These 'Landcarpets' Are Modeled on Satellite Imagery

Here's one of the stranger skydiving simulators out there: "Landcarpets," bespoke textiles modeled on satellite images of city blocks and farmland. Leap off your sofa and feel the wind in your face as you plummet downward—at least for the second it takes to hit the plushy rug.

"Landcarpets" are the work of Beijing-based architect Florian Pucher and graphic designer Sophia Liu Bo, who make each one in a process that can take weeks. "As each culture deals with landscape and farming in a different way LANDCARPET comes in various series, each of them representing a different continent or country," writes Pucher. "In the first edition Europe is held in warm green and brown colors, USA comes in very fresh green colors, Africa in a series of earthen tones, and Netherlands as a colorful array of flower fields."