Tag: city
8-Bit Photography: Game Characters Escape Once Again
Not too long ago, I wrote about the wonderful and creative image mashups of 8-bit game characters that had escaped to reality. I also wrote about the awkward job interviews with some of the most legendary game characters that we all may ever know. As expected, the interviews didn't work out that w ...
CityVille: Building A City On Facebook Is An Instant Hit!
If you are a Facebook user who likes to play social games then you've for sure heard of CityVille. CityVille was created by Zynga, the company that also created FarmVille, YoVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille, Zynga Poker, Cafe World, Treasure Isle and PetVille. Aside from just updating their status ...
Portable Cities: Architecture Created From Old Clothes
Chinese artist Yin Xiuzhen loves to travel. She especially loves to check out the architecture in the cities she visits. While she is there, she collects second hand clothes that have been discarded by the residents in that city.
Then, to symbolically recreate traveling to that city, she meticu ...
Pixilated Birdhouse Cities: Where The Trendy Birds Live
When my father was alive, one of his favorite pastimes was building wooden birdhouses in his workshop, so I have especially fond memories of birdhouses. Combine that with my love of everything pixilated, and you will understand why I would live in one of these birdhouse cities if I were a bird.
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Your Future Underwater House – Design Inspiration
Could you imagine living underwater in a self-sustained pod? I think the idea sounds intriguing, but I bet in real life, it would get old quick. After all, there wouldn't be any restaurants or nail salons down there, right? :)
Seriously though, this design is very inspiring to me. We've writte ...
Papercraft Animation: Genius Flip Craft Design
I remember seeing a rather genius animation not too long ago about a guy who created a kind of paper flip animation. I was stunned by the extreme flow it had. Although I can't really remember what it was, I still have that feeling of amazement when I think about it. The whole concept was so fresh ...
The City Made Of 100,000 Staples
Bored at work? You could always do what Peter Root did with some common office supplies... Most of the time when I write about creative artists on Bit Rebels, I think, "Wow, how did they think of that?" But this time it's different. Since I've been playing with staples my whole life, I can totally ...
Could You Do This With Six Million Toothpicks?
Does anyone really use toothpicks anymore? I remember seeing my father walk around with a toothpick sticking out of his mouth after almost every meal. I use dental floss everyday, but I can't imagine poking my teeth with a little wooden stick.
Stan Murno, in my opinion, has come up with a much ...
Hollywood Sign Makeover: Danish Architect Firm Proposes Hotel
The Hollywood sign. It's probably the world's most famous sign ever, and it's not likely to be surpassed anytime soon. However, some people have suggested that it should receive a makeover since it's deteriorating quite fast and continuous upkeep is necessary. This makeover is very costly, but th ...
Insane LEGO Build | ECO-Punk Crawler City
There have been a lot of articles here on Bit Rebels about LEGO builds of a variety of things. There is just no getting around it, LEGO is never going out of style and the ideas never seem to dry up. I have seen a ton of Star Wars builds throughout the life span of Bit Rebels, and quite frankly, t ...
There’s a new city outgrowing all others | The Container City
New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City and even Stockholm... Cities all over the world are growing in record numbers. More and more people are pouring into the cities in search for jobs and to get closer to where it all happens. Some move because they have grown tired of the boring lifestyle they experi ...
Man Draws Panoramic views of NYC, Tokyo and Rome from Memory!
Several years ago I saw a show on TV about savants, people with extraordinary abilities in different areas. The one that caught my attention especially in that show was a guy that drew a London building exactly how it looked like after just passing through it on the way from the airport to the studi ...
Restaurant City or Cafe’ World? #FaceBook Games
Another reason why majority of the people prefer FaceBook than the other social networking sites is because of the games that one can play with his or her friends. Two games that are played on there is Cafe world and Restaurant City, friends often ask me which one is better. It was pretty hard to ...
Stackable Electric City Cars
Cars and cities don't really make for the best relationship, and in many cities lots of different schemes have been tried to get things moving again.  Here in Manchester we have shared city cars where there are special parking places around town and you just pick one up and can park it in the spe ...