By Jonathan Zettel
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Sitting by the fire: artists redesign campsites
This group of artists might just make the old tuna can camper cool again. UrbanCampsite Amsterdam provides a fun redesign of classic concepts, built to...
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Hug a tree, it might just be saving your life
A new study from the U.S. Forest Service says that “urban forests” could save your life. The study shows “large-scale” correlation...
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Mass transportation system boosts transit for the future
This transit system looks like it is straight out of a science fiction film. Part plane, part train, the Horizon System is an entirely electric...
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Forget fashion: try this helmet made out of old newspapers
Chances are if you are wearing a bike helmet it’s already more about safety, and far less about fashion, which is why you might just want to try out...
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Copenhagen’s amazing new flip-book mural
If you have ever doodled on each page of a notepad to create an elaborate do-it-yourself animation, then you will love this mural in Copenhagen. The mural...
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Michigan town opens a world of imagination with miniature doors
Tucked away in the tiniest corners of Ann Arbor, Michigan secret miniature doors having been popping up since 2005. Children’s book author, Jonathan...
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Long live the monorail: Sydney says goodbye to its monorail
After 25 years Sydney’s monorail is set to close. The 3.6 km loop includes seven stations, located inside buildings, at hotels and near most of the...
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Graveyard for New York’s vanishing telephone booths
Superman certainly has been having a harder time finding somewhere to change lately: the usual street closet / phone booth is becoming increasingly...
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Bike friendly cities beat the odds, overcome ‘bikelash’
In the ’80s New York mayor Ed Koch created protective bike lanes in Manhattan along 6th and 7th Avenues much to the chagrin of a very loud and...
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Awesome Maps: a German startup makes cartography cool again
Check out this unique world map by Awesome Maps that details all of the hottest surf spots around the world. It is one in a series of maps that Simon...
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Mongolian wind farms spark new future of clean energy
The weather in most regions of Mongolia is incredible fierce and now they are looking to harness those long winters and harsh winds to generate clean...
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Imagine your city streets as intricate as this maze
Think your city streets are hard to navigate? Well try this maze that took seven years to draw. Twitter was buzzing after @Kya7y posted snapshots of this...