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Built in 1922 with a common wooden structure by Elis Stemnan, the mechanical engineer who invented the machine that makes paper clips, the Paper House of Rockport is one of the most fascinating tourist attractions in Massachusetts. He covered an entire wall with layers upon layers of rolled newspapers, held together by his very own [...]

To attract customers and promote their products, some of the companies have come up with creative shopping bag designs. Here are featuring some of their innovative designs. via : Odd Stuff Magazine

Origami is the art of folding any type of materials to create sculptural designs. And now the origami folding techniques are also used in the fashion industry. The designer Mauricio Velasquez Posada has created a series of origami dresses for a fashion show. They are quite possibly the most hazardous fashion pieces ever created. via [...]

A carpenter from Connecticut, USA, Dalton Ghetti creates miniature masterpieces on the tips of pencils. He has been making his tiny graphite works for about 25 years. He never sold any of his work, only given it away to friends. Dalton uses three basic tools to make his incredible creations: a razor blade, sculpting knife [...]

For over 30 years, aviation photographer Nick Gleis has shot aircraft for the biggest aviation companies and the wealthiest of private clients. He is as likely to receive assignments from presidents, dictators or royalty as he is from Gulfstream, Boeing or Lear. Gleis’ photographs of large private jets are only one subset of his titanium [...]

Princess Juliana Airport is located on the island of San Maarten, which is part of the Dutch Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Airport is renowned for being next to the beach, just above which fly airplanes entering the airport. Runway airport is very short, with its length which only 2,130 meters. Therefore aircraft are forced [...]

The Swimming Pool was designed by Buenos Aires artist Leandro Erlich in 2004. It located in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. The swimming pool framed by a limestone deck and appears to be filled with deep, shimmering water. A layer of water only some 10 centimeters deep is suspended over transparent glass. Below the [...]

Liu Bolin from Shandong, China, manages to camouflage himself in any surroundings, no matter how difficult they might be. He works on a single photo for up to 10 hours at a time, to make sure he gets it just right, but he achieves the right effect. Sometimes passers-by don’t even realize he is there [...]

Here 10 examples of shadow arts by artists Kumi Yamashita, Tim Noble and Sue Webster. via : Daily Dawdle

This eccentric home theater belongs to Jeremy Kipnis, a music engineer, producer and a classical music lover. Imagine watching a movie in this home theater with the 8.8 channels of surround sound, 16 subwoofers and video resolution four times as tight as 1080p and an 18-by-10-foot Stewart Snowmatte screen. Partial Equipment List for the Kipnis [...]

Elisany Silva from Brazil The 14 year-old Brazilian teen with 6’9″ tall. Her height hasn’t come without problems. She had to leave school as she could no longer safely sit down in the school bus. Her parents don’t have enough money to determine the cause of or treat her inordinate growth. A medical specialist speculates [...]

Hotel Kakslauttanen is located in the Saariselkä fell area amidst beautiful Lapland scenery in the vicinity if Urho Kekkonen National Park, Finland. In the winter time they have Igloo Village, open each year between December and January depending on the weather conditions and stays open until the end of April. Igloo Village offers a possibility [...]

Stain Monro from New York was created these amazing architectures out of toothpicks. via : FunOnTheNet