What the Heck

"om Beshara credits a love of M. C. Escher's optical illusions as the inspiration behind his "pirolettes," small wooden statues in which two heads appear to face off nose to nose. Carved in maple, walnut, or cherry, the nine-inch-tall sculptures' strong graphic lines evoke mini Eames stools. But their real appeal is the hidden profile of a child's face revealed in the object's negative space." More

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This an other neat-o beautiful industrial projects at http://www.demakersvan.com/

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Don't like saying you weigh 135lb? Now you can disguise your weight by saying, "I weigh about as much as Yoda."

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"Dominating the skyline of Arkhangelsk, a city in Russia's far north-west, it is believed to be the world's tallest wooden house, soaring 13 floors to reach 144ft - about half the size of the tower of Big Ben."

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Push in your chair by spinning it. Cool.

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