We couldn’t believe our eyes when we saw these wild images of a real-life version of the balloon-lofted house from the Pixar animated film UP on My Modern Met this morning. The house was launched from an air field east of LA by the National Geographic Channel to break the world record for the largest flight of balloons in a cluster. The amazing craft reached an altitude of 10,000 feet before gently returning to earth. Click past the break to see why and how they did it.
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Fresh from the scene of Stockholm Design Week, these colorful hexagonal wall tiles by Form Us With Love strike a brilliant balance between sustainable materials, economy and functionality. The modular tiles are available in a variety of different colors and can be assembled in various patterns to create a gorgeous mural on your wall. The tiles are made from wood fibers mixed with cement and water, and they have sound-absorbing properties that can actually improve the acoustics of a room.
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Its time to celebrate the coming of spring with some of the finest spirits ever! After a successful tie-up with Rémy Cointreau Global Travel Retail, Louis XIII is all set to put up three more lots on sale for the “Master of Spirits” event in Singapore. Highlighting the sale is a limited edition one-of-its kind carafe of Louis XIII which goes back to the 1930s. Crafted using several decanters which graced the 1938 royal banquet at the Chateau de Versailles, the spirits had been served to His Majesty King George VI and Queen Elisabeth. The one piece only crystal carafe, is valued at a stunning €50,000 ($69,300).
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We're big fans of cardboard architecture, but in most cases, the material yields structures that are boxy and rather simplistic. That's why we were blown away when we spotted these incredibly intricate cardboard columns by Michael Hansmeyer, which FastcoDesign actually dubbed as the most complex architecture in the world. The dizzying Doric column variations are created on Hansmeyer's computer using a subdivision algorithm that allows them to have between 8 and 16 million facets (distinct surfaces). They're so insanely detailed that most people - including us - mistake the actual physical prototypes for computer renderings!
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