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A Wearable ‘Shark Man’ Suit Lets You Build Your Own Private Space Anywhere

Conceived by product designer Yang Zhao, ‘SharkMan’ is a hybrid wearable furniture that lets you have your own private space anywhere. Designed to look like a shark’s fin, its shape can be altered to fit the user’s needs. For example, it can be opened if the user is on a laptop, or folded shut if the user decides to lie down to take a nap. Continue reading »

The Earth From Space Through The Eyes Of French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has the change to take part, since the November 17th 2016, to the Proxima mission. He currently lives during 6 months in the International Space Station until May 2017. He shares his experience on the social networks make us also discovering the beauty of our little Blue Planet. Continue reading »

Iconic Volkswagen-Inspired Sleeping Space For Kids

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The epic Volkswagen van has been the main idea of many traveling stories. Circu found a new inspiration in this symbol of freedom and fun transportation making a bed for children and grown-ups who don’t care that they are in the adult world. The cool Bun Van Bed looks like someone has parked in the middle of the room. The inside is made of high-quality palisander wood with a chrome-plated finish on the fiberglass outside. Not to leave kids going to bed without their favorite movie, the van bed has a built-in TV. The mini bar and the sofa enhance the unique experience giving the van attributes of a lounge. Continue reading »

How Soviet Space Dreams Became A Photographer’s Inspiration

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The rocket and space program of the USSR, along with the exploration of the universe left its mark on the country. Obviously, it reflected on the people’s minds as well. Every other little boy wanted to be an astronaut. One of them was the photographer Ivan Mikhailov. As a child, he often stared at the stars, and thought of planets and space adventures, while sitting atop of a rocket-shaped slide near his house. Presently, his series of photographs titled ‘Playground’, includes images of rocket ship style playgrounds built in Russia during the Space Race. Continue reading »

These Breathtaking Photos Of Outer Space Are Probably The Best Photos Captured From The ISS

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Astronaut Scott Kelly took these amazing pictures of space during his 520 stay at the International Space Station. NASA released his pictures just recently and you won’t be able to take your eyes of them. Continue reading »

NASA’s Mars Recruitment Posters Will Convince You To Go Die In Space!

Mars needs YOU! In the future, Mars will need all kinds of explorers, farmers, surveyors, teachers . . . but most of all YOU! Join us on the Journey to Mars as we explore with robots and send humans there one day. Download a Mars poster that speaks to you. Be an explorer!

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Hike the solar system’s largest canyon, Valles Marineris on Mars, where you can catch blue sunsets in the twilight, and see the two moons of Mars (Phobos and Deimos) in the night sky. Continue reading »

These Galaxy Donuts Will Take You To Outer Space

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22-year-old Iranian confectioner Hedi Gh posted a picture of her otherworldly creation on Instagram and everyone went crazy. People wanted to know the recipe. Luckily, a few weeks later instagrammer Sam Melbourne posted the recipe along with her own vegan galaxy donuts. Sam says she made the galactic treats for her sick boyfriend. Continue reading »

Negative Space Inspired Interiors By Mungo Thomson

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Mungo Thomson is a contemporary visual concept artist from Los Angeles. His work can be described as simple but fascinating. His interest in what he calls ‘the dumb idea’, something simple but interesting, makes his art so special. Continue reading »

This House Was Designed With A Wall Space For Projecting Movies On It

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Photography by Benny Chen / Fotoworks

When Belzberg Architects were designing this home, perched atop a ridgeline in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California, they decided to include a space that would be perfect for projecting movies. Continue reading »

Historic Space Shuttle Mockup Stored in Downey, California

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Inspiration‘ was built in 1972 by North American Rockwell (now part of Boeing) at the company’s plant in Downey, California. Crafted mainly from wood and plastic, the 122 foot-long by 35 foot-tall model was used to fit-check payloads, instruments and other in-flight hardware that would ultimately be pressed into service on operational orbiters. Continue reading »

Introducing Michael Najjar, The First Artist In Space

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Michael Najjar has gone to the edge of tomorrow and captured what the future of space travel might look like. His project Outer Space was created while he trained for the so-far ill-fated Virgin Galactic project, flying at twice the speed of sound in a MIG-29. The results are a study in the possibilities of 21st-century celestial flight. He will travel into not-so-deep space later this year, Branson-permitting. Continue reading »

EverBlock: Customize your Space With Oversized Modular Lego Bricks

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Giant LEGOs for adults? Heck. Yes. EverBlock is a modular building system of giant plastic blocks that can be used to build anything from furniture, walls, shelving, bars, and even entire rooms. Obsessed with LEGO bricks as a child, EverBlock founder Arnon Rosan realized there might be a demand for a functional full-scale building system for personal and industrial purposes. Continue reading »

Space Invaders: Street Art In Hong Kong

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Art is freedom of expression, it can be shown in various kinds of aspects like painting, sculpture, design, photography etc. We appreciate street art as it is everywhere and energetic, a concrete jungle like Hong Kong does really need more inspiration for people to remind them quality living is not only about how much you gain financially but also the way of how you live in a city. Continue reading »

The Plastic Mosaic You Can See From Space: Spain’s Greenhouse Complex

The world’s largest plastic greenhouse complex–known as Mar de Plástico–covers more than 185 square miles near Almeria in Spain’s southeast. Photographer Bernhard Lang shot these sprawling scenes as part of his “Aerial Views” project.

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Mar de Plástico has been an area of intensive crop production since the 1960s. Exports of fruits and vegetables in 2012 amounted to 1.9 billion euros with 359 companies exporting from the complex. Almost 30 percent of Mar de Plastico’s production is exported to Germany, followed by France; the rest is sold in Spain itself.
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Year 2014 from Space

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Image of the Clouds taken in August 2014 by astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS). A year from space photographs of hurricanes, typhoons and meteorite craters show an astronauts-eye view of our planet from hundreds of miles above the earth. The illuminating images were taken by astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) over the course of 2014. The space-based snappers captured everything from phenomenal weather to the Northern Lights from their orbit at around 220 miles above the earth. Astronauts have lived on the ISS every day since October 2000 – and the floating home and science lab provides a unique opportunity to capture out-of-this-world photographs. (Photo by NASA/SPL/Barcroft Media)
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Open Space Office by Tito Mouraz

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The photos, created by Tito Mouraz in Portugal, look too surreal, and it takes a while to realize that these are actually not painting but reality. Continue reading »

Shots of Earth from Space


Australian desert. (Photo by NASA) Continue reading »

Space Cats by Zippora Lux


Boya Latumahina, alter ego, Zippora Lux is a design student studying at Central St Martins in London. She has created these space age cats by combining two of her favourite things, cats and telescopic photographs. Continue reading »

Planets Solar System Space Ball Style Hard Candy Lollipop


Earth and Saturn lollies. Life-like lollipops part of a collection of the whole solar system to be created by sweet company Vintage Confections. Using high resolution graphics they are able to print the finest detail on to a plain lollipop. Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. The backs of these lollipops are black flecked with silver edible glitter that simulate stars. Continue reading »

The Model of James Webb Space Telescope

A full scale model of the James Webb Space telescope is displayed at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. As big as a tennis court and as tall as a four-storey building, the James Webb Space Telescope is the successor to the Hubble telescope and the largest space telescope ever built. (EPA/NASA/Chris Gunn)

Creauters from Outer Space

More than 125 meteorites will be offered for sale on October 14 by by Heritage Auctions, including a naturally sculpted Gibeon iron meteorite discovered by indigenous tribesmen in Namibia, estimated to bring $140,000 to $180,000; large chunks of rock from the far side of the moon found in Libya, expected to bring $340,000 to $380,000; and a naturally sculpted 179-pound, 18-inch iron meteorite from the Kalahari Desert that has three shallow depressions evocative of the central figure in Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” expected to bring $170,000. (Heritage Auctions) Continue reading »

Abandoned Space Observatory in Puerto Rico

The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope near the city of Arecibo in Puerto Rico. You may recognize it from various movies such as GoldenEye or The Losers, TV series like The X-Files or even video games (GoldenEye 007 or Just Cause 2). The observatory’s 305 m (1,000 ft) radio telescope is the largest single-aperture telescope ever constructed. Continue reading »

A Sign in Space: Sandprint at Laga beach, Sense & Sustainability, Art biennale, Urdaibai, Spain

A graphic star-pattern composed of truck tires is printed as a relief on the sand at Laga beach during low tide. At high tide the pattern will slowly vanish as the tide rises. By Spanish artist Gunilla Klingberg. Continue reading »

Space Invaders Ring

Sterling silver Space Invaders Aiko ring by Tjep. Continue reading »

‘Stacked’ Space Station Photos Highlight Star Trails

A scientist aboard the International Space Station took extraordinary photos of the starscape from aboard the vessel, using a special technique that highlights their movement. Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit used long exposures in conjunction with digital editing to achieve the star-trail effect. Given that some of the shots required nearly 15 minutes of exposure, Pettit needed the software to overcome the limitations of his camera. Continue reading »