Amazing Scanning Electron Microscope pictures of insects and spiders.
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National Geographic has made a list of the Ten Weirdest New Animals of 2010. This unidentified purple octopus is one of 11 potentially new species found during a July deep-sea expedition off Canada's Atlantic coast.
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VIDEOPhotographer Ian Flanigan went on a road trip with his girlfriend, took over 4000 photos and then made a stop motion video of it all!
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Jeff Schneider of James Modern Terrariums gives a glimpse of what goes into the making of a terrarium, from glass blowing to delivery.
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« Het dak dat opgaat in rook » (the roof that goes up in smoke) is a floating roof with a bar and a wood stove covering a mobile picnic table, by Dutch design studio Overtreders W.
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This machete is a hybrid between an axe, a machete and a billhook. It can be used as a multi cutting tool. Physics behind the blades design is similar to the physics of a French guillotine.
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"Nestor's Nest" by French designer Frédéric Ruyant.
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A slide show of beautiful Earth images selected from NASA satellites.
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Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century- a new book by Carl Schoonover.
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Victorinox SwissChamp Hardwood Knife featuring a very nice exotic wood exterior.
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L.A.-based Commonstudio (Greenaid seedbomb vending) is offering a unique holiday gift for all ages: A 10 pack of seedbombs (containing NATIVE seeds from your region) and a wooden slingshot for tactical intervention.
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Corvus Mortem (Death Crow) is the latest art print by illustration by Isaac Bidwell.
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Entries for the National Geographic 2010 Photo Contest are truly inspirational.
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The San Diego Zoo welcomes a new cheetah cub.
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'Seeds of wild flowers' microscopic image by Yanping Wang from the Beijing Planetarium. Part the NY Times 'Microscopic View' slideshow.
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Hikki is an alternative to hot tubs. A wood-fired bathtub made of seawater resistant aluminum. The heat-treated birch that can easily remove when you want to clean the tub. With its light weight and custom design is very easy to move.
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Beautifully intricate Kudoke KudOktopus Engraved Watch
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Christopher Baker documents life around Copper River in Cordova, Alaska for Martha Stewart Living's first digital edition for the iPad. Watch the story about sustainable fishing and the mystical beauty of Alaska!
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PostCarden's Winter Wonderland design is a mini garden you can send in the post! It helps to liven up the predictable Christmas mail, transforming into a living green gift in a matter of days
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The Georgia Aquarium shows off their gorgeous baby Weedy Sea Dragons.
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Marimekko's Flower Market Show for Spring/Summer 2011 collection. Watch the video !
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Hope Tree is a mesmerizing installation seen at this year's Tokyo Designers Week 2010 that combines paper and light within a 20 foot shipping container. By 24d-studio.
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Basel Zoo have successfully bred Fried Egg Jellyfish.
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PDX in the music city series prints Transmission.
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Lawrie McIntosh's Canadian Animal Series ~ beautiful series of PDF papercut creatures!
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pageCUES designed by Angela and Mark Gilbert slide onto the pages of your books and magazines making visual references to highlight items of interest.
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Lead Pencil Studio's 'negative space' billboard on the US-Canadian border.
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Bark'n Boots Polar Trex ~ the winter wear booties for your dog
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“Totem Animals at Play.” - Written by Tara Hogan, INK+WIT
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A beautiful house, located in South Central Austin designed by Chris Cobb. The design is contemporary, with a good fusion to the surroundings.
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Meet Hugo the wild boar. A design collaboration between Monocle and Areaware. Cute but tough!
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Video footage shows young bats attempting to drink from a smooth metal surface in the same way they would from a pond or river. (Innate recognition of water bodies) Research by Stefan Grief and Bjorn M. Siemers.
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New from Jason Dean of The Best Part, "The Woods" is a series of screen printed posters depicting cut sections of trees, using ink made from the burnt ashes of the trees themselves.
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Naef's wood collection ~ a collection of 21 different woods, great way for kids to learn about the different grains and colors.
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Lawn and Leaf bags made of a biodegradable plant based polymer, dsolv bags will break down in compost piles. 100% Compostable
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NeSpoon's 'urban jewelry' in Poland - beautiful pottery added to trees.
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"Ukiyo-e" by young french designers Grégory Marion, Laurianne Lopez and Florent Coirier. A sculptural and hanging flower pot for a floating interior garden.
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To promote the premium egg brand Clarence Court, Richard Mountney shot these fabulous chickens for an advertising campaign by WFCA.
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Check out the shirts over at Suspended Designs. Love the packaging, each shirt comes wrapped in butcher paper with a wax seal, then in a burlap bag. 100% biodegradable.
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Portland, OR artist Megan Scheminske creates modern, minimalist paintings from Google Maps imagery.
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A capuchin that directs and creates her own films ~ Oedipe, her first film, has even been accepted by the Clermont-Ferrand film festival in France.
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Rain Forest. French architect Patrick Nadeau combines epiphytes wit Corian for Boffi Bains Paris.
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FEATUREDCrystal Head Vodka gift set has little skull shot glasses! Which are pretty big for shots ~ and perfect for Skulculents! Couldn't resist planting some adorable succulents in mine!
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Octavio Octopus - also from Natural Curiosities - This amazing octopus has been taken from an early collection that was published in 1686 by a French naturalist, Bernard Direxit.
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Lord Bodner's Octopus Study Triptych by Natural Curiosities- The original is a copperplate engraving by Lord Bodner and was published in 1826 in London as part of a series studying creatures of the deep. As seen in #35361.
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NYC's GREENPRINT: A Great infographic map that explains the latest green efforts being made in NYC.
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This giant wooden clip is currently being showcased in Belgium, in the Chaudfontaine park, as part of a contemporary art exhibition.
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Cute little lambs have taken over Bilbo and Frodo Baggins' hobbit home.
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Rare color photographs from the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression.
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Perfectly Spherical Egg discovered in England
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Image gallery of Nikon's 2010 Small World Contest. 3rd place went to Oliver Braubach, with an image at 250X of Zebrafish olfactory bulbs.
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FEATUREDIncredible window display - Litill Ltd. Terrariums at E.R Butler & Co
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maak Soap Lab crafts handmade soap in Portland, Oregon. Everything including the packaging designed and crafted in house.
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Chiloé Domos has four exclusive panoramic dome rooms, located on spacious wooden platforms, it has been designed to provide an experience of comfort and fantasy that allows an intimate contact with nature.
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FEATUREDPrius 10th Anniversary ~ celebrated at Eric Lloyd Wright's Organic Resource Center in the hills of Malibu ~ the views will blow your mind... and M. Ward played, Shepard Fairey DJed, Outstanding in the Field dinner... and more! See the pics!
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The Forest Chair is located in a small forest in Jerusalem. The idea was to build a chair in only one day, using materials that were found in the back yard of Studio Kahn.
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This goose barnacle is one of many creatures featured in this NYtimes's A Marine Life Encyclopedia slideshow.
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Photography by David Langan. He strives to make original and evocative photographs which reveal hidden forms within the landscape.
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Gorgeous photographs from Daniel Fox of Argentinian wildlife.
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NaturaSi Organic Shops ads "The photos are one-shoot only. The snake was really on the arm."
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'Domestic Ponds’ by Duende Studio with Mathieu Lehanneur, Benjamin Graindorge and Eric Jourdan at the Galerie BSL
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Little & Company asked 30 of the world’s most creative professionals two questions: “What single example of design inspires you most?” and “What problem should design solve next?”
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Four new giclées are now available from Brooks Shane Salzwedel, each is a signed edition out of 100. The images blend photo-realistic landscapes of nature with urban development.
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Marco Castro Cosio's green roofed bus is a garden to-go!
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FEATUREDA look at the Falconry birds of prey i met while at Gleaneasgles, Perth, Scotland!
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Memeo is a company of soldiers ready to water your plants. Remember how important the green plastic soldiers were in your childhood ~ now hidden in your garden to water your plants. Design by Jordi Rabal
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FEATUREDScottish inspiration ~ Highland Cows. They are so amazing, smarter than your average cow, and incredible hair... see my some of the many highland cows i met!
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Bar2 table is made from leftover wood saved from bins in large workshops. Scrap wood creates a unique texture. By Eveline Pieters and Joene Verschuren.
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FEATUREDLemons growing IN my lemons ~ My crazy old giant lemon tree is doing it again... this time with even more roots!
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This shelf is designed, inspired by the wave, how the wave moves, the beauty of waves. It is called Summer, designed by Martin Gallagher.
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THE OTHER VOLCANO - Nelly Ben Hayoun’s new project at London Design Festival.. watch the video!
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FEATUREDAdventures on an epic one day roadtrip through the Scottish Highlands... the views are stunning!
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The Bamboocycle UH-02 is an urban cycle created with a sustainable and responsible design vision.
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Joyce Hwang's BAT TOWER is the second in a series of bat house prototypes which explore strategies for increasing public awareness of bats as a critical component of our ecosystem.
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Good ol’ Sailor Vodka is a new Swedish vodka made out of organic grain and bottled in a recyclable PET-bottle designed by tattoo artist Aniela from Flash Fighters.
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Wild Abstraction - illustration by David Schwen.
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'Nanotectonica' installation by Jonas Coersmeier integrates electron microscopy, parametric modeling and digital fabrication into the architectural design process.
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FEATUREDBeautiful time lapse video of "The Unseen Sea" moving into the San Francisco Bay by Simon Christen
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Edwin Blue is a company that produces handmade outdoor furniture. Its first collection, called Rise, consists of several outdoor furniture made from eco-friendly, high quality, durable materials.
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Skip Hop's new Dunck's ~ This adorable set of three colorful ducks float and pour - rinse cups and stackable toys!
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These little crustacea are living inside the swimming parts of the colonial jellyfish, Nanomia. Photo by Stefan Siebert of the Dunn Lab.
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Blackbirds - limited edition screen print at Option-G
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FEATUREDOutstanding In The Field Farm Dinners ~ beyond the exquisite imagery of endless dinner tables disappearing into the horizon of stunning landscapes... farmers, celebrated chefs, and diners come together...
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VIDEOWelcome to the BIG mosquito party video! Fascinating Mosquito farm popped up in an outdoors store to test mosquito resistant gear... and they gave a 1% discount for each bite people received inside.
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US viewers can enjoy a great new BBC site Life Is created by The Brooklyn Brothers and Fantasy Interactive.
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New Reaction Diffusion light fixtures by Nervous System. These kids never cease to amaze me.
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Carnivorous plant nursery, California Carnivores, featured in the New York Times travel section.
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An animal a month! 2011 Animal Calendar by Katsumi Tamura, 2009
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Current Lamp by Kara Bartelt. Tillandsia kolbii air plants on a white glass orb with CFL grow bulb.
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Check out Solar Ibex - a high performance outdoor, auto tracking solar cooker concept.
By Nir Beit-Av, Israel.
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Jim Denevan in Siberia. the Anthropologist's artwork-in-progress gallery.
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Crystal Garden Wish Flower's ~ Earth. Fire. Air. Water. Grow your own element-themed crystal garden in a petite, glass trinket jar. Just add water!
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FEATUREDAlessandro Loschiavo Design gives us a peek into the beautiful world of Andalusia ~ so much inspiration from design details, patterns, and gorgeous color palettes!
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FEATUREDDominic Jones Jewellery - beautiful rhinoceros beetle rings i’m lusting after… an incredible shark’s jaw envelope clutch… some intense gator jaw cuffs... and more!
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neozoon is a collective of female street artist that create wall art using old fur coats. the installations up cycle second hand furs cut into silhouettes of animals.
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laser engraved and cut sustainable bamboo bird figure set.
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Bird bath experiments in the backyard ~ trying out this "Exotic hammered-metal serving piece" found at West Elm
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A new species of micro-frog, dubbed Microhyla nepenthicola, were discovered in Borneo – the tiny amphibians only grows to the size of a pea.
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Impressive images of the Super-Kamiokande Neutrino detection facility reaching 1,000m underground in Hida City, Gifu, Japan.
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Birdy birdhouse/feeder designed by Michael Koenig
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Habitats for our feathered and furry friends, created by architects and artists alike and up for a full year.
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'Giant Flower Pot' by Gabriella Gustafson & Mattias Ståhlbom for Spazio Rossana Orlandi is both a flower pot and space divider. The attached trellis will be able to store water and work as a water tank.
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Arik Levy's 'Comb-ination' trellis system for Flora.
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One of the most amazing projects of this mexican Design studio based in Guadalajara, eosmexico. Designers Sebastian Lara and Mauricio Lara
Marival Residences and World Spa
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Insteresting electric fish by Sedensha Co. The robotic fish's movements are controlled through electrostatic actuators which replicate the movements of fish muscles.
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Chevrolet creates drive-in viewing points of Britain's most spectacular scenic landscapes.
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What is biodiversity? This extremely cool animation from students at the Vancouver Film School is visual - and it's miles from abysmal (sorry Frank) in its simple explanation of some complex science.
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Colorful Cubist and Modernist Metal Birdhouses and Birdfeeders by Joe Papendick.
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Beautiful handmade surfboards by Ocean Green. The wood is sourced in Nicaragua from sustainably managed forests and worked by carpenters and shapers under Fair Trade conditions.
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FEATUREDSeed Bombing - Found one of the Common Studio Green Aid seed bomb machines at Fred Segal... testing out whether they work!
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Beautiful pencils made out of 100% recycled newspaper.
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Lovely new print 'Loveletter' from The Tree House Press available from the TTHP store.
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Impressive imagery of man vs. giant waves at Australia's Bondi Beach.
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250 pixelated bird houses recently popped up on city trees in London.
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The Nowhere Resorts in Japan encourage travelers to appreciate simply doing nothing.
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Denmark-based Henning Larsen Architects has won first prize in an invited competition to design the Batumi Aquarium in Georgia.
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Adroable baby tenrecs born at the Bronx Zoo.
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FEATUREDAreaware Animal Boxes by Karl Zahn - the eyes are the secret hinges to get to your stash... so cute! See the whole collection - rhino, bull, whale, and more!
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Incredible slideshow of nudibranchs of the Philippines from the NYtimes and Terry Gosliner of the California Academy of Sciences.
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The NYtimes capture some incredible bird houses for purple martins.
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Mutant Cactus from outer spaaaaace! (Ok, not from outer space, but still mutant!) Apparently you can see all sorts of crested cacti at the 25th annual Inter-City Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale this weekend in LA (Aug 14 - 15 2010)
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SHARK ATTACK! - an awesome infographic by Chris Rooney.
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Craig Ward collaborates with immunologist Frank Conrad to create typography for the 30th Anniversary issue of Discover Magazine. The end result is a highly imaginative project using ferrofluid.
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new prints by bandito design co. listen to the birds and the bees.
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WORKac’s version of vertical farming combines migrant farmers’ housing in a series of stepped terraces with a farmer’s market and public space below.
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Pigeon Toe released these new air plant wall tiles - living art on your walls!
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'Moss Your City' installation by Pushak. Series of moss-covered arches in the entry and gallery space of The Architecture Foundation’s London headquarters.
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What the -- Kesennnuma frozen aquarium in Japan. So weird!
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Jose Maria Chofre's six-story vertical garden in Southern Spain.
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Adorable baby porcupine print from The Animal Print Shop by Sharon Montrose
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FEATUREDInspiration: Let's Get Lost! A look at some visual research of beautiful images of places to lose yourself... and fill with your imagination!
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Honeymoon Fragrance by Stephanie Simek - "Inside this sea urchin shell is an organic perfume made from grapefruit and basil essential oils. This bottle is refillable, so you can use it over and over." And padded with loofa!
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Blu's latest wall in Berlin tackles global warming.
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"An unidentified purple octopus (pictured) is one of 11 potentially new species found this month during a deep-sea expedition off Canada's Atlantic coast"
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One of life's great - if not greatest - survivors, this is the horseshoe shrimp. At over 200 million years old it is thought to be the oldest living species on the planet - and it splashed among its pools at the time dinosaurs first appeared.
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This really beautiful design of bench called Range Of Mountain was made by Cho Hyung Suk, a designer from South Korea.
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“Beyond: Visions of Our Solar System" is a new exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington that features this photograph of Jupiter’s moon Io, with an 86-mile-high volcanic plume exploding above its horizon.
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Changzhi Lee creatively folded the Ice Age brochure up like an iceberg, as you unfold the pages, you melt the ice and destroy the polar bears’ habitat...
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The Lunocet is a biomimetic swimming device modeled after the lunate tail of swimmers found in nature, such as dolphins and whales. Designed by Ciamillo Components.
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The nature discovery center Mueritzeum presents the region around the German lake Mueritz. The main attraction is an 8 metres wide and 3 metres high panel that gives the visitors the chance to have a direct view into the lake.
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Beautiful new work by ceramic artist/photographer Sarah Hauser, influenced by the role of animals and nature in everyday life.
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This 130 sq ft shelter is built in the wilderness near Joseph, Oregon. Signal Shed is designed by Ryan Lingard Design in collaboration with Greg Morrow and Sons Inc.
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