When post-war US car designers were given free rein to create their dream automobiles, they came up with jaw-droppers like these. (And one of them contains a 30-coat paint job, which owes its sparkle to real crushed diamonds.)

Melbourne-based digital inventor Mond Qu once made a model island so lifelike, it tricked Google Earth and National Geographic into thinking it was real.

Gilded arches, slabs of marble, glittering chandeliers… Moscow’s subway stations? No, we’re not jealous at all.

The housing crisis has hit some harder than others. Poor old Pierre Cardin just can’t seem to shift his digs.

Great news! We’re looking for a senior designer to join us at Smith Journal. Come help us make magazines.

For those who love the idea of camping, but who’d rather not actually do it.

Benja Harney is a world-famous paper engineer. He talks with Smith Journal about his love of fusing maths with art, and the joys of designing without a computer.

With one of the largest collections of classic Citroëns in the world, businessman and philanthropist Peter Mullin recently popped them into a museum of their own. He told Smith Journal about his passion for the “glorious art deco era” of French automotive history. 

We’ve assembled some of the strangest and most insulting Tube posters from throughout the 20^th century. They sure don’t make 'em like they used to.

In the space of just 41 months, a whole new capital city was created on top of an empty savannah. And not just any old city. Brasilia is considered a masterpiece of modern urbanism, as captured here by photographer Noah Webb.