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Urban images features everything from crazy parkour-running acrobats to subversive graffiti artists, thriving city centers and abandoned civic monuments. Enjoy your unique visual tour through photography of our times from around the world!

  • Great In The Sack: 15 Weird & Wonderful Shopping Bags

    You want fun bags? Reach out & grab 'em: These 15 weird & wonderful shopping bag designs should satisfy the desires of any shopaholic or sacks addict.

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    Portable Cities: Suitcase Architecture Made from Clothing

    Cast-off clothes from cities like Vancouver and Berlin are masterfully crafted into amazing textile cityscapes in suitcases by artist Yin Xiuzhen.

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    Haircut Time: 25 Hair Styles That Will Blow Your Mind

    I've never said anything to a hair stylist beyond "Make it shorter," so I have a true admiration for people who get truly creative with their hair.

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    Body Art: Creations Made of Human Flesh, Blood & Bones

    Forget boring art media like paint and clay - these artists use their own blood, hair, fingernail parings and even stolen human body parts in their work.

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    Facing the Art: Playful Urban Art in Paris Streets

    All around the streets of Paris, a familiar face is seen. It floats in tourist spots, adorns mailboxes, greets diners at sidewalk cafes. Who is behind the mask?

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    Beauty in Destruction: Awesome Apocalyptic Art

    Can images of destruction and disaster ever be beautiful? Steve McGhee paints fantastic pictures of shocking moments, finding beauty in unexpected places.

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    Blobitecture: 11 Cool Ways Architecture Gets A Round

    Blob Architecture's profoundly soft, rounded and organically curved dimensions define some of the world's most distinctive and memorable modern buildings.

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    Pomparkour: New Urban Free Running Sport with Ladders

    Is the "new sport" of pomparkour for real? The video showing insane jumps with ladders is an ad for an energy drink, but shows some interesting feats.

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    Downward Facing Wookie: Amazing Star Wars Yoga

    What makes yoga more fun and interesting for several geeky generations of sci-fi film fans? Star Wars-inspired poses like Reclined Jabba and TIE Fighter.

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    Nuclear Coverup: 10 Cool Examples Of Cooling Tower Art

    Cooling towers have come to symbolize power plants around the world but some of these hourglass-shaped "towers of power" show an unexpected artistic side.

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    Shrink Your Footprint: 10 Little Examples of Tiny Houses

    A man's home is his castle...except when it's barely bigger than the tool shed. These tiny houses encourage simple living and a smaller environmental footprint.

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    Narrower Towers: 20 Of Japan's Thinnest Buildings

    These 20 tall thin buildings from Japan show what happens when builders shoot stories upwards to get the most bang for their yen.

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    Provocative Photography and Ads by Carioca Studio

    What do bloody severed bunny heads, golden pig-men and children in chains have in common? They're all featured in the amazing photography of Carioca Studio.

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    Abandoned: School's Out For Summer. School's Out Forever!

    A sweet sound to students is when that last bell in the last class rings to signal school is out for summer. These abandoned and decaying schools are out forever.

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    Radical Redesigns: 42 Creative Logo Design Ideas

    It is worth seeing that sometimes pieces of the process itself is as creative, compelling and eye-catching as the final product.

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