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March 14, 2012

Magnificent Giant Sculptures of Everyday Objects

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's collaborative creations of monumental sculptures make you look twice as they take ordinary objects and enlarge them. Oldenburg notes, “We feel free to use all the approaches that come naturally to our non-monumental works: variations in scale, similes, transformations, a wide range of materials, and, of course, our use of familiar objects.

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March 8, 2012

Giant Bird’s Nest for Hatching New Ideas

O*GE has made this giant bird's nest as an interesting interactive space for people to be creative. The prototype is “a morph of furniture and playground” bringing fun into the work process. The human-sized nest is a little over 14 feet in diameter and is filled with giant pillows. This big version can fit up to 16 people at once as the pillows can be arranged for multiple setups.

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February 7, 2012

Creative Ads Show Life’s Twists and Turns

How does a large life insurance company show that they offer policies for life's most unexpected surprises? They work with a few ad agencies to come up with some creative ads like this. Called Life's Turns In a Sentence, these six scenarios merge two completely different scenarios together, making you stop and think. Their tagline? “For all life's twists and turns: Flexible financial plans.” Brilliant.

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January 4, 2012

Copenhagen’s Suspended Glass Office

Designed by Scandinavian architecture practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen, the new headquarters for Nykredit, one of the leading mortgage banks in Denmark, is quite stunning. The 10-story-tall structure allows for an ample amount of natural light thanks to its impressive glass facade. The most striking part of the design has to be the three suspended meeting rooms that are cantilevered off of the third and fifth floors.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.