WW1 and Time Goes By

A boy left his bike chained to a tree when he went away to war in 1914. He never returned, leaving the tree no choice but to grow around the bike. Incredible that this bike has been there for 98 years now!

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Julie

This Building Plays Music

Beautiful building in Dresden, Germany designed to collect rain and turn it into music

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Julie

Unique Bed

The Feel” by Animi Causa inspired by the structure of molecules, the basic form for all objects in the universe. Made from 120 soft balls covered with elastic fabric.

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Julie

Badminton Anyone?

Kansas City Sculpture Park has a four-part outdoor sculpture of oversize badminton shuttlecocks by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.

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Julie

A Giant Car Lock

We all have heard of bicycle locks but a car lock? . . .

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Julie

Wire Art - Kevin Iris

Most people would agree that aluminum wires by themselves are more for industrial uses rather than art, but Kevin Iris would beg to differ. He has spent the last 23-years perfecting the art of transforming aluminum wires into mind-blowing tree sculptures. 

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Julie

Unique Furniture - Sharon Sides

'Design student Sharon Sides scanned arboreal patterns, then etched them into metal to make these most original pieces...'

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Julie

Do you have a Shoe Fetish?

Gwen Murphy named her collection of shoe artworks “Foot Fetish” because she actually perceives shoes as fetishes (objects believed to have magical powers to protect or aid its owner). To her, they have the power to protect our feet and transport us from place to place.

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Julie

Mona Lisa From Coffee Cups

Mona Lisa Made from 3604 Cups of Coffee - WOW!! Amazing how they got the different shades from the different coffees.  . . 

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Julie

Swimmer on the Street?

Amazingly real street art! Really Awesome!!

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Julie

Paris Water Fountain

                  Frog Fountain in front of La Defense - Paris

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Julie

Chairs Made For Papa Bear

Roadside chairs - Montreal, Canada . . .  This reminds me of the story with baby bear, mama bear and papa bear. . . . chairs fit for Papa bear!

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Julie

Amazing Wire Sculpture by Edoardo Tresoldi

Italian scenographer and sculptor Edoardo Tresoldi, creates amazing hand-made sculpture from metallic wire mesh, transforming a mundane industrial material into delicately crafted three-dimensional figures. Speaking about his work Tresoldi says, "Through these figures emerging from wire, I strive to capture the relation of the human body to space. The unimposing transparency of the material is intended to offer a moment or a memory: as in a photo or a letter.” - See more at: http://www.junk-culture.com/2014/07/transparent-figurative-sculptures-made.html#sthash.gxTKglll.dpuf

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Julie

Magnetic Floating Bed

Architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars spent the last six years working on the development of a magnetic floating bed.  The bed simply floats in the air, above magnets, can carry up to 900 kilos and is held in place through four very thin tethers.

The scale model alone costs 115,000 euros, while the real deal is expected to cost as much as 1,200,000 euros.

Read more: http://www.ohgizmo.com/2006/07/03/magnetic-floating-bed/#ixzz3F5pYbDFG 

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Julie

Would You Broadcast Your Weight?

A new line of smart benches is set to be constructed in Moscow that will calculate the weight of whoever sits on it, and display the weight on a large electronic panel located nearby. In addition to broadcasting the sitter's weight, the smart bench will also provide nutrition tips. The cost of this project is estimated to be $1,300 per bench, however, the cost will be offset by gym advertisers hoping to cash in on newly insecure clients.

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Julie

A Briefcase and a Scooter?

This electric scooter folds into a briefcase! AMAZING!

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Julie