I have an inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good one.

Interesting Architecture

1) The Hashtag Tower (Seoul , Korea)
This building takes innovative architecture to a whole other level. This apartment complex has been designed by Danish architects BIG to look like a hashtag. Known as The Cross # Towers, these buildings are made of interlocking horizontal and vertical towers. What makes these buildings even more unique is the fact that they’re connected by three public bridges at different levels-underground, ground level and in the sky. These bridges are landscaped and outfitted to cater to the needs of a variety of cultures and age groups.

2) Elephant Building (Bangkok)
At a height of 1202 meters with 32 floors, the Elephant building is one of the most notable structures in Bangkok, Thailand. Completed by 1997, this building has 7 different parts including residential towers, office area and even a shopping plaza. It has been designed by Sumet Jumsai and is also known as the Chang building.

3) Ren Building (Shangai)
China has proved once again that they have to be a step ahead of everyone else, even when it comes to architecture. Designed by PLOT (which has now split into BIG and JDS) this building resembles the Chinese character “?”, which is actually a man walking. It combines two buildings, one emerging from the water and the second from the land. The first building is devoted to activities of the body and houses the sports and water culture center. The second building emerging from land, is devoted to the spirit and enlightenment, and houses the conference center and meeting facilities. The meeting point of the two buildings is a 1000 room hotel, a building for living.

4) The Wave (Vejle, Denmark)
This amazing building looks more like a work of art that should be on display. Designed by Henning Larsen Architects, a Danish company, this residential building was declared the residential building of the year in 2010. This spectacular structure houses 140 apartments, each with a magnificent view of the bay. Located in Vejle, a quaint town in Denmark, it is said that the wave form is inspired by the characteristics of the area upon which is was built: the sea, the bridge and the hills.

5) Zigzag Towers (Doha,Qatar)
The West Bag Lagoon Plaza, are the tallest and zig-zag towers in the World. Each is a 34 storey residential and commercial building which consists of 748 apartments as well as shopping mall, coffee shops, restaurants and many more luxurious facilities.

6) The Longaberger Building (Ohio, USA)
This is by far one of the cutest buildings we’ve ever seen. Located in Newark, Ohio, this building is the headquarters of the Longaberger company. It is an American manufacturer of handcrafted maple wood baskets and other home and lifestyle products including pottery, wrought iron, specialty foods etc.

7) The Dancing House (Czech Republic)
Designed in 1992 by Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunic, this building was originally named Fred and Ginger, after Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as it resembles a pair dancers. This architectural masterpiece was completed in 1996 and is located in downtown Prague.

8) Coin Building (UAE)
Also known as the disk, the full moon, the button etc, this unique structure is the world’s only spherical building. Designed by MZ and Partners architects, it is the headquarters of Aldar in Abu Dhabi. The fact that it stands up is nothing short of a miracle as it is 110 meters above the ground with a diameter of 124 meters. It opened in 2010.

9) Egg Building (China)
The Egg, or more formally known as the National Centre for the Performing Arts is an opera house in Neijing, China. It is a massive dome made of titanium and glass which is surrounded by an artificial lake. The building can seat 5,452 people in its 3 halls and is almost 12,000 square meters in size. Designed by French architect Paul Andreu, construction of the egg began in 2001 and the inaugural concert was held in December 2007.

10) Wooden Skyscraper (Vancouver, Canada)
If Michael Green’s project comes true then we could have ourselves the tallest and greenest wooden skyscraper in the world. It may seem like a bizarre idea, especially since we live in a world surrounded by steel and concrete but as Michael rightly points out, wood is much more eco-friendly and cost-effective than either of them. This wooden tower is scheduled to come up in Vancouver.

By some freak stroke of the internets, I landed on a webpage that showed me this ‘good news.’ It was illuminating.

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Andrew Cassidy is a 50 year old fisherman

What is this sorcery?

Ah! there you go troubled souls

I gotta say man… you out-did yourself with this one. Very well done.

Artist Bradley Hart creates beautiful pixelated photorealistic pictures by injecting bubble wrap with acrylic paint.

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Aww this is so beautifully corgieographed!

It’s not about the money. It’s about sending a message.

Louisiana-born Scott Campbell is known throughout the world as being one of the most talented hands in the world of tattooing. After abandoning a career as a biochemist at the University of Texas, he fled to San Francisco, and began tattooing. He learned the craft at Picture Machine, one of the oldest shops in California, rich with stories and nicotine stained flash on the walls from it’s heyday in the 60′s and 70′s. He now owns and operates the legendary Saved Tattoo in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, whose client list includes New York’s art and design elite, fashion designers such as Marc Jacobs, and a long roster of celebrities including Heath Ledger, Josh Hartnett, Orlando Bloom, Helena Christensen, and Penelope Cruz. In recent years, he has gained much acclaim from fine art communities worldwide for his work in mediums other than skin, including intricately carved sculptures made out of US currency, a series of watercolor paintings based on his experiences during a 6 week stay in a maximum security prison in Mexico City, and graphite drawings done on the insides of eggshells. Campbell has only shown in galleries for a few years, but his work is already seen in some of the most revered collections and museums worldwide. He is celebrated as one of the brightest new voices in the New York art scene.

His Tattoo Studio

“do the thing, dude, so we can get in.”

Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence? I think not!

Colgate’s ingenious advertising campaign

Colgate has created a very ingenious advertising campaign to promote their dental floss, but before I explain to you the main detail of these images, I will let you appreciate them quietly.

Alright, now that you had time to quietly observe the images, in the first one you will now notice that she has one finger too many in her hand, in the second one a phantom arm is floating there, and in the third one the man has only one ear…

The campaign attained its purpose, because it proved that food remains on your teeth draw more attention than any physical defect…

Bloody clever…..