Dan Puric despre Coloana Infinitului .//

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" Şi ţăranul ăsta genial care a plecat de la Hobiţa, a târât cu el, vrând-nevrând, o genă creştină. Gena asta creştină s-a manifestat nu într-un mod direct, ci într-un mod indirect. Coloana infinitului văzută aşa în succesiunea aceea romboidală a fost comparată din punct de vedere estetic cu Quetzalcoatl… acel şarpe care se încolăceşte şi este baza culturii precolumbiene, s-au făcut foarte multe speculaţii. Adevărul este că acele romburi, din profil văzute, sunt profilele unor coşciuge puse unul peste altul, iar dacă ştiţi, coloana se termină fără… e ca un coşciug deschis. Şi mie mi se pare fundamentală şi tragică ca un strigăt al acestui neam această lucrare în care sicriu peste sicriu este pus şi rămâne un capac deschis de etern sacrificiu pe care acest neam l-a făcut în istorie.Şi premoniţia lui Brâncuşi şi faptul că şi-a asumat într-o operă de artă jertfa aceasta aproape continuă a neamului românesc."

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Richard Wilson .//

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Sculptor Richard Wilson spent £450,000 ($887,490) from the the Liverpool Culture Company and Liverpool Biennial , for this radical intervention into architecture to date. He turned a building in Liverpool’s city centre literally inside out. This uber-expensive piece of art was constructed at the former Yates's Wine Lodge building, and a massive oval shaped section of the building's exterior now rotates around and gives onlookers a glimpse of the interior without ever stepping foot inside.

SquidLondon Umbrella .//

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SquidLondon launched a new concept , a water-reactive umbrella that uses hydrochromic inks that change the white part of the umbrella to color when wet. It works the same way as similar existing materials that react to heat or UV light, but instead, this ink changes color in contact with water.

http://www.squidlondon.com/

Happy Rose .//

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The Happy Rose is unique due to its rich and exuberant colour combination and the special colouring technique that lies hidden behind this. A company from The Netherlands , has perfected a unique technique for changing each petal of a single rose.

http://www.happy-roses.com/

Lilly's Chanel Matroyshka Purse .//

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You all know this is not one of those xoxo gossip blogs about teen idols (although iheartlilly) but I find Lilly Allen's newest accessory brilliant. It seems it's from Chanel’s Pre Fall Collection entitled “Paris to Moscow.” Karl Lagerfeld incorporated the doll into some of the collection’s accessories and it is estimated to cost around £2,500($3,700 U.S dollars).

Inauguration speech tag clouds .//

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I've recently stumbled upon a nice and interesting NY Times webpage where you can see the tag clouds from every U.S. Presidential Inauguration speech from 1789 until present. The most-used words in each address appear in an interactive chart , sized by number of uses.
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Sebastian Brajkovic .//

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New York based designer Sebastian Brajkovic opened An exhibition at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London. Called Lathe, the collection comprises furniture pieces that appear to have been stretched or extruded. Excellent furniture design!

The Skelewags .//

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The Skelewags are little monsters created which are specific to blend into the real landscape. Small drawings, the result of infinite imagination and a little graphic!

The Singing, Ringing Tree .//

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The Singing, Ringing Tree Sculpture

This musical sculpture, by architects Tonkin-Liu overlooks the town of Burnley . It is made of galvanised steel and produces a low eerie hum audible only at close range as the wind blows around it. The Singing Ringing Tree is part of the Panopticons arts and regeneration project across East Lancashire. Seen in the background is Pendle Hill, famous for the Pendle Witches. Maybe in the sculpture, the myth lives on.

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Moroso's Tropicalia .//

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Moroso's new chair line./ Tropicalia
Moroso has offered a preview of Patricia Urquiola’s new line called Tropicalia.
These were available for the public last month at the Design Week in Milan.

http://www.moroso.it

http://www.patriciaurquiola.com

The eye clock .//

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Check out Mike Mak's funny clock..
Eyeclock is a pleasuring clock which gives pleasure while telling you time.

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Radiology Art .//

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This is a CT scan of a McDonald's Big Mac sandwich. Note the sesame seed bun, pickles, special sauce, and cheese all readily visualized within the box. Interestingly, spots of glue can be seen holding the tabs of the packaging.

Radiology Art is a project that scans almost anything, from Barbie to a teddy bear to a Hamburger.
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Michael Marcovici .//

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A superb light installation made of 35mm movie traileers, slides and negatives by Artist and Designer Michael Marcovici.



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Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum .//

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The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum

What is a "MICROCAR"?
The Museum Collection is primarily focused on Microcars in the late 1940's- pre-1964 range with Engine sizes of 700cc or less (many are 250cc and 50cc) and 2 doors or less.

The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum seeks to pay tribute to the people who built and loved these wonderful vehicles, some of which achieved lasting fame, others sinking into obscurity.It hopes to bring this brief, colorful flowering of talent and ingenuity to the attention of a new generation of automobile enthusiasts.It is currently the Largest Single Collection of Microcars in the World.
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Hubble's Next Discovery .//

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You're In Control! In 1609, Galileo turned his telescope on the night sky for the first time. Now, 400 years later, your vote will help make the momentous decision of where to point modern astronomy's most famous telescope.

"Hubble's Next Discovery -- You Decide" is part of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA), the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Galileo's observations. People around the world can vote to select the next object the Hubble Space Telescope will view. Choose from a list of objects Hubble has never observed before and enter a drawing for one of 100 new Hubble pictures of the winning object. Vote by March 1 to swing Hubble toward your favorite target.

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