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Amazing superyacht design
Zaha Hadid has teamed up with hamburg-based shipbuilders Blohm + Voss to design a superyacht. the concept is based on the sculptural form of a master prototype for a 128m yacht–presented at an exhibition of the architect’s work at the David Gill gallery in london–and is accompanied by ‘the unique circle yachts’, a family of five 90m vessels also designed by Hadid.
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Cupertino council clears huge Apple 'spaceship' campus for liftoff
Apple's proposed new spaceship-shaped headquarters got a super-charged blast-off Tuesday night when the Cupertino City Council voted unanimously to approve the 2.8-million-square-foot behemoth beside Interstate 280, fulfilling a dream of co-founder Steve Jobs, hatching an iconic landmark for Silicon Valley, and promising more congestion in an already traffic-challenged region for decades to come.
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NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg says Banksy doesn't fit his definition of art
Infamous graffiti artist Banksy is making a splash in New York City, and unsurprisingly, the city's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, isn't a fan. Asked about the artist's presence at an unrelated press conference this morning, Bloomberg reiterated that graffiti ruins property. "It's a sign of decay and loss of control," he said. According to Politicker, the mayor added that he doesn't think graffiti is a form of art at all.
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It's paper
This is a personal project. I wanted to make some infinite loops for istockphoto and I wanted to make a paper shader. The finished clips are actually only 4-5 seconds long but they can go on for ever. Then I felt like putting it all together for a little.. Mindfulness-short.
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Handmade furniture uses nothing but cables and tension for support
Every piece of furniture in this gallery represents an exploration of how tension and opposing forces can be used to create a stable system. With wood and steel cable as the primary materials, each work combines different shapes with different cabling patterns to arrive at a carefully balanced, sturdy state. Some of the designs in this is gallery have gone on to be mass-produced, while others were one-off experiments.
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Watch Anthony Howe's hypnotic 3D art go from conception to reality
"I was bored with everything being static in my visual world," artist Anthony Howe told The Creators Project about his new work — a series of so-called "kinetic sculptures." These kinetic sculptures are hardly static — thanks to the wind, they move in mesmerizing patterns that The Creators Project described as "real-world screensavers." Beyond the visual spectacle, Howe's design process is a combination of modern technology and traditional metalwork processes.
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Dekleva Gregoric's clifftop house watches over the ocean
Slovenian firm Dekleva Gregoric Arhitekti was chosen to carry out the design, having the opportunity to realize a project in a mostly uninhabited location characterized by long stretches of uninhabited land.
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How a 98-year-old grandpa makes incredible art using MS Paint
Hal Lasko’s style is uniquely his own, a sort of digital pointillism forged by a rare combination of skill and circumstance. A retired typographer and graphic designer, Lasko spent decades creating custom lettering from scratch for advertising campaigns for the Cleveland Browns and Goodyear tires.
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Do-Gooder Turns Ferns Into Arsenic-Filtering Super System
3.4 million people, almost the entire population of Los Angeles, die from water-related diseases every year. One of the chief polluters is arsenic, a metalloid that is vital to the fabrication of semiconductors, and by extension, everything from solar panels to iPads. Unfortunately, a single drop of liquified arsenic could render an entire swimming pool’s worth of water unsafe for human consumption. Over time, that amount would lead to increased infant mortality and cancer.
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Window Device Turns Noise Pollution Into More Pleasant Sounds
There are already special glazed windows that can reduce the amount of outside noise. However, they also eliminate the more pleasant environmental sounds such as chirping birds, waves, and rustling leaves. What if you could choose to let in specific sounds while keeping out the annoying car alarms, construction sites, and traffic?
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The Craziest Multi-Tool Ever Made Kills in 100 Different Ways
A brief history of the most badass Swiss Army knife in the world.
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BMW introduces the 2 series coupe
Almost 10 years after the introduction of the BMW 1 series, the german manufacturer has expanded their premium lineup of compact vehicles by introducing the 2 series coupe.
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Apple's New Retina MacBook Pros Are Nearly Impossible to Repair
Apple claims it achieved new heights in both performance and miniaturization in its new line of MacBook Pro computers. However, the machines are now nearly impossible for users to repair on their own, according to iFixit, which performed teardowns of both Macs.
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What Apple could learn from McDonald’s is… architecture?
At one time, the mansard roof was the very picture of architectural sophistication. French. Curved. Rarefied. But, nearly 300 years after architect François Mansart tacked his name, and his entire career, onto the elegant, slope-shingled eaves of the iconic roof he’d invented, well… along came McDonald’s.
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Brilliant Works of Art Made Out of Food
If my mother had seen these, she might not have said, "Don't play with your food."
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Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit Was Made by a Bra Manufacturer
No one knows what Columbus was wearing when he set foot in the New World, but on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong took his “one giant leap” onto the Moon, he was clad in this custom-made spacesuit, model A7L, serial number 056. Its cost, estimated at the time as $100,000 (more than $670,000 today), sounds high only if you think of it as couture.
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The 8 Most Beautiful Raspberry Pi Cases
The Raspberry Pi is still the definitive small, open source computer, and a vibrant community has sprung up around it to provide accessories. One of the most popular is the case, because the Pi does not come with one by default. Buyers have to build or buy their own.
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10 Creative Faux Finish Ideas for your Bare Walls
If you are like most homeowners you’re trying to think of a creative way to transform your bare walls into something spectacular, right? Faux finishing is the art of using painting methods to give an artificial appearance to look like a material such as metal or wood, or to give an architectural style aesthetic to your walls.
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A Light Bulb That's Also A Flashlight
With this dual-purpose device, you won't have to fumble around for a flashlight for trick-or-treating or the next time the power goes out. The Bulb Flashlight is a low-heat, rechargeable LED bulb that doubles as a handheld flashlight.
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Giancarlo Zema realizes modular lotus system for Luminexence
Giving the appearance of an over-sized leaf emerging from the ground, the ‘lotus’ designed by italian architect Giancarlo Zema for Luminexence in partnership with tecnopali is a modular system of eco-furniture.
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