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And in other news of mega structures, the Tallest Statue in the World that you’ve never even heard of - The Statue of Unity, a memorial to Sardar Vallabhai Patel in India.
10.09.2015
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“the megaphones, thoughts can be heard. It is a place for browsing the ‘book of nature,’ for listening to and reading the forest through sound.” Sign me up.
10.09.2015
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by armin
This sculpture by Skrekkøgle was designed specifically to get banged up during shipping. The constructions withstands the postal treatment and each will be different depending on how shitty its transit was. Stickers on the package encourage postal workers to mistreat.
10.09.2015
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by armin
I’m sure NFL fans will get these (I get some of them, hardly): The Quarterback Series by Andrew Campos, providing “A unique perspective on the NFL’s leaders.”
10.09.2015
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by armin
Wha? Flash Gordon infinite runner-style game for iOS with official Queen songs.
10.09.2015
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by armin
Previewed at Adobe MAX, Project Faces will allow anyone to design a custom typeface by modifying a “skeleton”. In the first minutes of the video I dismissed it as a geometric-sans-serif maker but it gets pretty impressive soon after. Type designers: be afraid, be very afraid.
10.09.2015
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by diane zerr
An enormous effort to help children effected by war in Ukraine by creating a Rollerdrome. For someone who rekindled their love for roller skating at the ripe age of 30, I approve!
10.08.2015
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by armin
The Phoenix, a lightweight jacket by Michael Mulvey, “tailored specifically for on-the-go creative professionals and technologists”. Currently on Kickstarter.
10.08.2015
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What is Punk? is a children’s book written in verse by Eric Morse and illustrated in Play-Doh by Anny Yi. Now that’s punk.
10.07.2015
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Great title for this New York Times Style Magazine article on Michael Bierut: The Man Who Designed Manhattan.
10.07.2015
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