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Built for over a million people, the city of Ordos was designed to be the crowning glory of Inner Mongolia. Doomed to incompletion however, this futuristic metropolis now rises empty out of the deserts of northern China. Only 2% of its buildings were ever filled; the rest has largely been left to decay, abandoned mid-construction, earning Ordos the title of China's Ghost City.

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06 Dec 2015 12:57:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Inception_Chair by Vivian Chiu

The Inception Chair, as the name suggests was inspired by the movie Inception, and it is the work of RSID student Vivian Chiu, and it is actually a series of ten different sized interlocking chairs that can be put together to make one chair. The Inception Chair is designed to mimic the dream within a dream concept from the Inception movie, and the chair is made from ash and it measures 16 inches by 16 inches by 32 inches.

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19 May 2014 07:32:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Blue Marlin: The Giant Ship

Blue Marlin is a semi-submersible heavy lift ship from Dockwise Shipping of the Netherlands. Designed to transport very large semi-submersible drilling rigs above the transport ship's deck, it is equipped with 38 cabins to accommodate 60 people, a workout room, sauna and swimming facilities. Blue Marlin and her sister ship MV Black Marlin comprise the Marlin class of heavy lift ship.

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09 Jul 2014 11:52:00,post received 0 comments

Funny 99 Steps of Progress By Maentis

99 Steps of Progress is an illustrated series of parodies created by the Paris artist collective known as Maentis that put a clever spin on the famed scientific March of Progress drawing. A new illustration is being released in this series every day for 99 days. T-shirts, prints and more of each design are available to purchase on RedBubble.

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02 Sep 2013 10:14:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Cats by Kim Haskins

Kim Haskins was born in 1981 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Throughout school she was known as the class artist - the one who drew pictures in other peoples’ exercise books, made posters for school plays, designed t-shirts etc. Even growing up she pictures always fell into one of two categories: humorous or still life.

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06 Feb 2014 13:50:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Photographers: Romain Laurent

“Romain Laurent is 29 years old, originally from the french Alps, living and working in Paris. Romain Laurent studied design for 3 years at ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres (National school of applied arts) in Paris and then switched to Photography at Gobelins, l’ecole de l’image, also in Paris. Working as a professional photographer since 2006”.

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25 Mar 2012 11:33:00,post received 0 comments

Funny Frozen with Fear

This line of sci-fi and horror-inspired popsicles comes from ice cream maker and clothing designer Stoyn. Some of the flavors -- apple carrot puree, tomato hot pepper -- sound a little unappetizing, but Mario's Tequila Sunrise is probably pretty good, and definitely not as creepy looking.

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18 Mar 2013 12:58:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Artists Create Bird Boxes To Reflect Their Surrounding

An installation consisting of a series of bird boxes is displayed in a tree in Duncan Terrace Gardens in Islington on March 24, 2011 in London, England. The boxes by artists Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson of “London Fieldworks”, were designed to reflect the architecture of the Georgian terraces and flats that surround the park in the community gardens. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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05 Sep 2011 11:36:00,post received 0 comments