Watch L.A., Paris and São Paulo Grow In These Pretty Visualizations

Watch L.A., Paris and São Paulo Grow In These Pretty Visualizations

Paris is a bloodshot eyeball, São Paulo spreads out like a watercolor, and L.A. is a glorious mess. You can see how three very different metropolises expand and sprawl in these gorgeous animations produced as part of NYU’s Stern Urbanization Project, examining the growth of cities.

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Watch a Designer Turn Soda Cans Into Stools on a São Paulo Street

Watch a Designer Turn Soda Cans Into Stools on a São Paulo Street

It’s one thing to make a product using aluminum or plastic recycled at a plant. But recycling cans into chairs—on the same street they were found—is something else. That’s exactly what the resourceful designers at Studio Swine did on a recent trip to São Paulo.

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