Wooden Rolled Storage Furniture

Johanna Paulsson, une designer suédoise, a pensé « Små Ting » : un petit meuble de rangement en bois pour les petites choses et qui a une forme enroulée. On peut choisir de l’accrocher de manière à faire apparaitre le miroir qu’il y a de fixé sur l’une des faces et d’y ranger des clefs, des magazines, son courrier ou nos gants.

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The Largest Cave in the World

Hang Son Doong est une grotte vietnamienne actuellement connue comme la plus grande grotte du monde. Le photographe basé à Beijing, Ryan Deboodt, a capturé quelques vidéos aériennes à couper le souffle du lieu en utilisant une GoPro Hero 4 attachée à un drone DJI Phantom 2. La grotte de calcaire dispose d’une partie immense de stalagmites et une grande rivière souterraine.

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Starbucks wants to talk about race – #NewStarbucksDrinks hijacks conversation

Starbucks are running the above ads in the New York Times and USA Today, and are encouraging their baristas to discuss race with customers by writing “race together” on the starbucks cups. It began with a candid discussion about race at an all-hands meeting at the Starbucks Support Center,explains the release, where Howard Schultz voiced his concerns with employees/partners in the company’s Seattle headquarters and started a discussion about race in America.

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Smithsonian Photo Contest Finalists 2015

Chaque année a lieu le concours photographique du magazine Smithsonian. Parmi 26 000 participants, 10 finalistes sont choisis dans chacune des six catégories suivantes : Natural World, Travel, People, Americana, Altered Images et Mobile. Voici une sélection des meilleures clichés des derniers finalistes encore en liste pour cette 12ème édition.

Photo: Pham Ty

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Photo: Hoang Long Ly

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Photo: Nhiem Hoang

Photo: Michel Labrecque

Photo: Kristhian Castro

Photo: David Huamani Bedoya

Photo: Libby Zhang

Photo: Frank Miles Richert

Photo: Lorenzo Mittiga

Photo: Az Jackson

Photo: Ellie Davies

Photo: Olivier Douliery

Photo: Anne Marcom

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Round Ping Pong Table

Lee Wen est un artiste singapourien qui réalise des performances sur les thèmes de l’identité sociale. Son oeuvre « Ping Pong Go-Round » est une installation totalement décalée et humoristique d’une table de ping-pong ronde permettant de jouer à plusieurs dizaines de personnes. Elle a été récemment exposée à l’Art Basel de Hong Kong.

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BMW "Leather" (2015) :30 (USA)

If you ever wanted to hear a grandmother act as a backseat driver while waxing nostalgic about how her late husband used to make her wear leather because he was a domineering man, now’s your chance.

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BMW "Heads up" (2015) :30 (USA)

Screaming grandma makin’ up stories about twisters she never saw when she was a kid? I guess BMW is going after that all important demographic of grown-ups who can’t wait to shove their senile old biddies into an old folks home and forget about them.

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BMW "Moonroof"(2015) :30 (USA)

Backseat driving grandma is here to make up stories and snark on her stupid son. I like this gal. She’d be fun at parties.

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PCFF "Monument to Future Victims" (2015) 1:15 (Israel)

Israel is facing an intense election week, with a lot riding in the balance. The Parents Circle Families Forum wants to remind all who live in Israel what’s really at stake.

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Generation Progress "Anthem" (2015) :30 (USA)

It’s on us to stop sexual assault, says President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Jon Hamm, Joel McHale, Kerry Washington, Rose Byrne, Questlove, Common, Randy Jackson, Mayam Bialik and more.

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VW "Park and Drive" (2015) 1:27 (Poland)

Fun idea from VW Poland. Warsaw has some nasty parking problems. VW decided to take advantage of that by saving a parking spot for you with their car. When you approached, they’d move and then after you parked your car, you got the chance to take a VW for a spin.

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Prima Cafe "Wrestler" (2015) 2:00 (Poland)

Heartwarming story of an Polish Olympian wrestler who meets up with a benefactor — another wrestler from a wealthier country who at the height of Communism, sent this guy his first pair of wrestling boots.

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Prima Cafe "Choir" (2015) 2:00 (Poland)

This spot features a Polish choir singer and survivor of the communist regime. She used to receive parcels from a French woman who as also a choir singer. 40 years later, the women meet up for the first time to reminisce and share a cup of Prima coffee.

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Prima Cafe "Grandfather" (2015) 2:00 (Poland)

Poland under Communist rule was difficult. The people relied on the kindness of strangers in western countries who would send parcels containing food, sweets, and letters.

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Adidas to Exit the N.B.A., Opening the Door to Rivals

Adidas said that it will not bid for a new contract with the N.B.A. when its deal expires in 2017, letting slip a high-profile partnership.

Mexican Journalist Is Fired After Report About First Lady

Carmen Aristegui, who has a long record of exposing the foibles of Mexico’s elite, was fired Sunday from MVS Radio.

Remarks on Family by Dolce and Gabbana Bring Swell of Criticism

When the Italian designers Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce criticized nontraditional families in a magazine interview, it caught the attention of the singer Elton John.



Irresistible TV, but Durst Film Tests Ethics, Too

“The Jinx,” a six-part HBO documentary series about Robert A. Durst, raises questions about whether the filmmakers had a responsibility to share their discoveries with the police.



Radio Broadcasters Seek Changes in Disclosure Rules for Paid Programming

Nine broadcasters have asked the Federal Communications Commission to waive a requirement that stations say on the air when a sponsor has paid for a song.



With Comments on IVF and Gay Adoption, Dolce & Gabbana is the New Barilla Pasta


We’ve seen this play before, but brands keep mounting new productions.

Dolce & Gabbana became the target of a celebrity-fueld boycott attempt after Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana talked family with an Italian magazine, as The Hollywood Reporter recounted Monday:

Dolce said he thought children born via IVF were “synthetic” from “wombs for rent” and that “the only family is the traditional one. Life has a natural flow, there are things that should not be changed. One is the family.”

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