Otis College of Art and Design Announces New L.A. Summer Residency (Sponsored)

The L.A. Summer Residency at Otis College of Art and Design (June 4-25, 2017) offers an opportunity for artists and designers to work side-by-side in an immersive three-week residency within the vibrant art and design community of Los Angeles.

Fitness Boat Powered by Human Energy in Seine River, Paris

Carlo Ratti Associati has worked together with fitness equipment manufacturer Technogym, the nonprofit architecture group TerreformONE, and the urban regeneration institute URBEM, to create plans for the Paris Navigating Gym, a fitness centre on a boat that uses human energy to propel the boat down the Seine River in Paris.

The Feuerle Collection

The Feuerle Collection opened on October 14, 2016. The new Berlin museum is dedicated to Désiré Feuerle’s unique collection and juxtaposes international contemporary artists with Imperial Chinese furniture and ancient Southeast Asian art.

This Van Delivers Human Kindness

Ever noticed the bathroom cleaners at the airport and thought, “Wow, I bet that job sucks”? Maybe you’ve felt pangs of guilt for leaving that towel on the ground after missing the trash can. Perhaps you’ve smiled at one of them as if to say “Thank you.” But I bet you haven’t given each one of them a candy bar and a thank-you note.

Rescue ‘Fortress’ Protects Albinos From Human Hunters, Tanzania

The women who flee to the centre with their albino children also act as guardians for the other albino children who have been abandoned at the centre in Kabanga Refuge Centre, Tanzania, 2012.

The rescue centres in Tanzania protect albino people from the vicious hunters who sell their body parts to witch doctors.

UNESCO World Heritage Abbey Lorsch, Germany

1st Prize in the German Landscape Architecture Award 2015

TOPOTEK 1 and hg merz’s design proposal began in 2010 with a landscape architectural competition (in conjunction with architectural, historic preservation and urban planning expertise) for the re-envisioning of the site.

A Marathon Runner And a Stray Dog

She is so tiny that her head didn’t even reach his knee but the stray dog still kept the pace for Dion Leonard in the desert heat. The ultramarathoner came to rely on the little dog as he ran through the Gobi in China

10 Glamping Destinations For People Who Want to Go Camping But Need The Luxuries of a Hotel

Let’s face it, camping isn’t for everyone. From bugs to the lack of plumbing to sleeping on the hard ground, it isn’t exactly a luxury experience. Or at least it didn’t use to be, but glamorous camping, also known as “glamping” is becoming a huge trend in the travel world.

Gallery Of Precious Stones

The Gallery of Precious Stones is an exhibition of rocks galore. An exhibition of stones displaying earthly things that have been admired since the dawn of man, and continue to fascinate with their colors, formations and sudden surprises within.