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26 Cool Images Utilizing the Color Blue

10 Oct

Last couple of weeks we’ve been looking at images of red and yellow, warm colors. So let’s switch it up and go with a cool color – blue!

By David Yu

By Luis Ascenso

By Jeff S. PhotoArt at HDCanvas.ca

By TexasEagle

By Sonny Abesamis

By Adrien Sifre

By geir tønnessen

By Alias 0591

By Eric Bégin

By Neal Fowler

By Thomas Hawk

By Simon Ingram

By Julie Falk

By Pen Waggener

By Paul Nelson

By Jeff Huffman

By Mark Robinson

By Ernie R

By Huds?n

By Tambako The Jaguar

By Chris Combe

By Ronelle

By Ritchard Ton

By Lorna Carlson

By Roy Cheung

By StylishLensT

By Chris Ford

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Cool as Ice: 10 Years of Artist-Made Shanties on Frozen Lakes

17 Jan

[ By WebUrbanist in Art & Installation & Sound. ]

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Over the past decade, over 1,000 artists and 60,000 visitors have taken part in this incredible seasonal arts event, coming together to create an annual temporary arts community-on-ice in one of the nation’s coldest states.

art shanty village overview

art shanty ice dice

Known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” but also as a center for the arts, Minnesota seems the perfect place for the Art Shanty Projects – a temporary autonomous zone where two disparate concepts to come together: the tradition of ice shacks built for fishing and the idea of public, interactive, community-built art on those same iced surfaces.

art shanty aerial view

art shanty collection image

Comparisons have been made to Burning Man, but those sell short the unique local nature of this undertaking. One thing they do share, however, is a harsh (if opposite) environmental context that makes serious demands on buildings and shapes their form and function. The resulting structures are a mixture of wooden stick-framed shacks, metal geodesic domes, triangular tipis and other proven engineering approaches mixed with creative touches and unusual applications.

art shanty party time

ART SHANTY INTERIORS

In years past, first on Medicine Lake and later White Bear Lake, the spaces these shape have featured a little bit of everything, from interactive games and dance floors to indoor and outdoor theatrical and musical performances. Sometimes a wild art car or two can be spotted patrolling the streets of the the shanty village as well and strange sculptures have been known to crop up in between buildings as well. While some things are scheduled, visitors learn to expect the unexpected.

art shanty rainbow arc

art shanty robot play

This winter, the Art Shanty Projects is taking a break from the On-Ice Program to celebrate 10 years of success and complete a pivotal transition into an official non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. However, the organization is hosting a fundraising retrospective featuring some of the best shanties of years past as well as a custom-brewed beer specifically created for the event, taking place on February 28th at the Fulton Brewery in Minneapolis (more details can be found on ArtShantyProjects.org). Anyone wishing to donate to next year’s program can also do so online at Give.MN. This year, ASP is also a finalist for an Art Place America grant and is competing for a Black Rock Arts Foundation grant.

art shanty building process

art shanty night light

More about ASP: “Art Shanty Projects is an artist driven temporary community exploring the ways in which relatively unregulated public spaces can be used as new and challenging artistic environments to expand notions of what art can be. Our organization values artists, art in all communities, and the importance of interaction between the two. Through an array of artists receiving fair wages for their work, we broaden perceptions of art while maintaining respect for the environment and communities in which we work.” Note: the writer of this article serves as on the Board of Directors for the Art Shanty Projects, an unpaid position.

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More Map Art: 27 Cool Cartographic Sculptures & Drawings

05 Jan

[ By Steph in Art & Drawing & Digital. ]

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Rivers become veins in detailed portraits, mirrored city blocks resemble modernized Persian rugs and urban topographies emerge from rolls of tape in these map-based works of art. Some create the images of cities, countries and continents from unexpected materials, like Manhattan rendered in a 2.5-ton block of marble, while others use complex aerial imagery and cartography as an unexpected medium for drawings and sculpture.

Google Maps as Persian Rugs by David Thomas Smith

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Images composited from Google Maps screencaps are reconstructed piece-by-piece into mirrored images inspired by Persian rugs in ‘Anthropocene,’ a series by David Thomas Smith. The Dublin-based artist chooses locations that are centers of global capitalism, including Dubai, the Beijing International Airport, and industrial sites like the Delta Coal Port in Vancouver, British Columbia. “This collision between the old and the new, fact and fiction, surveillance and invisibility, is part of a strategy to reflect on the global order of things,” says the artist.

Manhattan in 2.5 Tons of Marble

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Japanese sculptor Yutaka Sone did, in fact, use Google Maps and aerial photographs to render an accurate replication of Manhattan in this whopping 2.5-ton block of white marble. But most of his inspiration actually came from a series of helicopter rides in which he got a feel for the city, ultimately carving it as if it were an elevated plateau. The details of the sculpture are so accurate, residents of the city can locate their own buildings by counting the blocks.

Topographical Tape Maps by Takahiro Iwasaki

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Best-known for his intricate thread sculptures, Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki has also created topographical maps carefully sliced into fat rolls of gray and blue electrical tape. The landscape replicated on the gray roll is Victoria Peak, a mountain located on the western half of Hong Kong Island.

Map Portraits by Ed Fairburn

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Ed Fairburn uses paper maps as canvases for incredibly detailed portraits, rendering human features as topographical landscapes on top of street maps, star charts, railroad blueprints and other types of maps. The portraits seem to blend seamlessly with the landscape features, with rivers and roads running through them like veins.

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37 Relaxing Cool Tone Images To Chill Out With

29 Nov

This week’s image set is all about relaxing and getting to your zen place. Often cool tones relay that message really well as they feel less stressed and calming than warmer colors. Cool tones include blue, purple and even green. See how you feel after viewing these images:

Relaxing cool tone images

Photograph Misty Mono.... by Jay Sabapathy on 500px

Misty Mono…. by Jay Sabapathy on 500px

Photograph Arctic Symphony by Mikko Lagerstedt on 500px

Arctic Symphony by Mikko Lagerstedt on 500px

Photograph Nallo Night by Sander van der Werf on 500px

Nallo Night by Sander van der Werf on 500px

Photograph Feather-Light by Becky Fuller-Phillips on 500px

Feather-Light by Becky Fuller-Phillips on 500px

Photograph New buds by Allen Adnan on 500px

New buds by Allen Adnan on 500px

Photograph Beautiful Borage by kreativgrund on 500px

Beautiful Borage by kreativgrund on 500px

Photograph Wintery by Macro Marcie on 500px

Wintery by Macro Marcie on 500px

Photograph Taming the Storm by Kah Kit Yoong on 500px

Taming the Storm by Kah Kit Yoong on 500px

Photograph Forest Glow by John Center on 500px

Forest Glow by John Center on 500px

Photograph Joshua Tree - Hidden Valley by Steve Sieren on 500px

Joshua Tree – Hidden Valley by Steve Sieren on 500px

Photograph Blue Flowers by Rachel Friedman on 500px

Blue Flowers by Rachel Friedman on 500px

Photograph Split-Tone Chilling Rhino by Simon P on 500px

Split-Tone Chilling Rhino by Simon P on 500px

Photograph Cool Tone by Tony Haddow on 500px

Cool Tone by Tony Haddow on 500px

Photograph feeling cool by one2_three on 500px

feeling cool by one2_three on 500px

Photograph BREATHE by Joel Sossa on 500px

BREATHE by Joel Sossa on 500px

Photograph Frozen by Kumarov(Amkote) Michael on 500px

Frozen by Kumarov(Amkote) Michael on 500px

Photograph Possession by Sébastien DEL GROSSO on 500px

Possession by Sébastien DEL GROSSO on 500px

Photograph Italy – Piccoli Spiriti Blu by Fabrizio Fenoglio on 500px

Italy – Piccoli Spiriti Blu by Fabrizio Fenoglio on 500px

Photograph The Stairs by Frederic Ansermoz on 500px

The Stairs by Frederic Ansermoz on 500px

Photograph "the blue chapel" by Thomas Windisch on 500px

"the blue chapel" by Thomas Windisch on 500px

Photograph Way to Heaven. by Recesvintus Rex Gothorum on 500px

Way to Heaven. by Recesvintus Rex Gothorum on 500px

Photograph In the forest by Evans Lazar on 500px

In the forest by Evans Lazar on 500px

Photograph Ferragudo at dusk by Luis Mata on 500px

Ferragudo at dusk by Luis Mata on 500px

Photograph The Blue Temple by Conor MacNeill on 500px

The Blue Temple by Conor MacNeill on 500px

Photograph Blue Wall by Hesham Alhumaid on 500px

Blue Wall by Hesham Alhumaid on 500px

Photograph Blue on Blue by Roy Cheung on 500px

Blue on Blue by Roy Cheung on 500px

Photograph Going upstairs by Giannis Papanikos on 500px

Going upstairs by Giannis Papanikos on 500px

Photograph Newspaper relax by Carlo Cattani on 500px

Newspaper relax by Carlo Cattani on 500px

Photograph Blue Chefchaouen by Khanh Nguyen on 500px

Blue Chefchaouen by Khanh Nguyen on 500px

Photograph Light at the end of the tunnel by 911 on 500px

Light at the end of the tunnel by 911 on 500px

Photograph The Purple Hour by Tom Keller on 500px

The Purple Hour by Tom Keller on 500px

Photograph High Voltage by Michael Woloszynowicz on 500px

High Voltage by Michael Woloszynowicz on 500px

Photograph Fortress of Solitude by Dustin LeFevre on 500px

Fortress of Solitude by Dustin LeFevre on 500px

Photograph your mirror by neriman ozder on 500px

your mirror by neriman ozder on 500px

Photograph Refuge du Lac Blanc by Sven Müller on 500px

Refuge du Lac Blanc by Sven Müller on 500px

Photograph Gently Snuggle by Shihya Kowatari on 500px

Gently Snuggle by Shihya Kowatari on 500px

Photograph Talbot by Paul Marcellini on 500px

Talbot by Paul Marcellini on 500px

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Photography Challenge – Chill Out with Cool Tones

29 Nov

Today I rounded up 37 great examples of images in cool tones. The tone or color of your image can create or shift the mood and meaning if your image and is a very powerful compositional tool when used well.

This week your goal is to practice creating cool tones in your photography.

Photography challenge – cool tones

Here are a few examples of images with cool tones.

By Kelsi Barr

By Chris Smith

By Brandon Watts

You can create a color tint in your image a few different ways:

By shooting at blue hour
Adjusting your white balance
Changing the color in post-processing
Using a colored filter on your lens

It’s your turn to get shooting, show me your blue or cool images.

Share your cool tone images here:

Simply upload your shot into the comment field (look for the little camera icon in the Disqus comments section) and they’ll get embedded for us all to see or if you’d prefer upload them to your favourite photo sharing site and leave the link to them. Show me your best images in this week’s challenge.

Here are some more examples:

By Barbara Willi

By Matthew Paulson

By Edward Townend

By zacharmstrong

By aphotoshooter

By Leland Francisco

By Giorgos~

By Ateens Chen

By Dave Campbell

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Posts With The Most: 12 Cool & Creative Traffic Bollards

29 Sep

[ By Steve in Art & Street Art & Graffiti. ]

Traffic Bollards Leicester 1
Never mind the bollards? Uh-uh: these traffic stoppers halt wayward vehicles like no traffic cone can. The best bollards, though, are designed to look great!

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Leicester City Council faced a conundrum in early 2014: children walking to and from Whitehall Primary school were endangered by vehicular road traffic. The street had no sidewalks; only a row of metal traffic bollards. The council’s ingenious solution was to modify the bollards to look like children, many wearing the school’s red uniforms. Kudos to Flickr user KiranParmar for capturing these kinda creepy “Stepford Children” in their native habitat.

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Traffic Bollards Leicester 5

Traffic Bollards Leicester 6

Not only do the modified bollards remind drivers to be aware of pedestrians, the scheme is much cheaper than laying down sidewalks. One would hope older ex-students don’t try to re-enact the infamous mailbox scene from the 1993 film Dazed and Confused… a metal bollard beats a wooden baseball bat every time.

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Leaning Tower Pisa Traffic Bollard

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” and when traffic tilts your traffic bollard, make it look like the Leaning Tower of Pisa of course! Kate McGovern snapped this tilted but still functional bollard somewhere in Philadelphia. Compromised or not, the bollard seems in better shape than the surrounding pavement while providing some unexpected visual interest.

Minions Of Bollards

Traffic Bollards Penang Malaysia 1

Traffic Bollards Penang Malaysia 2

Traffic Bollards Penang Malaysia 3

Who knew the 2010 movie Despicable Me was so popular… in Penang, Malaysia! Located on Soo Hong Lane off Armenian Street in Penang’s inner George Town neighborhood, the charming street art installation was painted by Lithuanian-born artist Ernest Zacharevic early in 2013 as part of a city-sanctioned campaign to beautify Soo Hong Lane. Unfortunately, Zacharevic had to be recalled to repaint at least one of the not-so-despicable bollards which was defaced – literally – by vandals.

LEGO My Bollard!

LEGO Man Traffic Bollards Le CyKlop Paris 1

LEGO Man Traffic Bollards Le CyKlop Paris 2

LEGO Man Traffic Bollards Le CyKlop Paris 3

LEGO Man Traffic Bollards Le CyKlop Paris 4

One popular bollard design features a narrowed area near the top to facilitate the attachment of ropes, chains and the like. Coincidentally, these particular bollards bear a cursory resemblance to LEGO men… and a little artistry (plus some yellow paint) enhances the effect even more. The oddly one-eyed LEGO men bollards above come to us courtesy of French street artist Le CyKlop (which explains much) and can be found along the Canal de l’Ourcq in Paris

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A Set of Cool Blue Images to Enjoy

15 Aug

This week it’s been hot where I live, almost unbearable so. Therefore I thought some blue images in nice cool tones would help chill things off a bit.

So continuing on my series of colors we’ve already done Golden and Green . . .

A set of cool blue images for you to enjoy!

Photograph Bokeh by Joel Ericsson on 500px

Bokeh by Joel Ericsson on 500px

Photograph Blue by Boris van Berkel on 500px

Blue by Boris van Berkel on 500px

Photograph Blue by Suehana Suzie on 500px

Blue by Suehana Suzie on 500px

Photograph blue by olaus magnus on 500px

blue by olaus magnus on 500px

Photograph The Squareness by Joe@Plasmatico on 500px

The Squareness by Joe@Plasmatico on 500px

Photograph Blue Quasar ? 5D/M51 by Josep Sumalla on 500px

Blue Quasar ? 5D/M51 by Josep Sumalla on 500px

Photograph Forest in blue by Valerie Anne Kelly on 500px

Forest in blue by Valerie Anne Kelly on 500px

Photograph Flurry. by Chung on 500px

Flurry. by Chung on 500px

Photograph Midnight Blue by Margaret Morgan on 500px

Midnight Blue by Margaret Morgan on 500px

Photograph Flower of deep sea by Shihya Kowatari on 500px

Flower of deep sea by Shihya Kowatari on 500px

Photograph The night is coming by Cenzo Photography on 500px

The night is coming by Cenzo Photography on 500px

Photograph Flight.. by Atif Saeed on 500px

Flight.. by Atif Saeed on 500px

Photograph Rajan by Jody MacDonald on 500px

Rajan by Jody MacDonald on 500px

Photograph And I Am Off !!!! by Judylynn Malloch on 500px

And I Am Off !!!! by Judylynn Malloch on 500px

Photograph Blue City by Woosra Kim on 500px

Blue City by Woosra Kim on 500px

Photograph NEO OSAKA by Yoshihiko Wada on 500px

NEO OSAKA by Yoshihiko Wada on 500px

Photograph IronMan MK II by Suradej Chuephanich on 500px

IronMan MK II by Suradej Chuephanich on 500px

Photograph Blue by Mike Busby on 500px

Blue by Mike Busby on 500px

Photograph Hpnotiq by James Brown on 500px

Hpnotiq by James Brown on 500px

Photograph To Each His Own by Juan Osorio on 500px

To Each His Own by Juan Osorio on 500px

Photograph Story Time by Adrian Murray on 500px

Story Time by Adrian Murray on 500px

Photograph smile by Eszter Virt on 500px

smile by Eszter Virt on 500px

Photograph Blue Eyes by Rasif Babayev on 500px

Blue Eyes by Rasif Babayev on 500px

Photograph Alone in the dark by AtomicZen : ) on 500px

Alone in the dark by AtomicZen : ) on 500px

Photograph Blue Syndrome by Lafugue Logos on 500px

Blue Syndrome by Lafugue Logos on 500px

Photograph Hold hands by YUYU Photography on 500px

Hold hands by YUYU Photography on 500px

Photograph ?????????? ? ????????? by Natalia Lisovskaya on 500px

?????????? ? ????????? by Natalia Lisovskaya on 500px

Photograph Summer Berry Waffles by MARJA SCHWARTZ on 500px

Summer Berry Waffles by MARJA SCHWARTZ on 500px

Photograph Peacock by strassguetlralf on 500px

Peacock by strassguetlralf on 500px

Photograph Follow the jellyfish... by Ilias Varelas on 500px

Follow the jellyfish… by Ilias Varelas on 500px

Photograph Blue by Andres Restrepo on 500px

Blue by Andres Restrepo on 500px

Photograph A Friendly Berber Man by Brad Hammonds on 500px

A Friendly Berber Man by Brad Hammonds on 500px

Photograph Jodhpur by Mahesh Balasubramanian on 500px

Jodhpur by Mahesh Balasubramanian on 500px

Photograph JODHPUR-BLUE CITY by Harsh Chaudhary on 500px

JODHPUR-BLUE CITY by Harsh Chaudhary on 500px

Photograph Blue Cave by Roger Sharp on 500px

Blue Cave by Roger Sharp on 500px

Photograph Blue Impulse by K Yonekura on 500px

Blue Impulse by K Yonekura on 500px

Photograph Swimmer by Daniel Stefan on 500px

Swimmer by Daniel Stefan on 500px

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20 Cool Things You Can Do With Nik Software’s New Analog Efex Pro 2

27 May

I’ve been playing around with Nik Software’s new Analog Efex Pro 2 photo processing software (brought to you by the good folks at Google) all weekend long and I’m super impressed. The purist film photographers out there are probably going to hate this new software, but for you digital photographers who dig an analog look and feel, you are going to love this.

I shot film exclusively for about 15 years before switching to digital in the early 2000s. While there is an absolute undeniable romance with rolling your own film, hanging out in a darkroom with your college girlfriend, and licking the fixer off your own prints you made yourself, it’s not something I think I’ll ever go back to — unless and maybe when my hipster buddy Daniel Krieger finally convinces me to buy a film Hasselblad.

I used to joke around with anyone who asked me what camera I shot and tell them a Holga. Now it’s like I really am shooting a Holga, just with my Canon 5D Mark III.

Anyways, check out 20 different looks you can create with Analog Efex Pro 2. I’m a fan. You can buy it here if you want.

Motion Blur. It’s like owning a lensbaby without having to actually use one of those horrible awkward things. Just kidding, lensbabys are great!

How did I ever get a double exposure of this classic neon sign? I’ll never tell.

Hey It’s Amanda Morgan shot with my cool Toy Camera #9.

Wet plate photography, without all the sticky wet plates.

Jenna Jamieson shot with Toy Camera #1.

Every respectable concert photographer brings their Toy Camera #2 to the photo pit these days. Chvrches rock!

Instant triptychs.

Classic Camera #7 has such a nice warm film feel, doesn’t it?

Hey tilt shift and I didn’t even have to buy the $ 2,500 Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L Tilt-Shift Lens! Which is a totally awesome lens by the way that I actually will buy someday. Canon L lenses are the best. I cannot say enough positive things about all my Canon glass. I’m not being sarcastic there, I’m being serious.

One of my neon signs that I took back in 1972 while on a photography junket across America with Stephen Shore.

Motion blur with Jeremiah Owyang. It’s just like Star Wars only better because it’s got Jeremiah in it.

Colorcast #2 makes butterflies look so pretty.

Colorcast #2 makes models look so pretty too, but this one was already pretty to begin with.

I think this painting from the Met in New York City looks better this way, don’t you? I could totally print this up and hang this in my house. So can you too, because I licensed it Creative Commons non-commercial. Friends share right?

Oopsie, a little light leak thing happened in my Holga again.

Doing wet plate photography in Holbrook, Arizona.

Love the authentic real life colors from Classic Camera #2 on this San Francisco victorian in the Mission District. A couple million in stock options and this too can be yours.

Smoothdude let me borrow his Hasselblad to make this photo on our Route 66 trip last year.

I took a photo of my Kodak Instamatic with my Kodak Instamatic. Get it?

More Seattle fun with Toy Camera #2.

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IKEA 2014 Small-Space Set: 51 Designs from Cool to Kitsch

02 Apr

[ By WebUrbanist in Design & Furniture & Decor. ]

ikea ps collection on move

The sales pitch for this new 2014 series is compelling: 51 inexpensive designer objects made for young city dwellers, people who may be on the move more often or whose domiciles simply lack square footage.

ikea small space living

The research driving IKEA’s 2014 PS collection, On the Move, is spot on: more people are living in cities than ever before, and young persons are particularly like to have smaller residences. The design results, though, are a bit of a mixed bag, with some truly useful modular and multi-functional pieces alongside less-obvious options.

ikea designer wall shelf

And indeed the collection features a some handy items, like a small-footprint, unattached wall shelf (that fits corners as well) by Japanese designer Keiji Ashizawa, easy to set up and shift as needed.

ikea standing dresser roller

Similarly practical: a tall and lightweight mesh wardrobe by French designer Matali Crasset that can be tilted and rolled around within or between apartments.

ikea balancing bench design

Other choices are a bit more debatable – it is hard to see how often a balancing bench (by Swedish designer Henrik Preutz) will come in handy, particularly in narrow halls for which it is intended (its angled feet could trip you up in a skinny space).

ikea integrated lamp side table

Though it has a smaller footprint at least, it is also hard to say why a combined magazine rack, side table and standing lamp (by Polish designer Tomek Rygalik) is better when integrated rather than separated, especially when it comes to transporting it between places.

ikea portable carry greenhouse

And then there is this awkwardly cute greenhouse plant holder (by Swiss designer Nicolas Cortolezzis) that seems just slightly redundant, unless you like to take your flora for walks in the park.

slightly kitsch modular ikea

From a purely aesthetic standpoint, some of the pieces are a weird mix of retro, modern, farm and industrial, but one could argue that is all part of a refreshing trend toward a new time-spanning eclecticism.

ikea portable box shelf

ikea folding table design

ikea modular mobile furniture

Regardless, enough of these designs are on the right tack that they are worth a closer look, including bookshelves that are just a bit easier to transport thanks to wire-frame edges and folding, rolling and flip-down tables that have at least a little more character than their regular retail cousins. And the direction is right: urban dwellings are small, and portability a plus.

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Cool Million: Famous 420 Square Foot SoHo Condo for Sale

24 Mar

[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ]

small space mobile partition

A multifunctional masterpiece built with crowd-sourced design ideas and a small-space vision by the founder of TreeHugger, this New York City apartment is now for sale for $ 995,000.

small space murphy bed

small space divided apartment

small space dinner party

The star of Graham Hill’s LifeEdited, the unit boasts transforming furniture, sliding walls, secret panels and hidden resources from an array of manufacturers and custom installers.

Per the Gizmodo video above, the space unfolds to accommodate everything from dozen-plus dinner parties to overnight guests when you pull out the magically-long dining table or push an entire wall to one side.

small space kitchen drawers

small space storage closets

From the living room (which splits into bedrooms) to the bathroom and kitchen, lots of little tricks make it all work, including a microwave that doubles as an oven and modular burners that can be deployed on demand.

small space bathroom windwo

small space curtains divider

Everyone knows a million dollars does not go quite so far in Manhattan, but some might still wonder if the place is worth the asking price. Cool factor and high-tech tweaks aside, though, it is worth noting that other units in the building have Zillow estimates of 1.5 million dollars in some cases, so at the very least this high-sounding price may not be wildly off base.

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26 Cool Images Utilizing the Color Blue

Cool as Ice: 10 Years of Artist-Made Shanties on Frozen Lakes

More Map Art: 27 Cool Cartographic Sculptures & Drawings

Google Maps as Persian Rugs by David Thomas Smith

Manhattan in 2.5 Tons of Marble

Topographical Tape Maps by Takahiro Iwasaki

Map Portraits by Ed Fairburn

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37 Relaxing Cool Tone Images To Chill Out With

Relaxing cool tone images

Photography Challenge – Chill Out with Cool Tones

Photography challenge – cool tones

Share your cool tone images here:

Posts With The Most: 12 Cool & Creative Traffic Bollards

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Minions Of Bollards

LEGO My Bollard!

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A Set of Cool Blue Images to Enjoy

20 Cool Things You Can Do With Nik Software’s New Analog Efex Pro 2

IKEA 2014 Small-Space Set: 51 Designs from Cool to Kitsch

Cool Million: Famous 420 Square Foot SoHo Condo for Sale

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