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Mirror, Mirror: Playground Pavilion Gets Funhouse Treatment

A playground pavilion and multi-use building in Copenhagen is clad in mirrored steel on its gabled ends, giving kids a funhouse experience.

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Life-Size Gingerbread House is a Wonka-Like Wonder

1,000 children consumed a life-sized gingerbread house made with shortbread, cookies, candied fruits, marshmallows and cupcakes over a period of three days.

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Spiral Pen Portraits Use Pressure to Make Amazing Art

An advertising campaign focuses on one artist's unique knack for drawing the most detailed masterpieces in a spiral formation.

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Robert Brandenburg's Found Art as Fine Art

Artist Robert Brandenburg brings dull paintings back to life by adding an interesting twist. With his creative touch, found art becomes fine art.

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17 Creative Letterheads from Celebs & Public Figures

Peek into the desks of celebrities and public figures like Ray Charles, Leonard Cohen, Groucho Marx and Charles Manson to get a look at their unique letterhead.

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High Anxiety: Rooftop Excavators Tear Down from Up Top

Rooftop excavators on highrise buildings are the demolition equivalent of painting one's self into a corner, several hundred feet above the ground.

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The Swings of Things: 15 Daring Swing Set Designs

From urban art installations placing swings on billboards to whimsical and magical garden swings, these swing designs are far from the usual playground fixture.

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Automata: Art Object Powered by 1,000 Gears

Artist Levi van Veluw demonstrates 'Automata', a beautiful wooden sculpture imbedded with 1,000 gears that enable it to move when wound up.

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Fluffy Firearms? 12 Hilarious Non-Violent Weapons

The form factor of weapons is celebrated yet softened in these fun explorations of de-weaponified weapons.

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ZAP! 27 Vintage Sci Fi Damsels In Distress

Vintage science fiction has as many damsels in distress as it has lurching robots and rubber-masked aliens.

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