Watch How a Cityscape Composes Its Own Song on a Player Piano
Akko Goldenbeld turned a map of his city into a musical score for a player piano with this ingenious design.
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Artists Sculpt Sweet Cityscapes out of Sugar Cubes
Over the past decade, Jamison has constructed a myriad of elaborate structures using nothing but sugar cubes and adhesive
Hacking the Streets of San Francisco at the Market Street Prototyping Festival
Hackers took over Market Street in downtown San Francisco this weekend. Not Anonymous-style protesters, but urban makers, who brought 50 prototypes, custom built to modify the urban environment and make it more interactive.
Cut Out Map Book
Book artist Runjing Wang turns maps of cities into enigmatic networks by cutting away everything but the streets in this striking book called Capital Cities.
Coding your own urban renewal
You’ve probably already heard of Outside.in, the “hyperlocal” news, information, and conferencing service created to serve cities, towns, and neighborhoods throughout the US. John Geraci, one of the co-founders of Outside.in, has launched a new site called DIYcity. The idea here is to use the crowdsourcing power of the interwebs and open source/Web 2.0 software […]
Street-pipe seat-mod
Posterchild’s seating caps make urban environments a bit more people-friendly These pipes- as pokey, uncomfortable, and rough as they are- have long ago been reimagined as benches, repurposed as public seating on a street that has none. I just made them more comfy! Seen above is one of five installed in Toronto’s Chinatown. – Seating […]
The New York City Waterfalls
From June 26th to October 13th, NYC will be hosting a public art installation designed by artist Olafur Eliasson. The project consists of four man-made waterfalls stationed in New York Harbor ranging from 90 to 120 feet tall. From the press release – Public Art Fund, working in partnership with Tishman Construction Corporation, engaged a […]
