Soft-Ride Bike Has Steel Tires, And You Can Ride It Now
For W Hotels’ "WOW Bikes," Ron Arad designs a bespoke bicycle that reimagines the wheel using nothing but curved sprung steel. And anyone who stays at the hotel can ride it.
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A Steel Church Stands Tall, But Almost Vanishes From Sight [Video]
The Belgian duo Gijs Van Vaerenbergh construct a chapel out of 2,000 pieces of steel.
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The Insane Story Behind Ferrari’s Famed Prancing Horse Logo [Video]
Ferrari has one of the most recognizable logos in the world, a mark that today would proceed from endless market research and hundreds of iterations dreamed up by some savvy corporate-branding agency.
These Absurdly Realistic Images Of Gems Are Actually Paintings
Carly Waito is a young Toronto artist who paints pictures of semi-precious gems and minerals that are so frighteningly realistic, they’re virtually indistinguishable from a photograph.
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How To Turn A Vacant Lot Into A Thriving Cultural Destination
Proxy was designed as an impermanent fix to an impermanent problem, namely that eventually the sites will be developed. But they don’t need to sit empty in the meantime.
Wayfinding In The NYC Subway Sucks. Here Are Three Ways To Fix It
New York City has the largest subway system in the world and some of the worst subway signage.
A Rebranding For Kids That’s Playful Without Being Childish
Zoos are downright dangerous territory when it comes to branding. You’ve got kids, adults, plus the entire non-human world to do right by your design. Go too cutesy and you’ll annoy the heck out of the parents. Look too serious and you’ll scare away the children.
A Visit With Facebook’s VP Of Product, And His Redesign Team
In all the coverage of Facebook and it’s dominance, one group is seldom talked about: The 64-member design staff, which is busy honing interactions that affect hundreds of millions of people.
