3 guys just rain 4000 miles in 111 days. They ran across the Sahara Desert– the entire Sahara for the– H2O Africa Foundation. That’s nearly 2 marathons a day along camel tracks in 130F degree heat. See photos of their tired asses at National Geographic’s Running the Sahara.
US photographer Spencer Platt’s photo of young Lebanese driving through a devastated neighborhood of South Beirut has won the World Press Photo of the Year 2006. See more of Platt’s photos of Beirut from last Summer. Also read the story behind the photo.
Take a look at this flexible seating from Vancouver-based furniture company Molo Design. It’s made from kraft paper and it’s 100% recyclable and looks like a slinky. Read more info.
What’s the demographic lowdown on where you live? Check Neighboroo.
You might like the work of Korean artist Gwong Osang. You also might get creeped out by it. His series The Deodorant Type is filled with lifesized sculptures of people and objects made of photos (see 2,3,4 too). And in The Flat, Osang makes prints of something like 3D collages of photographed objects.