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joi, 26 mai 2011

Damn Cool Pics

Obama's Car Gets Stuck at US Embassy
A Vintage Airplane-Turned-Restaurant at in Zurich Airport
A Portrait of Tobias Wong Using 13,138 Dice
40 Creative Beggars Signs
Before And After: Street Views In Joplin
Working Lego HK UMP .45
Celebrity Prom Pictures - Part 2

Posted: 26 May 2011 06:17 PM PDT

It might be bullet proof, it might be missile proof – but a teeny weeny kerb has defeated the Presidential car.

A Vintage Airplane-Turned-Restaurant at in Zurich Airport

Posted: 26 May 2011 05:47 PM PDT

This retired Soviet Iluyshin IL-14 plane has found new life as an incredible restaurant and bar in Zurich, Switzerland. The vintage plane and its hangar, located across from the Zurich International Airport, have been converted into a unique dining experience, called Runway 34. The aviation-themed restaurant offers visitors the opportunity to enjoy meals, stiff cocktails, cappuccino and cigars inside the renovated aircraft and its environs.

The Ilyushin airplane sits inside the restaurant's converted hangar. Everything inside the Runway 34 is aviation inspired. The entrance is a jetbridge, which comes complete with a magazine rack. The menu holders on the tables are shaped like airplane tail fins and some of the tables have decommissioned airline seats. The Runway 34 features four distinct areas. The Hangar Restaurant is the main eating area that serves a fusion of Asian, Swiss and Mediterranean cuisines to the on-board guests.

The luxurious Cigar Lounge has red leather chairs, a cappuccino machine and a humidor. The Wingwalker Bar comes surrounded by windows to offer outside views. Then there is the Aviator Lounge, which serves generally as the Hangar Restaurant's overflow and large group seating area.

If you happen to be in Zurich or are planning a trip there, you should not miss checking out this ultimate airport bar and restaurant.

Hangar Restaurant

Smokers Lounge

Aviator Lounge

Wingwalker Bar

A Portrait of Tobias Wong Using 13,138 Dice

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:49 PM PDT

Canadian artist and designer Tobias Wong died last year at the young age of 35, or more specifically, 13,138 days. In tribute, his friend Frederick McSwain created this immense portrait of Wong entitled Die using 13,138 dice as part of the BrokenOff BrokenOff exhibition at Gallery R'Pure in NYC in memoriam to the artist during NY Design Week. McSwain via Core77:

The idea of a die itself was appropriate—the randomness of life. It felt like [a medium] he would use. Because [Tobias] was a very street-level force, I thought it was appropriate [to install] the portrait on the floor. Its not something I wanted to suspend on the wall; I wanted it to be right there on the floor where you almost interact with it.

The idea of every decision you make and everything you've done in your life, defines who you are. All of those days symbolically makes up the image of Tobi.

Source: core77

40 Creative Beggars Signs

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:24 PM PDT

Creativity have no limits, even these beggars used their mind to make appealing signs to get some bucks.

Before And After: Street Views In Joplin

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:43 PM PDT

Devastating 198mph tornado tore a path a mile wide and six miles long straight through Joplin, Missouri. Sadly, tornado has ruined the whole city.

Source: dailymail

Working Lego HK UMP .45

Posted: 25 May 2011 08:05 PM PDT

An ingenious Maker put together HK UMP .45 sub-machine gun out of Legos. Powered by rubber bands, it also fires a 15 lego clip full of the same.

Source: mocpages

Celebrity Prom Pictures - Part 2

Posted: 25 May 2011 06:22 PM PDT

We continue our collection of Celebrity Prom Pictures. The famous faces with their dates or around other high school students are shining and smiling for the camera.

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