightly different [...] Read more:Defying
, Fantastic
, Frozen
, Physics
15 Inspired and Innovative Wallpaper Designs 2008-11-07 16:44:33 Wallpaper (at-home, not on-screen) isn’t what it used to be, but we bet you never thought it could look THIS good! So you have your absolutely amazing house and insanely cool furniture - what comes next? New ideas and revolutionary techniques have allowed artists and designers to bring two-dimensional surfaces to life through creative wallpapers [...] Read more:Designs
, Innovative
, Inspired
9 Creatively Camera-Free Photographers [30 Photos] 2008-11-06 14:08:11 Looking at some of the most impressive contemporary photography, it’s easy to believe that sophisticated equipment is necessary. Thoughts of prohibitively expensive cameras and all of the other trappings of professional photography have dissuaded plenty of would-be photographers over the years. But amazing images have been made for centuries without any help from cameras using [...] Read more:Camera
, Photographers
7 Haunting Deserted Hotels, Hospitals, & Churches 2008-11-05 15:46:59 What is it about abandoned buildings that’s so alluring? What causes us to be fascinated by the forgotten ruins of structures that once teemed with life? It may have something to do with the original purpose of those buildings. Homes and towns where families once lived are fascinating, but there’s something tragic [...] Read more:Churches
, Deserted
, Hospitals
, Hotels
18 Crazy Ways to Hang your Hat or Coat 2008-11-03 13:04:10 Wherever you hang your hat (or coat), that’s your home. No modern dream home is complete without a dazzling, eye-catching coat rack - and there is plenty of options to choose from. Here are 18 coat racks that are unafraid to hang up traditional designs and do something a little more creative and unexpected.
Images: tc [...] Read more:Crazy
24 Wonderful Works of Green Art, Design and Tech 2008-11-02 13:45:44 What makes art or design both amazing and green? Sustainability is a factor, but so is style - and the degree to which something is integrated with its environment. From transforming green boxes to rotating dome homes, creative eco-art to exotic eco-landscapes and dizzying tree houses to dazzling tree sculptures, here are twenty of the [...] Read more:Green
, Wonderful
, Works
14 Epic Environmental Art Images and Photos 2008-11-01 17:50:05 History is filled with artists who dared to try to make positive changes to their world, even when it was dangerous or unpopular to do so. Today, the social and political landscape is unstable and many artists are taking a stand. Chris Jordan is making his voice heard in a unique and wholly impressive way.
(Depicts [...] Read more:Images
13 Geeky Halloween Pumpkins and Costumes 2008-10-31 13:07:00 Halloween has come around once more and geeks worldwide are rousing themselves from their basements and consoles to enjoy the best Friday the 31st has to offer. It takes a lot to scare, excite or even impress a geek, however… geeky Halloween pumpkins and costumes don’t just have to be good, they’ve got to [...] Read more:Costumes
, Geeky
, Halloween
, Pumpkins
7 Inspiring Infrared and HDR Photographers 2008-10-30 14:58:42 Photographers have developed a whole slew of techniques to create new and interesting ways to view ordinary images. From panoramic photography to high-speed photography and time-lapse photography, looking at something in a slightly new way can completely change your perceptions. Infrared
and HDR photography take this concept one step further and show us things that [...] Read more:Photographers
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