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more about #mad more comments → Curves: All that glass looks like a bitch to keep clean. I would spend 24/7 with Windex in my hands to keep up with fingerprints. The first purchase for the n... more » Sora57 is OK: Who can take a building,sprinkle it with glass,mix it all together and have no walls to hide your ass?The MAD archictects can. more » okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Clearly these are renders... I can see the horizon!! more » -
#design
Chinese Transparent City Plan Leaves Little Room for Privacy
The Chinese architects called MAD gathered a bunch of fellow glass-steel-and-concrete artists to design the city center of Huaxi, in Guiyang, China. The goal was maximum eco-friendliness; the end product was a kinkily see-through skyline. More » -
#architecture
Mobile Star City Is China's Plan to Take Over the World
We love MAD architects—creators of crazy buildings and giant killer wasps skyscrapers—because they are truly mad, like their latest concept. Presented as a gigantic model at the 11th Venice Biennale, the Super Star City is a "mobile China Town" that can be deployed all over the planet to "inject the energy of China to the world." Hookay, time to start fueling the ICBMs because, once you see the gallery of this 1,000-meter-high monster placed in major cities, it will remind you of an alien invasion. More » -
#videogames
M.A.D. Gamepad Features Tiny, Detachable Steering Wheel
The M.A.D. Gamepad is a mini USB gamepad that features an even minier steering wheel. We're not sure it's the most practical, ergonomic gamepad we've ever seen, but we sure admire the effort and, we'll be honest, the ludicrousness. Here's what just the wheel looks like: More » -
#vendinglove
The Ultimate Gadget Lover Takes Pics of Same Vending Machine Daily for Two Years
If you ever wake up in the morning and think: "Every day is just the same old same old," then maybe you need to look at Ryuuichi Terada's blog. Entitled "I Take a Picture of the Same Vending Machine Every Day (or so). I'm Very Sorry," the Sapporo-based man has spent the past two years doing exactly that, highlighting the changes made when the machine is restocked &mdash like this: More » -
