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Strange Toilet Paper Roll Art

admin1 — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:36:17 +0000

Junior Fritz Jacquet is fascinated by the paper. He explores and experiments with different techniques of folding and crumpling to create new forms and poetic objects that decorate his life.

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More of his works can be found here.

Famous Building Models

admin1 — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:09:14 +0000

In the Japanese city of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, is an amusement park which has recently opened the “Tobu World Square” exhibition. It presents structures to the scale of 1:25, including 45 copies of buildings and structures that are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Amongst other things, it also includes the now non existent twin towers of the WTC.

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Papercraft Self Portrait

admin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:28:23 +0000

3D Self Portrait made from Paper.

Inspired by big-head mode seen in video games, Eric Testroete has created this cool 3d paper head Halloween costume. Modeled in 3ds Max, the head was designed so that it could fit over Eric’s real head, sit on his shoulders and then be held down by a jacket.

For more creative projects by Eric Testroete, visit testroete.com

Old Ceramic Tiles Artwork

admin1 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:54:34 +0000

In Rostov city Russia an epic forty-thirty years old ceramic tiles artwork has been found in the underground passages.

It tells various stories from World War 2 in ultra realistic style.

Probably that’s one of a kind in the whole world, I doubt somewhere else there are places where this material was used to describe the war happenings.

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Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers: England

admin1 — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:11:46 +0000

Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

Advertising Agency: Miami Ad School Europe, Hamburg, Germany
Art Director: Sara Kujundzic
Copywriter: Ruchir Sachdev
Published: September 2009

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Holiday Inn hotel made of key cards a world first

admin1 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:39:36 +0000

THE world’s first hotel made entirely of key cards has been unveiled in New York.

The 37-square-metre hotel was made from more than 200,000 key cards and weighs 1814 kilograms.

First house made entirely from Lego

admin1 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:39:57 +0000

James May’s colourful Lego home, complete with a fully plumbed Lego loo, bath and giant bed, is finally taking shape.

If building work goes to plan, it will be the world’s first full-size house made entirely from Lego – and the Top Gear presenter has promised to live in it.

Labyrinth Security Door Chain

admin1 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:03:57 +0000

Labyrinth Security Door Chain:

Not only does it keep people out, it also traps people inside the building. Looks cool, but what if there is a fire? Scary…

This innovative lock is designed by Art Lebedev Studio

Extreme Tennis Court Locations

admin1 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:28:29 +0000

Creative art installations by Laurent Perbos place tennis courts in unusual locations and unique environments that normally are not associated with the game of tennis.

Another extreme location for a tennis court is the helipad of Burj Al Arab sailboat hotel in Dubai, 211 meters above the ground. [link]

Spaghetti Bench by Pablo Reinoso

admin1 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:01:43 +0000

Beautiful and unique spaghetti bench designs by Pablo Reinoso, a talented Argentinian artist that lives and works in Paris.

Some of these photos taken in Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London