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HEPAV 1.1, a human-electric powered amphibious vehicle created by Czech designer and inventor David Buchwaldek.
Romeo & Juliet is no ordinary bench. It not only offers passers-by a comfortable place to sit and relax, but it also adds a touch of green to the environment.
The Gyrofocus fireplace has been voted the World’s Most Beautiful Object 2008–2009 in the Pulchra design competition, which considers itself the first ‘beauty contest’ exclusively reserved for objects.Gyrofocus is by fireplace maker Focus, a French company. It can pivot 360° and has been exhibited in several contemporary museums, including the Guggenheim.
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That’s the flag of the Benin Empire, a pre-colonial African state situated in modern Nigeria that lasted from 1440 until 1897.
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The flag of Libya (adopted on November 11, 1977) consists of a simple green field with no other characteristics. It is the only national flag in the world with just one color and no design, insignia, or other details.
At first this transparent tub looks appealing – perhaps even moreso to some when they see a girl perched on the promotional photograph about to get in. But those of us who like our privacy, one has to wonder: what happens when this woman steps out of the frame and into the bath with those windows wide open all around?
