Urban Shed International Design Competition

Re-imagined scaffolding hits the streets of NYC with three finalists' winning prototypes

by Passa C Protecting pedestrians from both debris and the rain, NYC construction scaffolding is a major part of the urban landscape yet mostly considered an inconvenient eyesore. With nearly 6,000 sheds spanning more than 1 million linear feet throughout the city, NYC Department of Buildings along with several partners challenged designers to re-think these sheds with the Urban Shed International Design Competition. The team …

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Bionic legs, Star Wars rugs, Baldessari boards and more in our weekly web survey

1. Dress the Part Focusing on the stand-out men’s style from classic films, Moxy Creative redesigned ten movie posters. 2. Handcrafted Modern: At Home With Midcentury Designers T Magazine reviews a new book by photographer Leslie Williamson, called Handcrafted Modern: At Home With Midcentury Designers. The book takes you inside the treasure-filled homes of the masters of modernism themselves, including Charles and Ray Eames, George …

Dress the Part

Bionic legs, Star Wars rugs, Baldessari boards and more in our weekly web survey

Focusing on the stand-out men’s style from classic films, Moxy Creative redesigned ten movie posters.