Floating cloud couch levitates with magnetic force

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By Low Lai Chow in New Products on Monday 13 May 2013

Hong Kong-based designers David Koo and Zheng Yawei came up with this astonishing concept design for a couch that we can only dream about for now. Yes, it’s a levitating couch that makes use of magnetic force from the bottom base to stay afloat. And it looks like a cloud. Their design nabbed an honourable [...]

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Daily bacon keeps 105-year-old woman going strong

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By Annie Churdar in New Trends on Saturday 11 May 2013

This 105-year-old Texan woman really knows how to throw a party! For her 105th birthday, she organized a three-day event with over 200 guests. And not only does she still party, she also loves mowing her lawn and dancing. What’s the secret to this great-grandmother’s good health? Bacon. Despite the negative health-effects typically associated with [...]

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Best of Street Art from 2012

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By Sara Halas in New Art on Saturday 11 May 2013

Check out this collection of the best global street art from 2012. Where I walk past a staircase, window or pipe and see nothing particularly interesting, these artists see opportunity for creation. The way they use the environment of the street as a canvas for such compelling art work never ceases to amaze me. My [...]

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LEGO fashion stilettos by Finn Stone

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By Annie Churdar in New Fashion on Thursday 9 May 2013

LEGO is no longer just for the kids. Now fashionable businesswomen can take them to work with these colorful stilettos by artist Finn Stone. Not only are these shoes the perfect ice-breaker or conversation piece, they may also come in handy if you need to distract a grumpy child on the go.

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Nerdy goodness: pixel sweatshirts by Drew Wise

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By Annie Churdar in New Fashion on Wednesday 8 May 2013

You know that moment when you connect with a stranger on a deeply nerdy level when you both realize you played the same Pokemon Blue Version Gameboy game growing up? Well get ready. As soon as you walk out your door with this nerd magnet on, it’s going to happen a lot more often. These [...]

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Fantasyland photo series pays tribute to photographer’s deceased mother

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Photography on Tuesday 7 May 2013

Kirsty Mitchell created this incredible photo series in honor of her mother who passed away from brain tumor in 2008. Her mother was an English teacher, and Mitchell’s series commemorates her mother’s imaginative and inspiring personality. Mitchell’s storybook-like photos were a source of comfort from her grief, but the results of her hard work are [...]

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Famous historical figures get updated for the 21st century

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By Low Lai Chow in New Trends on Tuesday 7 May 2013

In a fun ‘what-if’ twist, History TV channel Yesterday recently worked with a bunch of digital artists to give famous historical figures a 21st-century makeover. The results are amusing: Shakespeare looks positively preppy in his checkered shirt and flannel vest, while Marie Antoinette looks like a fidgety socialite. So, if clothes maketh the man, it [...]

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Don’t want to breathe, or can’t? Here comes science!

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By Annie Churdar in Tech on Tuesday 7 May 2013

Dr. John Kheir began the hunt for a particle that could save the lives of patients who experience respiratory failure. Back in 2006 he worked with a girl in ICU at the Boston Children’s Hospital who had severe pneumonia. Because the girl was eventually unable to breathe due to blood filling her lungs, she died [...]

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Dress your baby like R2D2

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By Annie Churdar in New Art on Monday 6 May 2013

For those of you wishing for the cutest droid in the whole galaxy, this is soft R2D2 suit you’ve been looking for. This handmade one piece outfit is a real conversation starter. Choose between several different sizes, ranging 3-24 months of age. Now, if only they made this in a women’s size 6.

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Designer’s minimalistic tattoo pays tribute to dad

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By Low Lai Chow in New Design on Saturday 4 May 2013

Kirk Wallace’s father once told him that he’d like a tattoo of crop circles on his forearm when he gets better from his sickness. When he passed away in Jan this year, Wallace, who is an illustrator and graphic designer, started sketching as a sort of tribute to his dad. He didn’t stop working on [...]

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CIty Hall, the secret New York subway station

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By Low Lai Chow in Cool Travel on Friday 3 May 2013

We don’t know how, but somehow, somewhere in New York’s subway system, a secret City Hall subway station lurks. With its tall ceilings and brass fixtures, it looks positively majestic and grand. The station has been closed to the public since 1945 as it was deemed too unsafe for use, but apparently, commuters in the [...]

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New Pantone food pairings by dschwen

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By Maria Niarchos in New Photography on Friday 3 May 2013

Say hello to yet another collection of brilliantly put together Pantone porn. Instagramer, dschwen is driving the Pantone Pairings Project, one swatch at a time. The simplicity and constraints around his pairings are the real power-punches. As a sucker for anything Pantone, the gawking that followed my find of dschwen’s work doesn’t need explaining.

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Sex-rays: Sex acts caught on X-rays by Wim Delvoyes (NSFW)

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By Low Lai Chow in New Photography on Friday 3 May 2013

We delved into Belgian artist Wim Delvoyes and uncovered this rather amazing Sex-rays project he did back in 2001. It sounds exactly like its name: sexually explicit acts captured as X-rays. Delvoyes later described the process as ‘very medical, very antiseptic’.

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How to Thriller: a step by step guide

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By Maria Niarchos in New Trends on Thursday 2 May 2013

Finally…the moves to thrill (ehhm). Bonus is, by studying this brilliant step-by-step instructional hard enough, you won’t just be whipping some moves under your belt. Get this hitting your browser, team it with a serious enough frown and you’ll even fool Mr Boss Man into thinking you’re the busy little bee in those dragging corporate [...]

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Photographer Jonathan Hobin re-creates the world’s most infamous tragedies with children

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Photography on Thursday 2 May 2013

In a recent interview with Vice magazine, photographer Jonathan Hobin stated about his series, ‘Sometimes the kids just get it. Like the 9/11 picture. Even though they are three or four years old, they saw the twin towers and said, ‘I’ll hold the airplane, this is where the plane hit the building’. The mother was [...]

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