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Giant green cloud is gradually moving in the sky, with its long tail following behind…but wait, how could the cloud come along with a tail? But I’m not kidding, as what you’ve seen in the picture is actually the Ga Green Cloud created by Helen Evans and Heiki Hansen, with the help of a laser transmitter. It is a fantastic artwork which takes over the sky of Helsinki, Finland. If you’re living near to the Salmisaari power plant, then you’re lucky to see that every night. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Water Globe, United Water of Earth, Unbottled Water and Water Egret, those attractive names did have gripped our imagination before we exactly knew what they were given to. You may hazard a guess from the key word ‘water’ in every name.
Actually, those interesting names separately presents the blue, orchid pink, sunrise orange and saw-grass green water bottle of the KOR ONE set. Each coming with an artistic vision of the nature, these bottles are designed to call for our attention to keeping a healthy planet and a beautiful nature. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Rhett Dashwood is a CD (creative director) with much experience. From October 2008 to April 2009, he spent much time on the Google Earth to look for certain buildings or terrains that are shaped like the 26 letters. Half a year later, Rhett Dashwood finally succeeded and right here are his discoveries—26 terrains from Victoria State, Australia make up an alphabet. Bravo! [Read the rest of this entry...]

On December 9th, 2009, as thousands of citizens recalled, a mysterious light appeared in the sky above Norway. Firstly, it was a blue light that was soaring up from behind a mountain, and then, it gradually turned into a giant spiral, which almost covered the entire sky. About 10 to 12 minutes later, the light finally disappeared and the citizens went back to bed again.

So what do you think about this phenomenon? The tracks of a moving UFO? Aurora borealis? Well, the Meteorological Institute doesn’t think so. It is widely believed that the light was caused by the Russian missile launch, which went wrong as we all knew. However, the Russian government didn’t share this view. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This romantic sunset is constructed from colored Plexi-glass, fiberfill and lights. What’s more it is controlled by a dimmer switch. You can adjust the rising and setting of the sun at your own desired speed.

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Sitting in the rear of the car is pretty boring, so you need some video game. But the background of the game is always the same. Need some change? You will like this one named carcade. Designed by Berlin University of Arts students Nicolas Fischer, Martin Kim Luge and Korbinian Polk, this game can capture the landscape outside the car with the camera and converts the it into the video game environment.

Make sure that you’re not driving the car while playing carcade.

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This is a combination of waterfall and project technology. The text could fall down with the water. Video after the jump: [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is a unique design from Isamu Noguchi, it seems like that they are floating in air. Actually they are supported by pipe hidden in waterfall. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This rainbow projector made from LEDs could give you fantastic feeling although in your room without raining. The motion-activated sensor let you to turn on and off the rainbow with the wave of your hand.It’s magic [Read the rest of this entry...]

Artists from Jason Bruges Studio created this visible wind system by using 500 mini-turbines cranking up hundreds of LEDs like fireflies. You can see the wind blowing through. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Do you like nature? Then, you should not ignore this plasma combined with a artificial waterfall.

Although it’s fairly beautiful, the lack of TV tuner make it not fit for ordinary family show. However, I think it’s a good idea to broadcast AD in public area. [Read the rest of this entry...]