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The stairs seen by Nils Eisfeld photographer become art

Le stairs are focal architectural elements and as such attract the eye, in this case that of the German Nils Eisfeld photographer.

Born in 1982 in Halle Saale and raised in Dresden, his goal is to capture the beauty and harmony of objects. More properly, unusual figures, architectural geometries and graphic images.

Architecture

House of Vans indoor skate park, Waterloo Station, London

House of Vans indoor skate park, under the London Waterloo station.

Developed through five winding tunnels beneath Waterloo Station, House of Vans offers visitors the chance to experience the British capital's only indoor skatepark, consisting of a concrete tub-shaped area, straight section and mini-ramps.

Architecture

The suites of the Ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi in Sweden

Each winter a small village in northern Sweden welcomes around 50.000 visitors to the "Icehotel", which opens each year with a new painting and a new artistic theme.

Hundreds of designers from all over the world are chosen to participate by adding their influence to a "suite".

Product Selection

SDM Products Selection, a selection of design products able to improve the liveability of indoor and outdoor spaces, while at the same time expressing a mood.

Taccia LED lamp, Achille Castiglioni for Flos

Architecture

O-Office turns a dormitory in a hostel for immigrants.

The Chinese studio O-office has masterfully reinvented this abandoned and dilapidated concrete structure, transforming it into a hostel, part of the project for the city of art district.

The original building served as a dormitory for workers of Honghua factory that housed the first group of immigrant settlers.

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Google officially presents the Google Car, the first car that drives itself

Google has done it: has completed and officially presented (No big event, only one post on the page of Google Plus), the prototype of its autonomous vehicle, which is defined as "the best holiday gift we could've imagined" (the best gift for the holidays that we could have imagined).

The software engineer Sebastian Thrun in the company blog added: "We have always been optimistic about the possibility of advancing society through technology, that's why we pushed so much on self autonomous".

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Superheroes as immortalized in Flemish paintings from the photographer Sacha Goldberg

“Super Flamish” is the series of portraits where the French photographer Sacha Goldberg immortalizes modern superheroes as in Flemish paintings.

Icons of American culture from Superman to Wolverine are found within the low light atmosphere typical of Flemish paintings. The models chosen mysteriously resemble the performers of the films, dressed in finely handcrafted costumes reworked according to the typical characteristics of 17th century clothes.

Le stairs are focal architectural elements and as such attract the eye, in this case that of the German Nils Eisfeld photographer.

Born in 1982 in Halle Saale and raised in Dresden, his goal is to capture the beauty and harmony of objects. More properly, unusual figures, architectural geometries and graphic images.

House of Vans indoor skate park, under the London Waterloo station.

Developed through five winding tunnels beneath Waterloo Station, House of Vans offers visitors the chance to experience the British capital's only indoor skatepark, consisting of a concrete tub-shaped area, straight section and mini-ramps.

Each winter a small village in northern Sweden welcomes around 50.000 visitors to the "Icehotel", which opens each year with a new painting and a new artistic theme.

Hundreds of designers from all over the world are chosen to participate by adding their influence to a "suite".

The Chinese studio O-office has masterfully reinvented this abandoned and dilapidated concrete structure, transforming it into a hostel, part of the project for the city of art district.

The original building served as a dormitory for workers of Honghua factory that housed the first group of immigrant settlers.

Google has done it: has completed and officially presented (No big event, only one post on the page of Google Plus), the prototype of its autonomous vehicle, which is defined as "the best holiday gift we could've imagined" (the best gift for the holidays that we could have imagined).

The software engineer Sebastian Thrun in the company blog added: "We have always been optimistic about the possibility of advancing society through technology, that's why we pushed so much on self autonomous".

“Super Flamish” is the series of portraits where the French photographer Sacha Goldberg immortalizes modern superheroes as in Flemish paintings.

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