Wingsuit flying is the art of flying the human body through the air using a special jumpsuit, called a wingsuit, that shapes the human body into an airfoil which can create lift. The wingsuit creates the airfoil shape with fabric sewn between the legs and under the arms. It is also called a birdman suit or squirrel suit.
A wingsuit can be flown from any point that provides sufficient altitude to glide through the air, such as skydiving aircraft or BASE jumping exit points.
The wingsuit flier wears parachute equipment designed for...
» Read the rest of the post
Shipping containers are cheap, plentiful and strong. I always thought the interior dimensions too small, the floors too toxic and the problems of insulating and making them comfortable too challenging, but dozens of architects and shipping container designs have proven me wrong.
What can’t the shipping container do? We know you can live in these fabulous prefab versions of shipping containers; you can shop in them; you can even serve beer out of them. Now, even more recycled fun can be had in Melbourne-based Phooey Architects’ shipping...
» Read the rest of the post
» View all photos
The rumors are true: Banksy is — or was, or has been — in ork Times, and he’s doing more than just painting, or hiding.
For the last few weeks aficionados of street art have been atwitter with sightings of work by this pseudonymous, secretive British artist. Several of his murals, all featuring giant rats, have popped up on walls and billboards in Lower Manhattan, and on Wednesday a Banksy piece was unveiled at 89 Seventh Avenue South (near Bleecker Street) in Greenwich Village.
This one is not a mural but an installation: a mock...
» Read the rest of the post
» View all photos
Benjamin Verdonck is literally nesting. The Dutch artist built a giant human-sized nest on the side of the Weena skyscraper in Rotterdam. Nest Rotterdam hangs 50 meters above the street and was accomplished in six weeks. Check out the materials list after the jump...
» Read the rest of the post
» View all photos
Taking vintage typewriters and turning them into sculptures without out using an kind of glue, welding or soldering may sound impossible but not for Jeremy Mayer who has created these amazing typewriter sculptures by using cold assembly methods.
» View all photos
The future isn’t all rosy. Increasing pollution, overpopulation, poverty, and climate change – society’s impact on the earth is reaching a breaking point. And while we may work to slow the onset of these catastrophes, reversing them is no longer an option. The question becomes, how do we live with the troubles we’ve already caused?
We don’t wish to make any prophecies – but if we fail to do more to mitigate today’s cultural, climatic, and economic dangers, the future may not be a pleasant one. Natural disasters will become...
» Read the rest of the post
» View all photos
Break out the scissors n glue sticks! Paper Wars, an exhibition of paper reproductions of classic weapons, is on view at the Craze Gallery in London. Featured artists include Ben Wilson, El Ultimo Grito, Oscar and Ewan, Pixelgarten, Hiroko Shiratori, Paul Wysocan, BASE23/DC|DE and more.
» View all photos
Spain
2 Votes
Thanks for the add!
