[ By WebUrbanist in Travel & Urban Exploration. ] From the creators of WebUrbanist and 99% Invisible comes a new beautifully designed and illustrated guide to cities. In their New York Times best-selling book, The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design, Kurt Kohlstedt […]
Category: Environments
Urbanist Exploration: Discover Over 5,000 Compelling Architecture, Art & Design Stories
[ By WebUrbanist in 7 Wonders Series & Travel. ] For over a decade, WebUrbanist has featured a wide range of innovative and inspiring urban art and design projects from around the world. The website has attracted more than 500,000 subscribers and been visited over 100,000,000 times since it was […]
Living City Streets: The Global Drive to Reclaim Routes for Cyclists & Pedestrians
[ By WebUrbanist in Culture & History & Travel. ] In the mid-1900s, Dutch citizens of Delft were sick of cars driving too fast down their narrow residential streets. The city was slow to respond, so residents took matters into their own hands. Groups of neighbors came together and tore […]
Creative Engineering at the Protests in Hong Kong
[ By SA Rogers in Culture & History & Travel. ] The whole world is watching Hong Kong, where a battle is playing out in the streets between authorities and citizens protesting China’s encroachment on their independence. It started in June in response to a proposed amendment of an extradition […]
Around the World in 10 Minutes: Mesmerizing Cargo Container Ship Timelapse
[ By WebUrbanist in Destinations & Sights & Travel. ] Ever wonder what it would be like to work on a container ship, traveling across the Earth’s oceans and seeing its cities from a new perspective? Canadian photographer and sailor Jeffrey Tsang provides a window into world with videos like […]