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Zoo toy collection, by Kvadrat, 2012.
Kvadrat ‘Zoo’ series includes a toucan, a panda bear and a whale each featuring the exclusive “Hallingdal 65” fabric. One meter tall and wondrously oversized, these puppets are extra huggable for all ages.
Design: Ionna Vautrin
Photo: Angela Moore
Source: http://ionnavautrin.com
Thor whisky, by Highland Park.
Highland Park recently announced their Valhalla Collection, a special annual release for the next four years of whiskies that are inspired by Nordic Gods. The first one in this series is a 16-year-old single malt called Thor. Presented in a Norse-evocative package and wooden frame, Thor is a limited release bottling with only 1,500 bottles sold in the United States. Ready to take a sip of Valhalla spirits?
Source: www.highlandpark.co.uk
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Poster, by Drew Millward.
This colorful painting is both a playful quotation of mainstream art (Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ masterpiece) and a street art & pop culture mashup as well. British illustrator Drew Millward’s work is defined by an accessible creepiness. He’s willing to include texture and detail, truly rendering images that test the confines of screen printing.
Source: http://drewmillward.com
Light artwork, by Kumi Yamashita
“Light and shadow” is a collection of impressive sculptures by Kumi Yamashita, Japanese artist based in New York. Each installation is made by either multiple objects or masterly forged surfaces, that once enlightened reveal a human silhouette.
Invisible armchair, designed by Tokujin Yoshioka (2010).
‘The invisibles’ is a range of furniture - tables, sofas, armchairs and benches - that Japanese designer Yoshioka has created for Kartell brand. The collection, presented during Milan Design Week 2010, share a lightness, complete in transparency, but still have a feeling of solidness - the maxi forms exhibiting a thickness which has never been seen in polycarbonate design pieces previously.
Source: designboom.com
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USS akron airship over Manhattan in the early 1930s.
This glamorous retro shot portrays the golden age of airship travel, ranging from The 1920s to the 1930s. The dirigibles - or as they were affectionately renamed ”flying cigars” - started to fill up both urban skylines and collective imagination.
Airship transportation became the epitome of luxury travel, shuttling the rich and powerful between Europe, South and North America until the Hindenburg tragedy in 1937, that shocked the world and marked the decay of those transport means.
Ball’s Pyramid.
This incredible mountain standing out in the middle of Pacific Ocean is an erosional remnant of a shield volcano and caldera that formed about 7 million years ago. It is 562 m (1844 ft) high, while measuring only 1100 m (3600 ft) in length and 300 m (1000 ft) across, making it the tallest volcanic stack in the world. The island is 20 km (13 miles) southeast of Lord Howe Island.