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Olympic landmark coming to London in 2012

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The ArcelorMittal Orbit, designed by artist Anish Kapoor, is “set to become UK’s largest sculpture.”  The Orbit is being built as an attraction site just in time for the 2012 Olympics at the Olympic Park site in London.

[The sculpture] will consist of a continuous looping lattice of tubular steel. Standing at a gigantic 115m, it will be 22m taller than the Statue of Liberty in New York and offer unparalleled views of the entire 250 acres of the Olympic Park and London’s skyline from a special viewing platform. Visitors will be able to take a trip up the statuesque structure in a huge lift and will have the option of walking down the spiralling staircase.

Don’t you think this would make for one hell of a rollercoaster?  Addtional images in the gallery below.

[Via Dezeen; Gizmodo]

‘Stellar’ lamp harnesses the power of crystals to emit bright light

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From Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka comes Stellar, a lamp of sorts…

For ‘stellar’, Tokujin has brought together the explorations made in his previous work, with the intentions of creating a ‘star’, a large spherical illuminated crystal mass, descending from the sky, emitting rays of light into the exhibition space.

Essentially it’s an extremely bright lamp.  It just happens to be beautifully crafted.  And it’s made of Swarovski crystals.

[Via DesignBoom; Gizmodo]

Lego Boardroom Table

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The table consists of 22,742 pieces clicked together with traditional lego construction techniques (no glue), a 136mm grommet is located in its centre. It sits on a polished Stainless Steel square hollow section structure built by B.A. Engineering of Prussia St and is topped with a 10mm sheet of toughened glass manufactured by Action Glass.

Ah, to sit at the head of a Lego boardroom table.  Imagine…

[Via Behance; Likecool]

Creepy surgical masks for the modern world

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Masked in Flight, designed by Sruli Recht.

Icelander Sruli Recht has created a collection of surgical masks for the modern, disease-filled world.  The masks are made from folded laser cut parchment and feature an air purifying design with replaceable N95 filters.  What differentiates the various masks are options that include light filters, sound reduction ear covers, and full or half face sizes.  Beyond creepy…but I like ’em.

[Via DesignBoom; Gizmodo]

Largest house of cards makes Guinness World Record

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American architect and ‘cardstacker’ Bryan Berg broke eight past records (all held by him!) for constructing the largest house made of stacked playing cards.  Over the course of 44 days, Berg used 218,792 cards (4,051 decks) to create a replica of the Venetian Macau, a hotel located in China based on Vegas’ Venetian.  At 600 pounds and meauring 33 feet by just under 10 feet, the massive house of cards is made without the aid of tape, glue, or any other foreign substance.  Says Berg:

“This has been the most ambitious project I have undertaken to date.  It’s really like a real construction project because you have to engineer every single adjacency and every support that’s supporting everything above.”

A worthy induction into the Guinness World Record books.  Look in the gallery below for some more shots of the structure and after the break for a video news report.

[Via Likecool; DailyMail.co.uk]

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Happy Hour lets you pop ‘n’ chug with a watch

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The Happy Hour Timepiece is a watch that doubles as a bottle opener.  The face of the watch features digital and analog time displays and the black leather strap includes the bottle opener contraption.  Says the manufactuer:

Happy Hour™ is built for those who want to have a little fun opening their beverage with a very stylized watch.  The patented buckle allows you to pop-open your favorite beverage with nothing more than a flick of the wrist—and without taking off your watch.

This ingenious invention is available for $49.95.  Images of the watch below, a video demonstration after the break.

[Via Engadget; HappyHourTimepieces]

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