There are many ways to define a person, and one of them involves the daily choice of either taking the stairs or the elevator. Perhaps one of the earliest and most telling invention, these elevating elevators show not only how ingenious we humans have become, but also how lazy.
Yet the elevating elevators featured in this cluster lean towards the former. Having built extraterrestrial-reaching elevators to super fast ones, how could it not?
16 Elevating Elevators
From Guerrilla Elevator Ads to Elevators for Extraterrestrial Travel:
Meghan Young — Mar 12, 2010 — Art & Design
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Elevator Graffiti
Darrin Umboh's Vibrant Elevator Art Makes Riding Floor-to-Floor Fun
15
Hi Tech Storage Unit
Robovault Uses No Humans
14
Elevator into Space
13
World's Largest Cylindrical Aquarium with Built-in Elevator
The Aquadom
12
Elevator Ad Campaigns
Innovative Examples to Entice a Captive Audience
11
Arched Parking Lots
'Curban Parking' by Malila Gabuardi Offers a Stylish Garage Alternative
10
Elevator Cookie Dunking
Moving NYC Oreo Campaign
9
Skydiving Elevators
Swiss Skydive Uses Simulation To Get You In The Mood For Jumping
8
Luxury Condo Car Elevators
‘En-Suite Sky Garage' Featured in Manhattan Condo Complex
7
Color Changing Elevator
Traxon LED Lifts
6
Exercise Elevators
41 Cooper Square Elevator Won't Stop at all Floors
5
Lightning-Fast Elevators
The Hitachi G1 Tower Will Test World's Fastest Elevator
4
Guerrilla Elevator Ads
Plea for Action in Guantanamo Bay
3
Super Space Lifts
Seattle Team Wins Space Elevator Prize
2
Elevators for Extraterrestrial Travel
Push-Button Access to Space Stations Now Plausible
1
Uplifting Living Rooms
Art Student Turns an Elevator Into Her Home For a Day
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