VIVID Sydney Timelapse by James Zhao

Further proof that Sydney is one of the most beautiful cities in the World.

The below video by James Zhao is the result of approximately 12 hours of shooting on various occasions totaling over 5000 photos, cut into 2 minutes of video.

www.jameszhao.com

View more photos after the jump.

The System 1-2-3 Lounge Chair by Verpan

These are the chairs I want to get for my office. 

The System 1-2-3 Chair was originally designed by Verner Panton in 1973. The series originally comprised 20 different models with variations in seat height, arm rests and feet. 

http://www.verpan.dk/

 

Suspended Staircase by SoHo Architektur

One of my most favourite staircases. 

Designed by SoHo Architektur

Swarovski Crystal Christmas Tree

Now THIS is a Christmas Tree!

In celebration of the festive season, Swarovski presents the 30-metre high outdoor Crystal Christmas Tree at Statue Square in Central, Hong Kong.
 Rhombus-shaped mirrors in silver and gold, reminiscent of window panes, sheath the tree. They are embellished with over 20 million pieces of Swarovski crystals. 

Via Luxuo

15-story hotel built in 6 days

"A construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha has completed a 15-story hotel in just six days. The work crew erected the hotel - a soundproofed, thermal-insulated structure reportedly built to withstand a magnitude 9 earthquake - with all prefabricated materials."

 See the time-lapse video below.

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Zip Bed by Florida Furniture

 Now THIS is a bed!

 Forget everything your mother taught you about making your bed. This cool, contemporary Zip Bed by Italian company Florida Furniture is all about the zipper. The bed’s soft, gently rounded frame is padded and upholstered, and finished with a zipper running its perimeter. Simply zipper down at bedtime to reveal a cozy comforter, sheets and pillows. 

 The Zip Bed is available in white, gray or blue.

  

  VIA Trendir.

 http://www.floridacucine.it/

3 Years At The Same Place (3 Year Time Lapse Project)

"45,000 photographs later, taken from exactly the same point with his Pentax K 110D DSLR, his work was done and a new building was in place."

Location: Paris / France

First shot: January 2007

Last Shot: September 2010

Number of Images: 45.000

Camera: DSLR Pentax K 110D

http://vimeo.com/pierrejolivet

Bacterioptica Chandelier by MADLAB

The chandelier has a modular assembly consisting of several simple parts, with a capacity of more than 100 samples; petri dishes in various sizes, hundreds of metal rods, couplings, caps and canisters, and 15,000 feet of fiber optic cable. All of which "assembles into an intricate and rewritable tale of materials, bacteria and light.

Bacterioptica breaks from design norms, a light fixture outfitted with petri dishes. Designed to be adaptive, not only in its form and mechanics, but more importantly, in the way it evolves.  Bacterioptica is not your typical chandelier, just as no family is a typical unit of interactions. Its on/off switch does not control it. Bacterioptica is alive. It grows. It is itself a household organism. It is living and breathing the same air and bacteria we are.

VIA

Coke Man by Porky Hefer

Created by by Porky Hefer of Animal Farm for Coca-Cola.

He is made entirely with 2,500 used Coca-Cola crates, weighs 25 tones and stands 16.5 meter tall and is laced in the Fan Park, Johannesburg.

Physalia by James Lethbridge

A botanically inspired chandelier titled "Physalia" by James Lethbridge.

Just one of the 96 glass pieces chosen out of 449 pieces entered into the 2010 British Class Biennale.

24 rooms on 32 sqm!

Gary Chang (Hong Kong) designs a transforming room using walls that slide.