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Russian artist Anatoly Konenko [Rs], who specializes in micro-miniature art, has created possibly the world’s smallest aquarium.
The tank measures just 30 x 24 x 14 mm and holds only 10 ml of water (about two teaspoons) – enough to hold three miniature plants, several stones, real fish, and a fully working air pump. Info via Gotweird.
A selection of chocolate sculptures, replicas of some World Heritage Sites, are currently in display at a shopping complex in Hong Kong. The sculptures are handcrafted by renowned Italian chocolatier Mirco Della Vecchia, who holds the record for creating the world’s largest chocolate sculpture.
The giant rubber duck which graced the riverside of Osaka in 2009 is back to the Japanese city for a short stay (Dec 11-25). Neat video by Darwinfish105 [Jp]…
Kobe Luminarie is an annual light festival in Kobe, Japan, held every December to commemorate the earthquake in 1995. Video from the 2010 opening event…
The light installation is a Japanese-Italian collaboration, thus resembling European architecture style. The luminarie has became a huge tourist attraction in recent years, with some 129,000 people visited the festival on its opening day.
Bi Heng, a student from China Central Academy of Fine Arts, has created a 9.1 metre sculpture for his final year thesis, which combines elements from popular Transformers franchise with deified ancient Chinese General Guan Yu.
Meet Wenlock and Mandeville, the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic mascots.
Wenlock is named after Much Wenlock, a small town which inspired the modern Olympic Games; while Mandeville is after Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the precursor of the Paralympic Games.
The characters “were created from the last two drops of British steel used for the London 2012 Olympic Stadium,” kinda confusing but I guess they want to show gratitude to the workforce who built the venues.
I prefer old school animal-like mascots, but I can accept a bit of new concept as long as it’s cute or cool… unfortunately the London mascots couldn’t fit into either of the requirements, simply not my cup of tea.