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Art and Water

On Paper, City Water Looks Lovely

March 27, 2011
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A wonderful take on urban water from graphic artist Chad Hagen, created for issue #1 of online magazine Re:Vision. (See the accompanying article citing forward-thinking water management in several U.S. [...]

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Public Art and the Beauty of Sewage Treatment

September 20, 2010
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Most of us have a love-hate relationship with mandatory public art funding. Sometimes the results are seriously wonderful and sometimes they’re seriously silly…money well-spent, or money mis-spent. This public art [...]

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World’s Best Swimming Pool for Dry Climates

August 24, 2010
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Now this is a sweet swimming pool for a parched landscape because it uses absolutely no water at all! In fact, it’s a dreamy, creative illusion! Virginia-based master gardener and talented painter [...]

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Power Toilets: Because we’re all the same inside (the restroom)

July 14, 2010
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This proves even the most powerful people can’t feel secure anywhere! Working from secret photos taken of what must be one of the world’s most closely-guarded loos, the Danish group [...]

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Aqua in Chicago: 82 Stories of Inspiration

June 23, 2010
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While visiting Chicago recently, my hotel was right next door to the much-praised new Aqua building…and really, I just couldn’t get enough of staring up at it’s unusual form. The [...]

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Fake Ice: Now That’s Cool!

April 26, 2010
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This charming little postcard from cardcow.com made me smile, especially the sight of the gaggle of children so excited to see the arrival of their “Pure Artificial Ice.” Silly people, [...]

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What’s a Fountain Without Water?

March 29, 2010

That’s the subject of a personal photo project I’ve been working on this past month. In Kansas City, Missouri (the urban counterpart to my suburban Shangri-la) 47 public fountains will [...]

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Provocative Poster Gallery: 40 Days of Water

March 26, 2010

Browse this neat poster set created by Flickr user pope saint victor tied to the 40 Days of Water effort from Blood:Water Mission. This initiative is encouraging groups and individuals [...]

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Yosemite February Fire Fall: A Hot Photo Op

February 18, 2010
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It’s a good thing I read Aquafornia or I might never have known about the odd, rare and spectacular illusion known as the Yosemite “Fire Fall”… which actually involves no [...]

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Groovy! Mid-Century Modern Water Storage

February 15, 2010
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If Mike Brady had designed water towers or water tanks, I imagine they’d have looked like this! These are pages from a 1965 promotional book from the Committee of Steel [...]

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