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21 votes
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SolarPunk vs CyberPunk: Our cities' last hope?
14 votes -
Chicago doesn’t own its own streets
18 votes -
How the Blitz enhanced London’s economy (2018)
6 votes -
Highly inappropriate book covers
20 votes -
What wipes in Star Wars teach us about the brain and also interface design
27 votes -
Nakatomi Space - Moving through a city differently (2010)
5 votes -
Avoriaz: a ski city in the sky
6 votes -
Why don't cities use hexagon blocks?
15 votes -
What we learned making a plastic injection mold with a Chinese mold maker
21 votes -
Analyzing Frank Herbert's Dune from an architectural perspective
10 votes -
UK government accused of ‘suppressing’ report into safety of modular building
7 votes -
‘Instant credibility’: The evolution of sneakers from functional kicks to high-value commodities
11 votes -
How fashion became one of Denmark's biggest exports
5 votes -
The off-kilter beauty of the NYC's shabby, singular storefronts
9 votes -
Designing content for people who struggle with numbers
21 votes -
Ending minimum parking requirements was a policy win for the Twin Cities
16 votes -
Ten churches around the world that have been repurposed in interesting and creative ways
42 votes -
Wikipedia:Dark mode
20 votes -
How much of your US city is parking lots?
30 votes -
Tech billionaires launch California ‘utopia’ website
55 votes -
Sophie de Oliveira Barata on The Alternative Limb Project and the nexus of art and medicine
3 votes -
Here’s what it takes to get speed humps approved on just one US block
25 votes -
As a young industrial designer, Patricia Moore undertook a radical experiment in aging. Her discoveries reshaped the built world.
26 votes -
American cities don't take sidewalks seriously, costing pedestrians their lives and communities
35 votes -
Can infill development save cities?
6 votes -
Concrete stamp from Swiss Post
11 votes -
The mystery of the Bloomfield bridge
45 votes -
The world’s oldest cat door has been letting working cats enter the cathedral since the 14th Century
44 votes -
The Baťa Skyscraper in Zlín, Czechia is a landmark of architecture. And inside it, the office of Jan Antonín Baťa... is an elevator.
13 votes -
The Silicon Valley elite who want to build a city from scratch
36 votes -
“The Famous F40” vector illustration by David Rumfelt
9 votes -
Everything you didn't know about Ukraine's flag
14 votes -
How one company owns color
18 votes -
Exposed: Slum photography was at the heart of progressive campaigns against urban poverty. And it was a weapon against poor people.
5 votes -
A movement known as Architectural Uprising is pushing back against Scandinavian design trends – and sometimes forcing architects back to the drawing board
25 votes -
To build a more lethal force, the Marine Corps needs a font for the 21st century
14 votes -
Finding meaning in Christopher Alexander's "The Nature of Order"
4 votes -
This building nearly broke Taipei. The Taipei Performing Arts Center; Over budget, a decade under construction, and one of Asia's most important cultural buildings.
18 votes -
If we want a shift to walking, we need to prioritize dignity
103 votes -
The bewildering architecture of skybridges
4 votes -
Treemaps are awesome!
10 votes -
New York City announces major public space and transit improvements for Downtown Brooklyn
17 votes -
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
12 votes -
At the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana, you can get a product certified as bear-resistant... by testing it with actual bears
21 votes -
Barbie Pink: What do Mattel’s rights in the valuable color look like?
7 votes -
Cleveland: New city policy would eliminate mandatory parking near transit corridors
12 votes -
‘They found ways to do the impossible’: Hipgnosis, the designers who changed the record sleeve for ever
8 votes -
Parking laws are strangling America
49 votes -
Escher Lizard flooring project
I like a bit of M.C. Escher art, and I was looking for some Escher images when I stumbled across this old blog post by someone who designed and made his own Escher-inspired floor tiles....
I like a bit of M.C. Escher art, and I was looking for some Escher images when I stumbled across this old blog post by someone who designed and made his own Escher-inspired floor tiles. Fascinating stuff!
Here's the main page, showing a photo of the finished floor: https://danceswithferrets.org/geekblog/?page_id=911
Then there's 8 blog entries, showing the steps he went through from initial idea to finished product.
As a bonus, here's a simple guide I found, which explains how Escher designed & made his tiles: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5754f47fcf80a16bffa02c45/t/57c6b680f7e0abc8f6ac6993/1472640669212/Escher-tiling-instructions.pdf
It's so simple when you know how! But there's obviously still some artistry involved in deciding what shapes to cut & paste.
9 votes