U.S. Customs and Border Protection has asked contractors for help making President Trump's border wall more difficult to climb over and cut through, an acknowledgment that the design currently being installed across hundreds of miles of the U.S.-Mexico boundary remains vulnerable.
Though the exposed screw heads are a nice touch.
Though the exposed screw heads are a nice touch.
Demonstrations over the death of George Floyd in the Twin Cities occupied a major artery that tore apart a thriving African-American neighborhood.
Police brutality and the coronavirus pandemic are two health crises that disproportionately impact black Americans. Architects, who take an oath to protect the "health, safety, and welfare" of the public, must be part of the solution.
Some computer keyboards never should've been sold in the first place. Here is an exhaustive tour of the worst ones ever made.
Ruth Amos and Shawn Brown at Kids Invent Stuff put together a waterfall swing and have the time of their lives.
Our drain pipes, reservoirs, power lines, roads, sewage systems and more are all designed based on past climate data. But with the climate crisis comes the uncomfortable realization that the past can't predict what we'll need in the future.
The architecture of Stanley Kubrick's films are as fundamental as the characters.
Our drain pipes, reservoirs, power lines, roads, sewage systems, and more are all designed based on past climate data. But with the climate crisis comes the uncomfortable realization that the past can't predict what we'll need in the future.
Where does the classic American lawn come from? The answer lies with one of the famed fathers of urban architecture.
From a combat vehicle shaped like a tortoise to a glider tank that would shed its wings, here are 21 tank and proto-tank concepts that didn't really work.
Here's how an antique toaster automatically toasts frozen bread without needing the user to change its settings.
Where there's an engineer, there's a way.
Curtiss-Wright had developed the Air Car as a four-passenger commercial vehicle and hoped that it would be accepted by the public as a sort of air-cushioned equivalent of the family car.
His 1975 Camaro needed some repairs, and instead of having to work underneath the car, the guy came up with this clever DIY design instead.
A supercut of the most exquisitely designed bathrooms seen in popular video games.
A swath of Virginia suburbia was until recently one of the most violent and overcrowded prisons in the United States: Lorton Reformatory.
Noah Murphy-Reinhertz, the company's sustainability design lead, on creating a footwear collection made with recycled materials.
My aim is not to convince you that everything was better in the past; it wasn't. You had trojans, malware, endless pop-ups, terrible security practices, browser incompatibility, slow Java applets. No, technically, the modern web is more secure and more usable. This essay is my attempt to show you what the small and independent web can look like.
Good hardware can sometimes save a bad product, but for crucial UI elements, bad or unreliable hardware can almost never be fixed by software, no matter how good.
It's cool to watch this unfold in an experiment. It's terrifying when it happens in real life.
Don't just settle for a swing set like a chump — take things to the next level for your kids (or, y'know, you) with a DIY amusement park or roller coaster.
How many tonnes of pressure can these bridges take before they collapse?
MSCHF's latest project, "Icon Rewind," lets you revert your iPhone's app icons to their previous versions for a trip down memory lane.
Andrew Camarata has been building his castle out of shipping containers for months. Here's a look at him putting on the finishing touches.
There are certain key features which remain unchanged for centuries, but the finer details — like materials and angles — often update with time.
Mid-sized cities around the country are hoping to attract businesses and residents that can no longer afford the big cities. Will a "mobility revolution" help? Buffalo wants to find out.
Gabriel d'Annunzio was the sort of man to whom whose his own children had to refer as "maestro." A pioneer of celebrity culture, he embellished his ardent nationalism with showmanship, attracting a cult-like following in Western Europe.
We can't decide if this is horrifying or hilarious, but we know it's ingenious, for sure.
The strange psychology that shapes your reactions.
This Wind Wall by Ned Kahn in Clayton, Missouri has 93,000 individual aluminum flags that flap in the wind.
Medieval bridges were marvels of engineering, given the technology available at the time — and nowhere more so than in the case of London Bridge, where deep, tidal flows made construction incredibly challenging.
Talk about custom.
From courses that cost $100,000 to ones made of tin cans, there are many ways to scratch that mini-golf itch this summer.
In order to minimize accidents and fatalities, cities must design to accommodate vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists in an equitable manner. Most Dutch cities do this. America and Canada? Not so much.
The American pattern of development creates the illusion. Today we are in the process of seeing that illusion destroyed… and with it, the prosperity we have come to take for granted.
The Bulls logo is an icon, too — we just don't know for sure who made it.
The iconic chair designs showcased here have played a part in our history — from reflecting the needs of the world, merging art and design to even creating practices that transformed the manufacturing ideology, everyone should pay homage to these revolutionary designs.
We could all take a page from public architecture like this.
Papa John's founder John Schnatter gave his TikTok fans a tour of his 40,000 square foot Kentucky property.
Pontiac's streamlined concept had many features that have only recently made it onto your driveway.
A woman on TikTok, using only things she could find in her apartment, became fully ensconced with Wes Anderson's trademark twee aesthetic in less than one minute.
It's definitely not your grandfather's Oldsmobile. Neither will it be your grandson's, sadly.
Looking back, the cardboard slips that held blank VHS tapes in the '80s and '90s were… really cool?
A home inspection company released a compilation of serious issues detected while on the job.
One writer who is a journalist and author who has written about home design for her entire career recommends the best small-space furniture and accents, including Linon Home Decor Beige Bar Stool, Quiet Town Orient Sun Shower Curtain and more.
The architecture, number of doors, width of the sidewalk and the height of the buildings all contribute to truly making a street an attraction.
A typeface choice could influence your perception of people running for school board seats, the lawyer opening a new law office or the coffee shop you never noticed before.
A new Google Docs sharing menu is being rolled out worldwide and, unfortunately, it really, really sucks and I hate it so much.
We studied 10,000 websites and found that their design has become more uniform over time. What does this mean for the future of creative expression on the internet?
In 1970, Plymouth hoped to persuade Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro buyers to choose their Barracuda instead. One of Plymouth's tactics was to offer greater customization options — which led to this odd rendering.
Located deep in Hanoi's Dong Da district is one of the Vietnamese capital's most unique landmarks.
Apple SVP Craig Federighi talks about the iPad's new cursor and Magic Keyboard.
The 2010s were a high point for automotive styling, but the decade also had more than its share of low points.
Weapons expert Mike Loades tests out an enormous medieval weapon, courtesy of The Smithsonian Channel
Rendered on vintage ledgers and graph paper, each geometric shape relies on the density of the artist's pen markings to create works that appear to stand straight up off the page.
The movie director is famous for her interiors, but what does it mean to covet them?
You have almost definitely sat in a Monobloc chair at some point, even if you didn't know that name.
After losing 20,000 orchids in an unseasonal frost, "extravagant" Englishman Edward James turned to his real love, surrealism, and rebuilt his garden in rock and concrete.
