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The Key Sculpture

23. February 2011

“The Key Sculpture (Klícová socha) represents a personal polemic on development within the Czech Republic in the last 20 years. Of course, it’s neither a celebratory monument nor simply a critical piece. The sculpture expresses the ambivalence I feel when I look at present-day society and politics…” (Jirí David, artist)

World’s First Solar Powered Stadium In Taiwan

31. January 2010

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Taiwan recently finished construction on a solar-powered stadium that will generate 100% of its electricity from photovoltaic technology Designed by Toyo Ito. The 50,000-seat arena will officially open later this year to welcome the 2009 World G ames which features many sports not included in the Olympics Such as parachuting, tenpin bowling and rugby sevens

Scary Contact Lenses

31. January 2010

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A demon, psychedelic swirls or simply looking as though you have suffered eye trauma … these scary contact lenses really do have to be seen to be believed. Created by a special effects artist who has worked on Hollywood blockbusters starring Bruce Willis and Natalie Portman, the range will set you back up to £500 [...]

Telectroscope

2. January 2010

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The Telectroscope was born from a very old, wacky idea of digging a tunnel to the other side of the world. Many of us had this idea or at least saw it in practice in children’s cartoons but nobody was crazy enough to try it. Nobody except artist Paul St. George who actually did it…sort [...]