Somewhere in the grey area between architecture and gadgets lies the room-in-a box—an unholy chimera of comfortable seating and multi-tool functionality. Our friends at Oobject have assembled twelve of the best-designed examples of these portable domiciles. Read More >
Featured comment by snapper.fishes:
"I know. If I ever get a new house, I would want something like that. I wonder how long these things lasts though." More »
From the looks of it, Swiss-born Yves Behar may have beaten Apple at its own minimalist design game. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of his best creations. Read More >
Featured comment by Theory:
"Although these above are definitely not the 13 best videos out there. No wingsuit flying? Those videos are awesome." More »
Today's mega-sized cruise liners are more akin to a floating city block than they are to any boat that harnessed the wind. And when they're sufficiently gigantic, these ships aren't even built in one piece—they're welded together from enormous prefab sections. Our friends at Oobject have 12 of the most impressive these Frankenboats. Read More >
Featured comment by Happyal:
"Nice pictures, can we have a series :) As the UK have many Spitfire Monuments, and I'l sure that the US will have a few too :)" More »
The visible light comprises a minuscule fraction of the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Radio telescopes allow us to observe what cannot be seen, like microwave background radiation—the echo of the Big Bang. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 18 of the most expansive intergalactic listening stations. Read More >
When a sealed, pressurised vessel (say, you) is exposed to a vacuum (say, space), things tend to get splattery. These fifteen atmospheric suits from our friends at Oobject are the hallmarks of life-support design from the golden age of exploration. Read More >
Featured comment by AtomicFire:
"The second-to-last one is an Orlan (not Orland) suit. They're so much better than the American ones where you have to spend ages putting each individ..." More »
I, for one, could use a Soma holiday right about now. But since I can't, these nine incredible architectural projects built by the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Walt Disney to usher in an age of perfect, classless society will have to do. Read More >
Featured comment by Jynto:
"Corbusier made plans like these for other cities too, though none saw the light of day. One can only imagine though how different the world would be i..." More »
Zeppelins are actually quite an impressive species of aeronautical engineering—you know, when they aren't on fire. That's especially true considering the level of technological prowess in the 1920's. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 shots of these magnificent air-borne cruisers before they ever lifted off. Read More >
Whether sitting atop the Hudson or drifting just above a skyscraper, these conceptual floating airports put landing strips where they're needed most: in the middle of bustling metropoleis. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of the best. Read More >
Before we had ALVIN—or proper submarines for that matter—the best way to get to the seafloor was by using a diving bell. Originally made from recycled church bells, these diving apparatuses protected their passengers from the murky depths in a bubble of air. Our friends at Oobject have assembled nine of the best. Read More >
Turns out that, aside from the drill-arm, Big Daddies aren't that far off from the real thing. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of the toughest examples of deep-sea diving suits around—from da Vinci's cloth prototypes to the bell helmets made famous by countless Scooby-Doo villains. Read More >
Look, we've got enough problems as it is with walking corpses rising from the grave and trying to eat us. Last thing we need is someone crawling out of the ground a week after the fact just because they were really, really drunk. Read More >
Featured comment by markcgrant:
"I didn't say it was any better, but if you kill someone that is comatose and presumed dead I don't think they will complain - I was just being pragmat..." More »
Guns? Who needs guns when you've got the buisness end of a Mig jet engine mounted on your tank's turret? That'll show those land mines who's boss. Our friends at Oobject have assembled 12 of the oddest armoured vehicles to ever grace the battlefield. Read More >
Featured comment by OddlyQuantum:
"The "M15A Gun Motor Carriage" is a obvious photoshop of the M3 Grant/Lee:
http://www.qohmuseum.org.uk/grant.htm
Although there was an M15... but i..." More »