Amazing Chairs

Most of us look for the the basics in a chair, things like ergonomic design, cushy padding and durable arm rests. But some intrepid designers look beyond to more eccentric ideas. Sure, not every designer chair makes for the most comfortable seating, but they’re all a bit more interesting than the average L-shape on legs.

14 Most Creative Beds

Designed by Guido Rosati for Saba Italia, Scoop!  is a sophisticated and innovative answer to the demand for combinig the sofa function with the bed function. The two semi-circular sides of the bed can be separated resulting two new pieces of furniture. This bed is a great way to surprise your guests, and also you can be proud to have a stylish contemporary bed and two sofa’s in the same time.

Wood Furniture, Wood House, Everything Wood

Livio De Marchi is a Venetian master sculptor who works exclusively in wood, and he can create some amzing stuff. He loves wood so much that everything around him is made from pure wood, starting from furniture, house, car and many more, as you can see from these pictures.

Ukranian Man Builds Two-Faced Wooden Car

I don't know what it is with Ukrainians and building  unusual wooden things, but Vasily Lazarenko has gone and built himself a car. Under the wood it's a 1981 Opel, but on top of the wood it's a confusing looking sedan/convertible hybrid. Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I mean damn that wood looks good, but I would have stuck with one design for the whole thing. Vasily quit his job and sold two other cars in order to afford the 1.5 years and parts needed to complete this, uh, thing. He refuses to admit what it cost to build, which means it was way too much and he regrets ever doing it. You have talent Vasily, but lets stick to rocking chairs and toy wagons in the future, okay?

The "Oasis of the seas" the biggest boat of all time...

The Titanic, Queen Elizabeth 2 or Grand Princess were all very impressive boats, but when it comes to size, the Oasis of the Seas is in a league of its own.Featuring a length of 1,184' and a weight of 225.282 tons, the Oasis of the Seas is the world’s largest passenger vessel. It’s able to accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,000 crew members on 16 decks. The floating giant was commissioned by Royal Caribbean International in 2006 and was finalized on October 29, 2009, in a Finnish shipyard.

Phuket Vegetarian Festival

 The Phuket is a flashy Asian celebration, people try to avoid eating meat, drinking alcohol, having sex, swearing and generally try to behave. But the most intriguing aspect of this festival is the mutilation. Thousands of people pierce various parts of their bodies, especially their cheeks, walk on hot coals, all to invoke the gods. It is believed these people receive divine blessing, and that’s why they don’t suffer from severe bleeding, infections or significant scarring. Each year these acts of self-mutilation have gotten more and more gruesome, with people sticking the most unusual things through their bodies.

World highest tennis court

 The Burj Al Arab is just 65 m shorter than the Empire State Building in New York. It is home to the world’s highest tennis court. It’s set at 211 m high on hotel’s helipad, which can also become a heliport for emergency landings or guest traffic and covers a surface area of 415 sq. m.  There is wire mesh around to prevent them from falling. 

Wind Powered Vehicle

The record speed for a wind powered vehicle is 126.1 miles per hour! That is the record set by Richard Jenkins this past weekend at the Ivenpah Lake in Nevada, where he finally managed to do what he set out to do 10 years ago – pilot the fastest wind powered vehicle in the world. The Greenbird is a carbon-fiber composite vehicle that is exclusively wind powered, making it essentially an earthbound sailboat. There were challenges involved, since at high speeds the vehicle tends to, well, take off. To counter this problem the vehicle incorporates specific design solutions, such as wings similar to those found in formula one cars.

BASE Jumping – Amazing, don’t you think?

It is an activity that employs a parachute or the sequenced use of a wing suit and parachute to jump from fixed objects. “BASE” is an acronym that stands for the four categories of objects from which one can jump: Building, Antenna, Span, and Earth. The most famous BASE jumping bridge is the New River Gorge Bridge, WV. Earth refers to large natural formations – cliffs, canyons, fjords and gorges. The mountains of Romsdalen, Berserker and Eikesdalen, Norway are some of the best places in the world for base jumping. Base Jumping is in the Guinness Record book and is currently held by Glenn Singleman and Heather Swan with a jump from Meru Peak in northern India at a starting elevation of 6,604 m.

Amazing Private Islands of the World

Amazing Private Islands of the World: Most of us dream of owning a private island of our own - but for some of the super-rich this dream is an amazing reality. None of these private resorts come cheap and each has its own claim to fame and unbelievable price tag.

UK Firewalk

UK Firewalk is one of the UK's leading firewalk companies. We have led thousands of people across fire and have a safety record which is outstanding.Only one person has received more than a superficial blister and that was Scott, when he broke his first world record and he then went on to break to the Guinness World Record again without harm.Scott Bell, Twice holder of the Guinness World Record for the greatest fire walking distance. He is a internationally known as one of the worlds leading experts on firewalking.(Scott has been in The Guinness World Record book for 2007 & 2008)

Guinness World Records Declares 67-foot World's Largest Gingerbread House

Guinness World Records today announced that Mall of America is home to the World's Largest Gingerbread House. Following an official measurement of the more than 67-foot tall gingerbread creation, Guinness World Records recognized gingerbread artist Roger Pelcher, the world record holder for the largest gingerbread house. This achievement surpasses Pelcher's previous record of 57 feet.Pelcher and his team of gingerbread experts logged an estimated 1,700 hours in nine days to create the 1,496-square-foot magical wonder. The house consists of 14,250 pounds of gingerbread, 4,750 pounds of icing and more than one ton of candy embellishments. It also features a magical gingerbread factory complete with animated elves.

Laptop Cake

By Small Thing Iced - Everything is edible except for the screen, it is a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream covered (bottom layer) with blue fondant and then the top layer (laptop) is the same but covered with grey fondant then painted silver.

Red Bull Art of Can

Red Bull Art of Can has very few rules but the most important are: Artwork should be inspired by Red Bull or include the Red Bull can; and all artwork must be submitted to drop off location or mailed by August 31, 2009. All submitted pieces will be examined by a prominent panel of judges from the Bahamian art industry at an exhibition to take place in September 2009. Judges will review each piece based on Creativity (overall idea behind the piece), Conceptual Execution (how well the piece translates the idea) and Construction (the quality of production/final presentation).The pieces with the top three (3) highest scores will be featured in the 2009 Red Bull Art of Can Jamaica exhibition carded for October 2009 and will receive regional recognition and exposure. The artist adjudged the Bahamian winner will also accompany his/her piece to Jamaica to represent the country at the final exhibition.

Mardan Palace: Europe’s most luxurious hotel opened in Antalya

Cast your beady eyes on the world’s most exclusive hotel, the Everland. Designed by Swiss artist-duo Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann, Everland is a one-room designer prefab perched 30 metres above ground level that enjoys a spectacular view of the Eiffel Tower. In October 2007, the one suite hotel Everland moved from the roof of the Leipzig Gallery of Contemporary Art to the roof of the Paris ‘Palais de Tokyo’ where it will be open to guests for an overnight stay and museum visit during the day until the end of 2008. The one-of-its-kind hotel has only one room, including a bathroom, a king-size bed and a lounge. The ample dimensioned room shows the subjective dream of a hotel - the architecture and the playful details.

Amazing Tree House

When the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland laid out plans to create the largest public gardens in all of Europe, they commissioned the TreeHouse Co. to create a gigantic tree house that would house a 120-seat restaurant, a retail shop, two classrooms, and tow private dining rooms. Opened in January, 2005, the Treehouse at Alnwick Gardens is a labyrinth of turrets, treetop walkways, and cavernous spaces. At 6,000 square feet, it’s one of the largest wooden tree houses in the world.

In Fukoka City in Japan

In Fukoka City in Japan, they have an amazing building called “ACROS Fukoka” with two very distinct sides: one side looks like a conventional office building with glass walls, but on the other side there is a huge terraced roof that merges with a park. The garden terraces, which reach up to about 60 meters above the ground, contain some 35,000 plants representing 76 species. A huge semicircular atrium and the triangular lobby provide contrast to the greenery, in this space is a symphony hall, offices and shops.The building was constructed on the last remaining green space in the city center, so the architects, Emilio Ambasz & Associates, created a design to preserve the green space as much as possible, while still fitting in a large office building. In addition, a green roof reduces the energy consumption of a building, because it keeps the temperature inside more constant and comfortable. Green roofs also capture rainwater runoff, and support the life of insects and birds.

The Interesting Lamp

The wind up lamp, designed by Yuko Tagushi, is very cool. It runs off a high carbon tensile steel spring. As the spring unwinds, it powers a small electric generator, producing enough power to keep the light on. When the key winds down, it's lights out. The only problem is, I have to keep the light on all night. The last time I slept in the dark I dreamed I ate a pound of horrible chocolate pudding. I woke up the next morning with a spoon in my ass. True story.

The Little Car

The Microjoule competition car is the lovechild of a caterpillar and a jellybean. And maybe a go-cart that was originally just filming but ended up getting in on the action. The amazingly green vehicle can "make the journey between New York and Los Angeles over three times on just one gallon of gas." !!! It has won Shell's Eco-Marathon every time since the car's original inception in 1992. "Amazingly the Microjoule doesn't have any fancy tricks -- it's just an aerodynamic, lightweight one-seater that runs off gasoline, but runs for a long time." Man, there has got to be some trick. Like a hamster wheel or a sorcerer or something. Something. Cars just can't go nearly 9,000 on a single gallon of gas. So I'm just going to go ahead and set the record straight right here: Magic. That's right folks, The Gathering.

The Hotel de Glace

The Hotel de Glace, situated in Québec, Canada, has visual 360 degree tours available online, take a look! Luxuries include two heated outdoor hot tubs, a sauna and spa. The hotel has more than 80 rooms and suites, a bar, reception area, cinema, theatre and church. The design layout of the Ice Hotel changes every year.