Star Wars subway car
The world needs more of this. A lot more of this. [Thanks, Keith!] Star Wars Subway Car
Culture jamming
Grand Central’s secret train station
Grand Central’s multimillion-dollar secrets @ Geek Gestalt – CNET News… When FDR was president in the 1930s, the White House put a simple demand on the owners of Grand Central: protect the secrecy of Roosevelt’s polio. They weren’t being vague: They had a plan, and that involved the construction of a secret, fully functional train […]
Sugru’s iPhone bumper video taps the DIY aesthetic
This video is sneaky. It starts off just like a explicatory DIY video — they even call it a hack — but ends up revealing its commercial nature. What do you think, readers? Makes me want to buy Sugru. [Via Core77]
Storm drain graffiti
Awesome storm drain graffiti in Sao Paolo, Brazil! [via StumbleUpon]
Flowering Stop sign
I love whimsical little urban “reality hacks” like this. I wish there were more of these in our daily lives. See if you can spot all of the other street artists featured in the video (listed in the credits in the end). [Via DudeCraft] Artist Aakash Nihalani’s website
Rose-shaped map of Bohemia
This fascinating map is full of coded symbols: Leopold was elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1658, a title that had been in his Habsburg family for centuries. However, realising the increasing weakness of this institution (2), Leopold instead shifted his political energy to the consolidation of his Austrian, Hungarian and Bohemian dynastic territories. Vienna was […]
Transformer boxes decorated to look like buildings
German artist Evol decorates electrical boxes and planters with adhesive paper that he’s stenciled to look like miniature concrete tenements. When there are a whole bunch of these in one area it looks like a mini city! The project is called Plattenbauten, which means “prefab” in German. [via doorknob]
