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Diamond Genesis Room at Sweden’s Icehotel is a Crystalline Cavern of Frosty Luxury

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Diamond Genesis Room at Sweden’s Icehotel is a Crystalline Cavern of Frosty Luxury

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Toyota to Unveil FT-Bh Super Mini Hybrid Concept at Geneva Motor Show

Toyota is set to unveil a new super mini hybrid concept, the FT-Bh, at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show on March 6th. According to Toyota, the new hybrid concept has about the same interior room as the Toyota Yaris, but is smaller and lighter than the Toyota Aygo, the smallest Toyota sold in Europe. Read the rest of Toyota to Unveil FT-Bh Super Mini Hybrid Concept at Geneva Motor ... weiterlesen...

VIDEO: Costello Tagliapietra’s Dazzling Fall 2012 New York Fashion Week Show

Costello Tagliapietra’s Fall/Winter 2012 debut was one New York Fashion Week show not to be missed. The brazen yet feminine line was awash with abstract prints, bold solids, and plenty of sophistication. Check out our video above for a front-row view of the show, which dazzled crowds with everything from flowing, kaleidoscopic gowns to high-tech AirDye ensembles. READ MORE... weiterlesen...

Guilherme Torres Recycles Brazilian Artist’s Home Into A New Live Work Space

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Abandoned Buildings Given a Literal “Face” Lift By Russian Street Artist Nomerz

Talk about a “face” lift! Making waves with his street art that transforms enormous abandoned structures into giant portraits, Russian artist Nikita Nomerz uses details already present at the sites he chooses to create his crazy faces. Nomerz travels to cities across his native country to make these creative pieces and as opposed to painting over a wall to create s... weiterlesen...

Abandoned Buildings Given a Literal “Face” Lift By Russian Street Artist Nomerz

Talk about a “face” lift! Making waves with his street art that transforms enormous abandoned structures into giant portraits, Russian artist Nikita Nomerz uses details already present at the sites he chooses to create his crazy faces. Nomerz travels to cities across his native country to make these creative pieces and as opposed to painting over a wall to create s... weiterlesen...

Playful Never Never Land House is Built Around Trees in Ibiza

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Artist Makes Giant Winter Crop Circles Just by Walking in the Snow!

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Green Roofed Vancouver Residence Was the First LEED Platinum Home in Western Canada

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TEST DRIVE: We Get 40 mpg From a Non-Hybrid Hyundai Elantra!

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Finland’s Beautiful Lilja Chapel is a Pop-Up Prefab Church

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Buenos Aires’ Magnificently Restored Hippodromo Racing Venue Keeps the Old and the New in Harmony

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Harvard Creates Self-Assembling Miniature Bee Robots from Pop-Up Parts

Harvard researchers recently created a miniature mechanized bee called the Monolithic Bee or MoBee using a new technology that produces self-assembling three dimensional machines from flat sets of components. The bee robot is assembled using layers of differing materials on an assembly scaffold – the body of the bee folds together like a pop-up book, and once released from... weiterlesen...

3D Printed Wearable Planters Let You Take Plants With You Everywhere You Go

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David Adjaye’s African-American Smithsonian Museum Breaks Ground This Week

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Dutch Earnest Studio’s Multifunctional Furniture is More Than the Sum of Its Parts

Rotterdam-based designer Rachel Griffin created her multi-functional furniture Sum of the Parts by questioning why our objects are designed to be static when almost everything else in our lives is dynamic. Her transforming piece of furniture consists of various interlocking parts so the user can mix and match according to particular needs, engaging with the object in a playful ... weiterlesen...

The Wall of Zudaji by 403 Architecture is a Scrappy Shed Made From Leftover Materials

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The Wall of Zudaji by 403 Architecture is a Scrappy Shed Made From Leftover Materials

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Mandy Barker’s SOUP Photographs Bring Awareness to Ocean Trash

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