Wedding
February 12, 2015

95-Year-Old Woman Was the Perfect Bridesmaid at Her Granddaughter’s Wedding

At the age of 95, Dorothy Shapiro wasn't expecting to walk down the aisle again, but she got her chance when her granddaughter Jamie Jacobs asked her to be the matron of honor at her wedding. The Manhattan bride was having trouble narrowing down her list of potential bridesmaids, so she decided to just ask one–her beloved grandmother, who had provided love and support her whole life.

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Design
February 10, 2015

Creative Dad Builds Amazing Volkswagen Bus Bed for His Daughter

Creative dad, DIY expert, and Reddit user inexplorata built an amazing Volkswagen bus bed for his daughter's 3rd birthday to replace the crib she had been sleeping in until then. The idea came to him after he discovered a pile of old Super Beetle parts available for free on Craigslist. Rather than build a bed from scratch, he decided to fit removable, bus-shaped panels around the metal frame of a used bunk bed.

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Art
February 6, 2015

Anish Kapoor’s Swirling Vortex of Black Water

Famed artist Anish Kapoor is back and this time he's showing a never-ending, swirling vortex of black water. At the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India's first biennale for contemporary art, Kapoor has created an intriguing installation called Descension. Surrounded by a circular gate, the black water spins into a seemingly bottomless hole in the gallery floor. As the Biennale states, Descension (2014)

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