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THESE BUILDINGS WILL NEVER LOOK THE SAME. NOT ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME. David Fisher

Just when you thought the architecture in Dubai couldn’t get any more lairy, David Fisher came along. Yesterday he revealed what are probably the most extravagant building designs ever seen. These are the world’s first swirling sky-scrapers.

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Categories Design Tags Architecture Dubai

By on 25/6/08

Black Sickness

HIDDEN FEARS AND FAMILY TRAGEDY UNDERPIN THE WORK OF KEN MADORE.

Horrendous fears, obscure theories and family tragedy are the creative fuel for Brooklyn-based artist, Ken Madore. I get anxious just looking at his material. The layers, texturing, contrast and obsessive detail are astonishing. Hold on tight and take a look for yourselves.

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Categories Art Tags Art

By on 24/6/08

Face Facts

I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES WHEN I FIRST SAW IT. Siegfried Woldhek

In The Da Vinci Code, Paul Bettany was so pale that he was practically translucent. You could just about see his heart beating through his skin. The extraordinary appearance of his character, Silas, a slightly over-zealous albino church-goer, would no doubt have raised a few eyebrows at any morning communion. But what about Da Vinci himself? Despite his Mona Lisa, his Vitruvian Man, his Last Supper and all the vivid faces we see in them, not to mention his Hollywood makeover, no images of The Renaissance Man himself seem to exist. In this short film courtesy of TED, Siegfried Woldhek reveals his belief that he has finally cracked this 500 year old code.

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Categories Art Tags Art Da Vinci Portrait Ted

By on 23/6/08

Cat In The Garden

WHATEVER YOU'RE HAPPY MAKING, MAKE THAT. Broken Crow.

This is such a great little story. It was sent to the Wooster Collective by a girl called Jody from London:

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Categories Art Fun Graffiti Tags Art Broken Crow Design Graffiti

By on 20/6/08

Play The Hand You're Dealt

NO QUARTER ASKED.

In the tumultuous early days of learning to ride a push-bike, ‘going one-handed’ is a sign of elite mastery, of cool control. It means you’ve nailed the fundamentals and are ready to showboat. Zac Pomphrey has been going one-handed for his whole life, in everything he does. That makes this 13 year old's journey to the upper echelons of junior sport quite incredible.

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Categories Sport Tags Motocross Motorsport Pistorius Sport

By on 19/6/08

Type Teams

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Categories Design Fashion Sport Tags Euro 2008 Fashion Football Steve Rura

By on 18/6/08

Flying Low

WHEN HERITAGE INSPIRES MUSICAL EXPLORATION.

IF YOU HAD A GREAT AUNT LIKE ALICE COLTRANE, IF YOUR PREDECESSORS HAD CONTRIBUTED AS MUCH TO MUSIC AS SHE DID, THEN I GUESS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH MUSIC COULD GO EITHER ONE OF TWO WAYS...

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Categories Music Tags Flying Lotus Hip Hop Los Angeles Music

By on 16/6/08

A Noble Pursuit

IN A FACTORY NOT SO FAR AWAY.

Picture the scene: An English Gent reaches a certain point in his life and thinks “Right, I’m going to buy a proper British sports car.” His wife says “No, Darling. Don’t be silly!” But off he trots. He always fancied a Jaguar, but they are now owned by Ford. How about a Bentley? No, Volkswagen have got their ruthlessly efficient paws on that. “TVR (named after the founder, Trevor) must be British”, he thinks. But even they have gone - the new toy of a 28 year old Russian oligarch. Our intrepid Gent, determined to enjoy his mid-life crisis, has nearly given up hope...

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Categories Design Sport Tags Cars Design

By on 11/6/08

Lego Is Back

THE REBIRTH OF A CHILDHOOD ICON.

I wish I’d done this. On reflection though, I remember being a massive stinge when it came to sharing my lego with my older brother, so sharing it with an entire village would probably trigger a significant tantrum. The man responsible for this bizarrely satisfying installation that fills the wall cracks in the village of Bocchignano, near Rome, is Jan Vormann, a 25 year old German artist. Check out the rest of his nostalgic handiwork here.

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Categories Art Fun Tags Art Installation Italy Lego

By on 10/6/08

Give A Girl A Cow

SHE MIGHT JUST CHANGE THE WORLD.

Check out this cool site put together by Grow Interactive from Norfolk. The Nike Foundation has identified what it calls ‘The Girl Effect.’ My first thought was that this would be an empowering film explaining how ‘men aren’t the only ones who can pound the streets and get sweaty’; thankfully it wasn’t.

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Categories Film Politics Tags Advertising Africa Charity Nike

By on 9/6/08