When Wittgenstein returned to philosophy, the idea that drove him beyond all others was that the nature of language had been misunderstood by philosophers. They were better conceived of as a part of the activity of life. As such, they were more like tools. It is the utility of handles that Wittgenstein insists on here: By Christopher Benfey.

Informal ‘desire paths‘ can form with as few as fifteen traversals of an unpaved route, creating spontaneous new trails shaped by pedestrians effectively voting with their feet. These paths frequently become self-reinforcing... By Kurt Kohlstedt.

From artificial lakes in eastern Germany to ports in Portland, Oregon, here are 10 houseboats that are as stunning as they are downright extravagant.

These California students engineered cost-effective housing for local homeless people.

Representative of water conservation and life-fostering processes found in nature, the project seeks to introduce the community to everyday biological events often absent in urban environments.

Think your city doesn’t like you? You’re right.

The series of fictional landscapes questions the path architecture is taking and proposes to go back to roots of the profession through five principles.

Updated: June 2012 Shipping themes in many forms have long been popular movie subjects, encompassing many genres including swashbuckling pirates, fantasy, historical epics and war.

Six artists took the refrigerator’s sinuous lines and retro form and hand-painted them with images.

showcased at the stone island ‘craftworks’ exhibition for milan design week 2016, each bicycle by luca agnelli is put together with a frame and 1950s tank, and then modified to fit the accessories chosen.

in an effort to bring famous art to the masses, france’s national state-owned rail service has applied renowned works to its public train system.

Remodeled by the Hong Kong-based Liquid Interiors, the Eco Smart Home utilizes space-saving tech and green-friendly appliances to achieve luxury living.

Goose Creek Tower is a strange looking structure in the Alaskan wilderness. Looking like a bunch of houses stacked on top of each other, it became known as the Dr. Seuss House.

In 2013, Penguin released in the UK a series of new covers for five works by George Orwell, including a particularly bold cover design for Orwell's best-known work, 1984.

The story of the first roman fonts, from Sweynheym & Pannartz to Aldus Manutius. By John Boardley.

A home with a completely glass exterior that's built into the rocky terrain below Flagstaff Mountain in Boulder has been listed for $3.99 million.

His cult comic Megg, Mogg and Owl riffs on depression and addiction. Now the TV networks want a part of it. Hanselmann speaks about his love-hate relationship with 4chan, breaking into building sites and life as ‘sentient meat.’ By James Reith.

A new infographic by a pair of Danish designers has everything you never knew you wanted to know about the world’s flags.

Japan’s fast bullet trains already move so speedy that you almost can’t see them coming. The brand new train being designed for the Seibu Railway Co. Via eastern architect Kazuyo Sejima of Sanaa will be difficult to see, even status nonetheless. It’s a chameleon-like train that has been designed to combo into the countryside that it’s far streaking thru. Scheduled to hit tracks in 2018, the latest Seibu flagship train vehicles have an organic shape that is plenty distinctive...

Architects aren't usually in the business of writing science fiction—but maybe they should be. By Margaret Rhodes.