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alice

Body Landscape Art (25 total)


Another series of beautiful black and white landscape photos? Not quite. Using his own naked body, Finnish-born artist Arno Rafael Minkkinen interacts with the outdoors, providing us with curiously interesting photos th… Continue

Posted by alice on September 9, 2010 at 12:00pm

wishNYa

The Mira Hotel's Stunning Interior (16 pics)


Miami-based interior designer Charles Allem did an incredible job with The Mira Hotel, making it one of the most stunning hotels in Hong Kong. With its modern yet warm vibe and incredible lighting… Continue

Posted by wishNYa on September 9, 2010 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Eugene

Heavy Bicycle Loads (10 photos)


Apparently, some people in China have never heard of U-Haul. They are, however, amazingly efficient in the way they pack and move all their inventory on a tiny little bike.

"Manufactured Totems" is a series b… Continue

Posted by Eugene on September 9, 2010 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

thinkpossitive

Hundreds of Bikes Make One Gigantic Sculpture (2 pics)


Northern California artists Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector have built a 65-foot-tall, 10,000-pound obelisk out of around 340 bicycles, and one tricycle. Called Cyclisk, it was installed on a streetcorner in San… Continue

Posted by thinkpossitive on September 9, 2010 at 9:30am

alice

Psychotic Stuffed Animals (5 total)


Next time you're having a mental breakdown and need someone to understand, why not reach out to your stuffed animal for a caring, helping hand? Created by German Martin Kittsteiner, these toys cost $38 each which may be a b… Continue

Posted by alice on September 9, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

alice

Rachel Zoe is About to Die! (5 photos)


Call it campy. Call it crazy. Just don't call it boring. In the September issue of Harper's Bazaar, the magazine got some of today's biggest fashion designers make Rachel Zoe's killer catchphrase come to li… Continue

Posted by alice on September 9, 2010 at 8:30am

thinkpossitive

Building Art Asks You to Rediscover the Sky


What would you think if you saw this on a building in your city? Would you think it was an advertisement or just a piece of art? Located at the Fubon Financial building in Taipei, Taiwan, this project, called "Field of D… Continue

Posted by thinkpossitive on September 8, 2010 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

thinkpossitive

Creative Window Display: Hatched at Louis Vuitton


You can always count on high-end fashion house, Louis Vuitton, to surprise us with their ingenuity. Like Alice had posted on once before, aContinue

Posted by thinkpossitive on September 9, 2010 at 12:00am

thinkpossitive

Crazy Cool Photography That Pops! (10 total)


If Daft Punk and Lady Gaga were to have a love child, we imagine she would look something like this (above). These candy colored creatures are actually the work of artistic duo Ralph Lagoi and Kate Lace… Continue

Posted by thinkpossitive on September 9, 2010 at 12:30am — 1 Comment

Mark Huckabee

Can we be happy without destroying the Planet?



In this terrific TED talk statistician Nic Marks says that our most common measures of progress, the Dow Jones Index, Gross Domestic Product, etc. are very poor indicators of what really matters. He introduces the Happy Planet Index. It is a measure of how happy people in a country are and also how many resources did they consume to get there. His premise is that countries like the US are pretty happy but they use way too many of the planet's resources to attain… Continue

Posted by Mark Huckabee on September 9, 2010 at 4:38am

 
 
 
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