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Michigan’s Abandoned Dinosaur Park

Published April 29, 2010 Cool stuff , Recreation , Travel 1 Comment

“The Prehistoric Forest reportedly opened in 1963 and closed in 1999. At one point, this eight-acre property had a waterfall, a smoking volcano, and a waterslide. Now it just has dilapidated dinosaurs by sculptor James Q. Sidwell, fences and motion sensors (to keep out vandals), and the ghostly laughter of unborn dinosaur babies lurking around every corner. This is definitely one of those places that’s more unsettling in the daytime.”

Not only is it left at the mercy of the elements, this prehistoric park could be also yours for the asking price of $548,000!

(via i09)

Hollywood Sign Hotel?

Published April 27, 2010 Architecture , Design , Travel Leave a Comment

“The Hollywood sign is a symbol of the famous star city and is probably one of the few landmarks known throughout the Globe. But what most people don’t know is that lately it is going through a series of issues concerning the land it is placed on and the money the property involves. This is probably why Christian Bay – Jørgensen, owner of Bay Arch, came up with such a crazy idea that it may just come true. He suggested turning the sign into a hotel by doubling the letters and allowing guests to be accommodated within the characters. If this is going to be put to practice, we imagine it will become a very successful business.”

(via freshome via Arch Daily)

Peter Root: Ephemicropolis

Published April 27, 2010 Architecture , Art , Cool stuff Leave a Comment

Awesome! A metropolis made completely from stacks of metal staples.

“The piece consists of over 100,000 staples that were assembled over a time period of 40 hours. the stacks were each broken into different sizes, designed to represents everything from small scale buildings to large skyscrapers. the largest stacks are about 12 cm high, while the some buildings consist of only a single staple. the whole installation takes up a floor space of about 6m x 3m.”

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Couch Cushion Architecture

Published April 26, 2010 Architecture , Furniture , Recreation Leave a Comment

Who wasn’t a fan of building couch fortifications?

“Unrepresented and ignored for too long in the architectural industry, today’s post pays respect to the wonders of couch cushion architecture. We’ve rounded up a (mostly) admirable collection of projects, taken from a randomly conducted search on the internet.” source

Leica V-Lux 20

Published April 22, 2010 Gadget , Gear , Photography Leave a Comment

“The Leica V-Lux 20 ($700) is the latest in this line of svelte shooters, packing a 25-300mm equivalent, 12x optical zoom Leica lens, a 12.1 megapixel sensor, built-in GPS for geotagging, a three-inch LCD display, and a rock-solid build.”

(via uncrate)

Rebranding NYC

Published April 21, 2010 Art , Cool stuff , Design , Packaging Leave a Comment

The rebranding division of TrustoCorp Intl – a mysterious artist (or maybe artists?) is dedicated to highlighting the hypocrisy and hilarity of human behavior through sarcasm and satire. Last week, they went all out and dropped hundreds of subversively branded products on the shelves of New York’s delis and supermarkets.

(via design fetish via here)

Mac Funamizu’s USB Memory Stick

Published April 20, 2010 Cool stuff , Design , Gadget Leave a Comment

“Mac Funamizu’s USB Memory Stick #6 concept, which would be made out of glass and provide a rather novel form of feedback. The idea is that lights of different colors–pink for images, blue for documents, green for movie files, for example–would accumulate as you added files, letting you ‘see’ how much data, and what sort, you had on the thing.”

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