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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 and Roman Mars zoom in to tell fascinating stories behind everything from power grids … The post The 99% Invisible City: Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design first appeared on WebUrbanist.

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 launched in 2007. And while WU will remain online, we are not currently planning to … The post Urbanist Exploration: Discover Over 5,000 Compelling Architecture, Art & Design Stories first appeared on WebUrbanist.

Before it was abandoned in the wake of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Pripyat was a thriving Ukrainian city with a population of nearly 50,000. The relatively sudden exodus of its inhabitants left behind a physical snapshot of the times, preserved by the absence of humans intervention for fear of fallout. Despite the dangers of returning, … The post Wondering About: Deserted Cities, Derelict Buildings & the Allure of Abandoned Places first appeared on WebUrbanist.

The word “graffiti” usually conjures images of people with spray cans illegally making murals or jotting down tags using colorful paints. A lot artistic interventions use other tools and materials, though, subverting expectations and working in (literal and legal) gray areas to create works without leaving a conventional trace. Consider, for instance, the massive deep … The post Clean Vandals: Invisible Paint & Reverse Graffiti Artists Work in Gray Areas first appeared on WebUrbanist.

The world is full of architectural fake overs, from individual facades to entire buildings designed to look like something other than what they really are. Historically, some of these disguises have been less well-intentioned than others. During World War II, Nazis gave the Red Cross access to a concentration camp but they controlled the experience, … The post Redressed to Impress: Uncovering Camouflaged Facades & Architectural Fake Overs first appeared on WebUrbanist.