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Theo Schell-Lambert on Jean Baudrillard

Never a reporter, always a prescriber, the French theologian upended the notion of a "real" L.A., as if there ever was such a thing.

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At Toronto's Human Library You Check Out People, Not Books

Inspired by "living libraries" around the world, Toronto's Human Library allows you to check out a person for 30 minutes and "read" their life story.

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El Origen Embraces "Polluted" Wool as a Natural Style Point

Pairing conscious construction with fair compensation to create lovely artisan wool sweaters, El Origen Wool gives new meaning to black sheep.

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Fake Realtors Imagine Artistic Uses for Neglected Buildings

New work from Hypothetical Developments continues to advertise imaginary buildings and call attention to what New Orleans lacks.

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Stop Shopping, Start Hearing on the National Day of Listening

StoryCorps's National Day of Listening broadcasts dialogues between regular folks as a rejoinder to the loud consumer chaos of Black Friday.

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Bomb the Blight Brings a Serious Arsenal to Seed-Bombing

The artist Tommy Wilson wants to seed-bomb every state in the nation.

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Treehotel: Sweden's Dreamlike Treehouse Fantasies

Sweden's imaginative hotel takes childhood dreams of the ultimate treehouse to new heights.

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Contrail Turns Your Bike into a Paintbrush

The Contrail bike accessory draws colorful lines of chalking fluid on asphalt behind your bike-producing some literal street art and promoting safety.

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xAirport Flight Simulator Restores the Wetlands (and the Wonder of Flying)

Natalie Jeremijenko says the way to protect the wetlands is to build more. Her xAirport builds "wetlanding" strips and reimagines how we fly.

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Finally: Affordable Space Travel Comes to San Francisco

Jonathon Keats's Local Air and Space Administration sells Mars-filtered water, plants cacti in extraterrestrial soil, and brings space to the city.

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141 Eyewear: Buy One Pair of Glasses; Give One Pair. One for One.

The model for the 141 Eyewear company is in its name: You buy one pair of their well-designed frames; they give a pair to someone who needs them.

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Building a Temporary House from Homeless People's Cardboard Signs

As part of the Sukkah City design contest, Rael San Fratello honors Jewish heritage and brings attention to homelessness.

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Digital Green Advances Indian Agriculture Through Viral Video

Digital Green uses a novel tactic to spread good farming practices in rural Indian village: make educational videos in which area farmers star.

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Infographics Everywhere: Mapping Data to Improve Life in Indonesia

During World War II, the Japanese occupying Indonesia set up an intricate system of administrative blocks called RTs. The Japanese are, of...

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Saving Cities Solves the Rust Belt Brain Drain

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Greenaid Places Seed-Bombs in Vintage Gumball Machines

When you’re bequeathed several vintage gumball machines, the gift comes with a mandate to do something creative. But what? That was the dilemma...

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Photographing Government Installations That Don't Exist

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