Europe – satirically carved-up in 20 stereotypical and prejudicial ways by author and cartographer Yanko Tsvetkov.
Taken from his book Atlas of Prejudice 2: Chasing Horizons (Volume 2).
Category Archives: Design
Behold the Austrian-built Johammer 11 – the first electric motorcycle capable of travelling 200km on a single charge.
It’s no beaut, but it goes far.
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Submitted as a contender for the Architectural League’s Folly 2014 competition, the Invisible Barn by New York architects STPMJ is a parallelogram-shaped wooden structure covered with mirrored film designed to ‘disappear’ into a dense grove of trees at the Socrates Sculpture Park
It was not raised by invisible Mennonites.
The ‘Hive-Inn’ is a concept by Japanese architects OVA studio for a modular hotel composed of specially adapted shipping containers (emblazoned with high end advertising) which are slotted in and out of the structure by a dedicated roof crane.
The hotel shrinks and expands to suit demand and the container ‘rooms’ are envisaged as themed, branded spaces on the inside too.
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Inventor, technologist, former head of research and development for Disney’s Imagineering department Bran Ferren became a father for the first time in his fifties.
Since the birth of his daughter, he’s been constructing an ‘adventure vehicle’ in which he and four year-old Kira intend to travel the world.
It’s called the KiraVan and Ferren – who’s already designed a series of location trucks for ABC – has spent ‘millions’ developing the 10m long, 3m high, six-Kevlar-wheeled mobile fortress with its dozen interlinked communication systems, bathroom, full kitchen, penthouse and impressive all-terrain chops, including the ability to negotiate 45 degree slopes and travel 2000 miles on a single tank of diesel.
Due for completion later this year, it is thought to be the most elaborate all terrain vehicle ever built.
Giant zoomable cutaway here.
MORE: The Most Insane Truck Ever Built and the 4-Year-Old Who Commands It (Wired)
(H/T: Noel)
The Bradley Timepiece designed by Hyungsoo Kim is a simple, effective tactile watch featuring two metal balls rotating in circular grooves on the face (indicating minutes) and at the side (hours).
Initially pitched on Kickstarter, the pledge goal of $40,000 has been superceded by huge demand and now stands at nearly $600,000.
Unsurprisingly, the watch will go on sale this summer in the US with a European launch expected shortly thereafter.
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A fairy-tale treehouse in Hokuto, Japan built by Japanese architect and historian Terunobu Fujimori for the Kiyoharu Shirakaba Museum of Art.
It’s also a functioning teahouse where patrons can enjoy the cherry blossom, season permitting.