adriana bertini makes flamboyant fashions out of condoms to remind people of aids via meiver
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pc sex
we all know the future of tele-presence – this brilliant (i hope) spoof points out that when it comes to remote sex, a computer tower may prove more robust than your little laptop.
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resistance painting
british graffiti artist banksy created a series of stunning interventions for the wall around qalqiliya (palestine) via meiver
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constuction robots
at least 1,000 american construction workers a year die from accidents on the job. construction robots can achieve many menial exhausting and dangerous tasks better than humans without the risk of injury or death: such as the concrete floor polisher (top left), steel frame welder (top right), concrete floor layer (bottom left) and facade de-laminator […]
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invisible fortresses
for a country that’s always at war with an invisible enemy, what better than fortifications you don’t even notice? rogers marvel architects are proposing a series of car-bomb defenses disguised as bus stops (top) sculptural benches (bottom left) and fountains (bottom right). while the benches and fountain work just like traditional bollards and jersey barriers, […]
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modular occupation
ever since my favorite architects (lotek) i have been a fan of found architecture through re-use of industrial containers. these objects are loaded with global industrial symbolism, and as it turns out, also political: this amazing site describes battleboxes, or the use of shipping containers as troop shelters by the us armed forces. their argument […]
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blow-up museum
inflatable technologies usa makes self-erecting buildings for emergency shelter and military applications. they also developed this museum from inflatable modules
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