Design

August 28, 2012

Mind-bending Mirrored Entranceway in Japan

Officially opened this past April, Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku is a shopping complex that has one of the most mind-bending entrances we've ever seen! Ride the escalator up (or down) and you'll be enveloped into a kaleidoscope of mirrors that's sure to throw you off balance. The mirrors don't just reflect all the visitors, according to Japan Hot Now!, they also reflect “the time and the season, for an ever-changing view.

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August 2, 2012

Amazing Stage Filled With Gigantic Fairy Tale Books

If you were at this year's massive Tomorrowland Festival in Belgium, which took place for three days at the end of June, you may have witnessed the incredibly amazing main stage. ID&T, the Dutch production company behind the event, pulled out all the stops to entertain the over 65,000 attendees (that's just for one day). Touted as one of the world's largest music festival, Tomorrowland is known for their unique fantasy amusement park setting.

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July 21, 2012

A Mathematically Celestial Light Installation

Berlin-based artist Olafur Eliasson uses a mathematical approach to design his elaborate artworks. In Your Sound Galaxy, there are a series of geometric figures hanging overhead like a rotating universe of celestial black jewels. Each with its own LED light in it, the structures look like multi-surfaced lamps with an unusually thin source of light emitted only through the fine contours of each three-dimensional shape, proving to be a very complicated installation.

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July 9, 2012

Delightful Multi-Hoop Basketball Tree

This takes playing HORSE to a whole new level! French architecture firm a/LTA has designed the perfect urban park fixture in Nantes, France for kids of all ages and sizes! The basketball tree not only gives kids a greater chance of finding an empty hoop, but it also allows them to have a fair shot at making a basket.

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