Saved by Droog

Birdie bracket mustaches, Internet speed metaphors, unicorn heads, and more in this week's web roundup

Droog amassed a collection of 5,135 miscellaneous items from liquidation auctions over the years, and decided to invite 14 different designers to reinterpret these objects in their own creative way, resulting in 19 unique design objects.

CityLife

Milan's new neighborhood plan combines starchitecture and green living for a future urban utopia

by Jose R. Mejia What happens when you task four leading architects with redeveloping a historic Milanese neighborhood? Multiply that by €523 million and you get an equally historic seven-year endeavor, breaking records and creating an entirely new blueprint for cities of the future. CityLife, the catch-all name for the project, will end up being Milan’s first zero-emissions neighborhood. Comprised of residences, offices and retail …

Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art

An interview with Steve Powers from the new encyclopedic book redefining street art

“Beyond the Street: The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art” is a behemoth of a book loaded with a who’s-who of the contemporary urban art scene edited by Patrick Nguyen and Stuart. Surveying the work from figureheads such as Aaron Rose, Wooster Collective, Deitch Projects, Stephan Doitschinoff, Faile, Brad Downey and Swoon, in-depth interviews supplement loads of color images and artist biographies to create a …