When incorporating unique details for your outdoor landscape designs, why don’t you follow a natural element? Bamboo wind chimes are the perfect add-on to any kind of outdoor area. These things suit effortlessly right into a landscaping plan plus they provide pleasant smooth sounds.

When looking for various outdoor bamboo adornments of this kind it helps to get an over-all concept of the dimensions and design that is the most pleasing for you personally. The outdoor landscape is usually a determining element in which backyard add-ons that you’ll decide on. The positioning is of primary concern.
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Japanese DJ duo Hifana altered Nike’s brand-new flexible Free Run running sneakers into musical instruments just for this japanese promotional video. The video clip displays the duo configuring the boots or shoes to work as sound triggers in order that when flexed, the shoes produce a pre-determined audio.

The shoes have been outfitted with audio plugs and connected to a sampler. after working out the sounds and rehearsing, hifana is all set for a final piece. in this final performance the duo basically play the shoes, twisting and turning all of them to produce a totally developed tune. This video displays the group’s sound and the versatility of nike’s new sneakers. the project was developed by wieden kennedy, tokyo.

ARCHIVE II is a round wheel book archive that functions as a nomadic library, where the user can travel with his own books. Once still, it creates a room for meeting and inspiration, generating a special acoustic echo for the reader inside the wheel.

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If you’re looking to improve tourism in your city perhaps having a giant crossword puzzle is the answer. At least, for people of Lvov City in Ukraine that’s their strategy. They set up a 100 feet tall giant crossword at the wall of residential houses. What makes it even interesting is during morning it looks empty but when you visit at night you will see there are answers written!

The questions on this puzzle are scattered around the major stops of the city including theaters, fountains, monuments. etc. The idea is to create a sense of adventure for people to go and visit these great spots so they can find all the questions and answer it in front of the building. Better yet, wait at night to check if their answers are correct.
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As featured in Shark Tank, Nubrella is an interesting business concept that might dramatically change the way we use umbrellas. In its official site, Nubrella exploits the basic limitations of traditional umbrella while introducing a long awaited feature of hands free usage. The result is an eye catching new aerodynamic design that many are saying is simply a better “mousetrap”.

With its new aerodynamic oval design with extended coverage wind now flows over and around the canopy thus completely denying the possibility to invert. No more struggling to maintain your umbrella in the proper position. Simply strap on the shoulder support and walk completely hands free even in significant winds.
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