$4 600 000 For Your Very Own Floating Island
This strange looking craft and floating island is named the ‘Osros’ and was designed to offer the billionaire superyacht lifestyle to the millionaire who can’t afford it. It has six luxury double bedrooms, with space for 12 residents and accommodation for up to four staff members, this little.. i mean big beauty can be yours for £3 million. There is what the manufacturers describe as an ‘autonomous power supply based energy system’ powered, both day and night, by a noiseless wind energy system, as well as more than 120 m2 of solar panels making the most use of daylight. Heat recovery from sea water is the basis for heating and air conditioning. Continue reading »
Photo of the Day: Feeding Time
A male common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) eats a banana inside an open air enclosure at Royev Ruchey zoo in the suburbs of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. (Mirror Online)
Slanted Magazine #18
Slanted Magazine #18 – Signage / Orientation focuses on the ups and downs, the lefts and rights, the stops and go’s, the Kiss+Ride and many more. Featured are many extraordinary wayfinding and orientation systems with different levels of complexity and relevant
Typefaces.
The new edition comes along with 164 pages in oversize-format 24 x 32 cm and the eight page fold-out cover shines with traffic sign colors and reflective particles – thanks to elaborate screen printing with reflective paint – incident light. Continue reading »
Nicole Kidman for Harper’s Bazaar Australia, June-July 2012
Nicole Kidman with her daughters for Harper’s Bazaar Australia in photographs by Will Davidson. Continue reading »
For Your Cats
In order to furry pet was not bored and I felt comfortable in the personal space of human dwellings, the owner need only show a little imagination. Continue reading »
Mulberry’s Advertising Campaign, Fall 2012
Amazing Mulberry advertising campaign. In photo works by Tim Walker. Model – Lindsey Wixson. Continue reading »
Chinese Submersible ‘Jiaolong’ Dives to 22 851ft in The Mariana Trench
Jiaolong, 蛟龙, in Chinese folklore, is a shape-shifting water dragon. The Chinese government has been quietly testing a new submersible, named Jiaolong, designed to dive to 22 965ft (7,000 meters). It was the second dive for the vehicle, with another four scheduled to achieve the country’s first 7,000-metre dive. Xu Qinan, the submersible’s chief designer, told China Daily that it was still undecided whether the craft would try for 7,000 metres in the third dive. Continue reading »
A Lettering for Nuts Magazine
Cool typography work by the Brazilian designer Jackson Alves for Nuts Magazine. Check out a process and project video. Continue reading »
iPhone 5 Transparent Edition
Awesome iPhone 5 concept commercial, created by Adney, a 17 y/o aspiring filmmaker. Clearly amazing. The quad-core A5 chip delivers even more power. The laser projection keyboard liberates your thumbs. The new iClear Retina display presents sharp graphics and stunning images. iOS 6 will take your iPhone experience in an entirely new direction. Continue reading »
Activist Group Performs for the Rights of Elephants in Barcelona
An activist from the animal-rights group AnimaNaturalis takes part in a performance to mark the “International Day for the Rights of the Elephants” in front of Barcelona’s Zoo, on June 20, in Barcelona. (Lluis Genelluis Gene / AFP via Getty Images)
Pare Belo Monte
Residents affected by the Belo Monte dam protest by spelling out “Pare Belo Monte,” meaning “Stop Belo Monte,” at the Belo Monte construction site on June 15, 2012. Activists, indigenous people, fishermen and coastal community members removed a strip of earth to restore the flow of the Xingu River as a protest against the construction near Altamira, Brazil. Continue reading »
“Estuaire” and “Le voyage a Nantes” Art Events
People walk along a beach in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, western France, next to the Chinese Huang Yong Ping’s work, “Serpent d’ocean” (Ocean snake), one of the nine works of the art event “Estuaire” (estuary of the Loire river). “Estuaire” and “Le voyage a Nantes” (A journey to Nantes), two contemporary art events, the first along the estuary, the second in forty stages which runs along 8.5 km in Nantes’ streets, take place from June 15 to August 19. Continue reading »
Bike-o-saurus
Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride is one of the largest free, non-competitive cycling events in the United Kingdom. Part of the event takes place along the A4 Portway through the Avon Gorge which is closed to motor traffic for the day. The event is part of Bristol’s Big Green Week 2012, the UK’s first ever International Festival of Environmental Ideas, Arts & Culture.
Zombie Shopping Mall Experience
Prepare yourself for the three most horrifying words in the English language: Reading shopping centre. Fight zombies in an abandoned shopping mall – it’s the ultimate zombie experience day! Read more about Zombie Shopping Mall Experience – book online with free delivery. Continue reading »
Stonehenge Recreated out of Old Car Parts
‘Citihenge’, a recreation of Stonehenge made of cars, is unveiled on London’s Southbank by Skoda to launch their Citigo model. The giant sculpture provides Londoners with a meeting point to celebrate the summer solstice. Amazingly they might not need umbrellas, as it’s not raining today in London. It is made from 18 scrap cars, weighs 36 tonnes and is over 5 metres tall. Continue reading »
“Misconceivable”
An art installation called “Misconceivable” is fixed onto the roof of a hotel in Vienna. The installation of the lifesize yacht is an arts project by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm.
Guitar Hero: Tom Cruise for W Magazine, June 2012
‘Rock of Ages’ star Tom Cruise is strumming his way to the hall of fame. In photographs by Mario Scorrenti. Continue reading »
Katy Perry as Elizabeth Taylor
Karl Templer styles Katy Perry as icon of Hollywood glamour Elizabeth Taylor for the March cover editorial of Interview Magazine. Mikael Jansson captures the newly-divorced, almost unrecognizable pop star in a visually stunning set of marvelous images. Continue reading »
Typhoon Guchol Hits Across Japan
Women walk in the strong winds from Typhoon Guchol in Nagoya, Japan on June 19, 2012. The storm lashed southwestern Japan with strong winds and heavy rain as it moved toward the center of the country, forcing airlines and train operators to cancel services amid warnings of flooding and landslides. (Kyodo News) Continue reading »
Cheap Food and Proud Waitresses
White Spot Cafe
Trinidad, Colorado, October 1, 2004
Waiter: Carol
Order: steamed burrito with beef, tea, Diet Coke ($ 7.34)
Swiss photographer Stephen Shaher traveled all over America, from coast to coast, and took pictures of things that he remembered most of all – cheap food and waitresses who served it. Continue reading »
Social Class Identity
Social Class Identity part 1% by Pete Rossi and Lee Boyce.
This project is concerned with our social class system operating within society and in particular the ‘1’ percent of our global population. A response to NextByDesign‘s call for posters relating to the Occupy movements worldwide, in which we are entering a year polarised by the ’99’ and ‘1’ percent inequalities. Continue reading »
