Zhi Zheng, Hongchuan Zhao and Dongbai Song from China won Evolo magazine's 2012 Skyscraper design competition. My favorite, however, is the runner-up (above) which crawls up the side of the Yunnan mountains. Designed by Yiteng Shen, Nanjue Wang, Ji Xia and Zihan Wang, it has the advantage of being neither outrageously science fictional nor horrible: consider the third place winner, a concept design for kilometer-high landfill silos.
Mepaintsme is an online gallery of contemporary art. If you're looking to follow more artists on Instagram, you'll find brilliant art from all types of artists on their page. You can visit the online gallery here. What I love about this gallery is the originality, playfulness, and soul that is present in so much of… READ THE REST
I thoroughly enjoyed this rather enchanting 13-minute interview of Laurie Anderson by Anderson Cooper in her studio. They talk about her upbringing and her career, her relationship with the late Lou Reed, how she defines herself as an artist, and much more. Thumbnail: Anderson playing in Times Square, 2016, Alex Lozupone, CC BY-SA 4.0. READ THE REST
The Infinitizer is a magnificent installation at Meow Wolf Las Vegas created by artists Alex and Allyson Grey. This totally immersive art piece features a room full of sculptures of giant heads that have changing, psychedelic patterns projected onto them. An infinity mirror makes it look as if there is a never-ending tunnel of mystical… READ THE REST
Remember the last time you juiced up your iPhone using that short little charging cable it came with? The phone probably rang mid-charge, and it was a call you absolutely had to take. Of course, if you were at full charge, you could've taken the call from the comfort of your armchair. But if that… READ THE REST
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There's a lot of reasons to buy a new smoking piece. Maybe you dropped your old one and that cool glass octopus build doesn't work so well when it's in a million pieces. Perhaps you're making the switch from rolling your own to something a little less cumbersome. Or maybe you just want an upgrade. Whatever… READ THE REST
