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Leonid Tishkov’s Private Moon

If you think this is a series of unearthly photo-manipulations, then you’re wrong. Moscow-based physician Leonid Tishkov is actually traveling the world with his own personal moon. The artist created the moon 10 years ago for a contemporary art performance, after which he took it back to his apartment and eventually started traveling around the world.

“I have traveled Private Moon for ten years and each time the moon reveals more space to me. The moon is a shining point that brings people together from different countries, of different nationalities and cultures,” – says Leonid.

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2013: 04/07
CATEGORY: Art
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Inside The World’s Quietest Room

With what seems like a constant need to chatter away on cellphones or listen to music with earbuds, a little quiet time may be in order. We’ve got the perfect place: the Guinness Book of World Records’s quietest room. It’s so quiet the longest anyone has been able to stand it before beginning to go a bit batty was 45 minutes — to be fair, part of that challenge was to remain in the dark too. The “anechoic chamber” at Orfield Laboratories in South Minneapolis is 99.9 percent sound absorbing. The Daily Mail reports the room is made with 3.3-foot-thick fiberglass acoustic wedges with walls made of insulated steel and a foot of concrete. An anechoic chamber in Minneapolis’s Orfield Laboratory holds the Guinness world record for the world’s quietest place at -9.4 decibels. As humans can only detect sounds above 0 decibels, the chamber is virtually soundless. Because the chamber is so soundless, NASA has conducted tests on its astronauts in there to simulate what it would sound like in space. Orfield said manufacturers, like Harley Davidson and Whirlpool, have also used the chamber to test how loud their products are or to evaluate sound quality.

2013: 04/03
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Biophilia Collection By Ross Lovegrove

Ross Lovegrove has designed the Biophilia Collection for Vondom. Biophilia Collection explores a new design language that forms a dialogue between time, form and space combining the pioneering organic design of Sagrada Famila by Antonio Gaudi, Vondom expertise in advanced roto-moulded technology and my studios ongoing research into the transference of digital process into contemporary design. Taken out of craft and into the 21st century progressive domain of polymerization and industry Biophilia is a collection, acknowledges this lineage but pushes the boundaries between material structure and form into a new modern territory as yet unseen, parametrically conceived and diametrically opposed to modernism in its expression.

2013: 04/03
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19-Year-Old Invents Way To Clean The Ocean Of Plastic Garbage

One of the ongoing environmental disasters you may or may not be aware of is all the plastic floating in the oceans. There’s literally tons of it and, fun fact, it’s slowly poisoning us. Boyan Slat, though, a 19-year-old college student, has a fairly innovative idea to solve the problem. Essentially, he’ll use large booms and giant funnels to do the job. The device consists of an anchored network of floating booms and processing platforms that could be dispatched to garbage patches around the world. Instead of moving through the ocean, the array would span the radius of a garbage patch, acting as a giant funnel. The angle of the booms would force plastic in the direction of the platforms, where it would be separated from plankton, filtered and stored for recycling. Slat’s Ocean Cleanup Array would do a lot more than just keep organic pollutants out of your sushi. Millions of dollars in tourism could be collected and a lot of boat damage could be stopped by hauling all this plastic out of the water. Of course, this solution has to be built: Currently it’s just some clever engineering on paper and some computer models.

2013: 04/01
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Personalized Cutting Boards by Elysium Woodworks

Take a look at these custom wooden cutting boards. Some of them are engraved with the periodic table of elements, some with some symbols by your choice. The cutting boards are available in maple, white oak, beech and walnut. To make your board even more special you can ask to engrave your name and initials inside the spot of the 118th element Ununoctium.

2013: 04/01
CATEGORY: Entertainment
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Karl Lagerfeld Store

Karl Lagerfeld opened his first store in Paris. Known for his work at Chanel, it’s for his own brand Karl that the designer, adopted by french culture created this store in Saint Germain Des Près. The hip neighborhood has now his very own place to shop for some premium fashion.

2013: 04/01
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Silvia Grav

Whether it’s in black and white, or with a little bit of colors, Silvia Grav’s pictures have a glimpse of darkness. A mix between a cold winter afternoon & a depression storm. Here’s a selection of her portraits and other captured instants.

2013: 03/31
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Lazerwood Wood Veneer Cover For iPhone

Lazerwood was created to inject a little more warmth to the critically acclaimed iphone and to fix the antenna problem of the All Web-wide criticized Iphone 4 reception without adding tones of material around it. Thin but durable, real wood veneer cover for the iPhone. Peel-and-stick backing make the covers easy to apply and remove without damage to the phone.

2013: 03/31
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Sayfat – Lookbook Summer 2013

Check out this new apparel brand called Sayfat. So whether it’s a FAT Burger, a cool hot dog or a nasty pizza, its whole mind spirit is axed around one thing : Food porn. All illustrations were made by DaGhotProd & it printed in Paris on a 100% indian eco-coton.

2013: 03/29
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2014 Jaguar XKR-S GT

Someone might be disappointed that the engine power to the XKR-S has not changed. But the body has changed – it added carbon lollipops, splitter under the front bumper, deflectors around the fenders and rear delivers large wing. Maximum speed remains limited to 300 km/h. The acceleration takes it from 0 to 96 km/h in 3.9 seconds. Power transfer to the road to remain in charge and ZF six-speed automatic electronically controlled limited slip active differential. Another novelty is carbon-ceramic brakes, used by Jaguar for the first time. The front wheels have a diameter of 398 mm, rear 380 mm – thanks to them reduced unsprung masses by 21 kg. Jaguar offered only 25 pieces (five in Canada and rest in USA).

2013: 03/29
CATEGORY: Automotive
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Water-Saving Multifunctional Bathtub

In the time of multifunctional furniture and other stuff the following example will surely come in handy. Designed by Seung Hyun Lee, il Woong Jwa, Bom Yi Lee & Jiwon Moon the Multifunctional Bathtub has an exclusive tilt function that allows you to save water when you take a soak. Depending upon how you tilt and use the tub, you could end up saving 80% of water for foot bath, 60% of water for half-body and 40% for full-body bath.

2013: 03/29
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The Contemporary Adriana Varejão Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil

São Paulo-based interior design and architectural practice Tacoa Arquitetos have completed the Adriana Varejão Gallery project. The contemporary property is located in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The Adriana Varejão Gallery was commissioned to shelter two works of the artist acquired by the museum and exhibited at Cartier Foundation: the sculpture Linda do Rosário and the polyptych Celacanto Provoca Maremoto. The project occupies a hillside with a small slope partially surrounded by the native forest, an area formerly used to store containers. The original topography was modified for this new use: a huge displacement of earth has cut it, creating the great horizontal plane necessary to the storage. The orientation of the project aimed to recompose the site’s original topography and inserting on it an artificial element: a regular block in reinforced concrete, partially inserted in the hillside. The building structure and interior design is composed by an irregular retaining wall that gains the space in the ground floor and receives the loads of the block, in its deepest part, trough two beams, in the middle, trough four columns integrated in the wall.

2013: 03/25
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Leica X3 Concept

Swedish designer Vincent Sall proposed the concept of the camera, combining style and image of an old Leica and monocle. Leica X3 camera body consists of a lens, which contains all the buttons, and the cover of the lens itself. Every day people around the world take millions of pictures. The modern culture of sharing photos with your friends and loved ones has never been bigger. This project is about filling the gap between big cameras with great image quality and smartphone cameras with limited quality/control.

2013: 03/23
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Nike Air Reinvented

The Nike Air Max is proof that when revolution meets evolution, a dynasty is born. Momot collaboration with the Nike Air Max for creating new artwork concept.

2013: 03/20
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Modified Social Benches

Check out this project by a Danish artist Jeppe Hein called “Modified Social Benches”. It’s a public art installation that distorts everyone’s favorite park seating surface in a variety of crazy ways. Some of the distortions are minor, some add beneficial features to the benches, and some make the benches entirely unusable. But all of the modifications do one thing very well: they draw attention. According to the artist, the goal of the project is to encourage interaction. Interaction between the public and the benches, and interaction between the people who use the benches.

2013: 03/20
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Slate Stone Collection By Shwood Eyewear

Fusing millimeter-thick slices of genuine slate with premium birch wood, portland-based Shwood Eyewear have developed their hand crafted limited edition hand-crafted ‘stone collection’. Hand-poured pewter inlays complete the look, creating the perfect balance between rugged and rugged, continuing to reflect on the companies experimental manufacturing approach with nature. The frames incorporate 100% UVA/UVB protection with carl zeiss lenses imported from Italy, and comes packaged with a custom felt pouch with an embroidered leather patch.

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2013: 03/20
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Ferrari’s Unseen LaFerrari Concepts

Ferrari at this year’s Geneva Auto Show unveiled LaFerrari concepts that were never shown before. Now these super cars have been set in Museo Ferrari in Maranello for public presentation. Two parked model shows the Ferrari’s traditional sleek designing. The exhibition features the 1984 GTO production model, the “Ferrari enzo” and the “Project F150”, the super car promising a formula one experience with Ferrari’s hybrid powertrain – a HY-KERS system that delivers 963 horsepower from its V12 engine and its two electric motors.

2013: 03/19
CATEGORY: Automotive
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Fiji’s Poseidon Underwater Resort

Check out this stunning underwater hotel Fiji’s Poseidon Resort. Set 40 feet below the water’s surface in a pristine Fijian lagoon is the Poseidon Undersea Resort, a real life submerged hotel accessible by lift and the first of its kind in the world. For a $15,000 per person you’ll get four nights in one of the above water suites, two nights in one of the undersea suites (%70 of the room is see through) and a bunch of other pretty awesome stuff like getting behind the wheel of a mini submarine and gourmet foods.

2013: 03/19
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RMX-1000 Pearl White Performance

Pioneer is giving DJs and producers another level of choice and versatility, with the release of its groundbreaking RMX-1000 remix station in a striking new color: cool pearl white. The original RMX-1000 is already a must-have in the booth: a three-in-one system comprising editing software, innovative performance hardware, and a controller for the VST and AU plug-ins. And now the RMX-1000 range offers even more flexibility, with the addition of Pro Tools RTAS to the choice of compatible plug-ins. Check out the performance by Jordan Suckley on the RMX-1000 Pearl White.

2013: 03/17
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Susanne Bisovsky

Check out this unique photography by Susanne Bisovsky, who took a different take on portraits and using a bit of movement in them.

2013: 03/17
CATEGORY: Art
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3D Paper Drawings by Chilean Artist FREDO

Young Chilean artist Wladimir Inostroza or better known as FREDO has demonstrated incredible talent by drawing these mind-blowing 3D pencil drawings. These perspective and depth of the effect in these sketches require patience and incredible talent to achieve. The young talented artist says that music is an integral part of his creative process, and his biggest inspiration comes from bands like Tool, Sigur Rós, and Explosions in the Sky.

2013: 03/16
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TURN Armchair Design by Simona Sacchi

Turn by Simona Sacchi is an incredibly smart and functional armchair design that offers three different configurations in a single complement. The armchair concept is very sleek and would be a great accessory addition to any contemporary interior design project.

2013: 03/16
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Aston Martin 100 Year Centenary Book – 2 Litre Shoot

Aston Martin over the years have created and crafted some of the Worlds most recognizable and iconic cars and this year the company celebrate 100 years in the industry. As part of this celebration commercial car photographer Tim Wallace has been commissioned by our client Aston to produce a major book looking through the 100 years to celebrate all the models in the Aston range from the very first model that David Brown created to the latest super cars from the Aston stable such as the DBS and new Vanquish. This week Tim spent time shooting with the iconic 2 Litre Sports created way back in the 40s for the book that is anticipated for release later this year Worldwide.

2013: 03/16
CATEGORY: Automotive
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Silja Magg Photography

From the New York Post to Twelv Magazine passing by Jalouse, Bloomingdale’s or Please Magazine, her work angle and portfolio is quite rich and divers. Silja Magg creates great photo shoot for both Fashion Editorial & portraits editorial. We loved her work full of authenticity though mixing real and imaginary thoughts.

2013: 03/16
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The Triennale Design Museum, Milan

Milan-based architectural practice Studio Fabio Novembre have completed the Triennale Design Museum project. Completed in 2012 the stunning building can be found in Milan, Italy. According to the architects: “Protecting the arts and sciences in our times is no mean feat, so for this fifth edition of the Triennale Design Museum it has taken plenty of human endeavour alongside the intervention of the Muses.” In agreement with the curators, the director originally opted for an authentic mythological figure to do the interior design of the spaces for this edition, Enzo Mari, who was forced to decline due to an indisposition, leaving it up to yours truly to take on this Herculean task. It involved exhibiting something absolutely new compared to previous editions, a selection of carefully chosen items confirming the theory that there is only one Italian school of graphics, even though it has no proper structure, hardly surprising since the same could be said about everything connected with our dear old unpredictable country.