2008 was a big year for Webist Media. This guide wraps up the most popular and favorite articles, roundups and galleries from throughout the entire year.

rugs and mat designs are enjoying the same creative comeback as any other item of furniture. Which of these 21 examples would floor you?

While necessarily incomplete, this collection gathers over 100 essential pieces that tell key stories about his aims, personality and history.

Here's a selection of some of the coolest (and in some cases bizarre) fish tanks and aquariums for your favorite fish.

Ranging from thousands of dollars to millions of dollars here's a look at some of the world's most expensive toilets.

These 25 sobering examples of post-apocalyptic art serve to remind the living that what remains are more often ruins.

It's Winter. Thankfully for the innovation-minded, there are a host of creative, stylish new ways to bath or shower in blessed warmth...as these 18 examples illustrate.

Home entertainment is what geeks live for: they're often at home and they love theaters, entertainment centers and insanely geeky accessories to go with them.

As graffiti and technology evolve, more and more innovative street artists are mixing media to create radical hybrids of graffiti art, design and technology.

If you thought these places were glorious during the day, wait till you see them at night.

Some photographers seem to freeze, slow, or speed up time. Others rotate our views in dizzying directions elevate our views to dazzling heights.

Divided into four sections, the following collection includes some of the creepiest, scariest, weirdest, most bizarre, and geeky Christmas ornaments for you to pick from.

Sick of the same old boring 12 Days of Christmas gifts? So are we. Here is your alternative urban gift guide - from us at WebUrbanist to you wonderfully eccentric readers:

If you are thinking that modern door design is a matter of boring, open-and-shut conventional thinking, these 14 examples should put you in the right frame of mind.

12 examples of precariously balanced houses of cards, collages made of playing cards and paintings inspired by playing card imagery.