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Pole Tacks
Wooden utility poles are often pockmarked with nails and staples, turning the poles into canvases for a unique form of abstract art.
 • Paul Lukas
One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Completely Brilliant Art Project
A good eye for detail and a very clever format yield super-interesting results. Plus a new Inconspicuous News Roundup!
 • Paul Lukas
A Close Look at Security Envelope Patterns
These classically inconspicuous designs, which are hiding in plain sight, have inspired collectors, artists, and at least one architect. Plus more stick…
 • Paul Lukas
The Mind-Blowing Geometric Design of Diatomaceous Earth
To the naked eye, it’s a plain white powder. But if you zoom in with an electron microscope, a stunning industrial landscape emerges.
 • Paul Lukas
How a Hornets’ Nest Totally Blew My Mind
We interrupt our coverage of material culture to discuss a natural wonder. Plus a new Inconspicuous News Roundup!
 • Paul Lukas
A Very Beautiful Book About ... Math
Even math-phobes will find plenty to like in this 19th-century classic.
 • Paul Lukas
The Coolest Street Art Ever
An impromptu illustration gallery has sprouted up beneath my feet (and it’s not what you might think).
 • Paul Lukas
Oddly Compelling: Cylindrical Objects on Escalators
What is the source of this fascination?
 • Paul Lukas
Art Is Where You Find It
And I recently found it coming through the bedroom window at three in the morning.
 • Paul Lukas
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