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They designed an outdoor advertising campaign that threw away trillion dollar notes with a message. Bundles of cash were mailed to media personalities. The newspapers contact details were printed on bank notes and attached to posters whereverThe Zimbabweanwas sold. Though Mbanga was released, he faced several life threats in Zimbabwe and therefore fled to Europe. Within a year, the newspapers circulation dropped from 150,000 to 30,000. At wits end, Mbanga approached Johannesburg-based advertising agencyTBWA Hunt Lascarisin search of a solution....

Theres also a large indoor-outdoor bordering area with 117 boulders to scamper over.

The fields are freshly ploughed and the muddy water splash about as the bulls are raced by their guides. The villagers gather around these fields keeping safe distance. The air is rent with excitement fervor as there is stiff competition over these races. A pair of oxen is usually managed by three persons forming a participating unit. Nearly 30 such units participate in the race which starts at noon and continues up to dusk....

These incredible sculptures are the work of Korean artistKang Duck-Bongand they are made out of PVC pipes, glued together and coated with paint, giving an awesome sense of movement. [viaBoingBoing]

Imagine what if movies of the present age were thrown back to the old era? How would the posters look like. Who would be in it? Who would direct it? So here we are… [viaHighsnobiety]

Her works reminds me of theLiu Bolinwho is a master at disappearing. [viaMy Modern Metropolis]

Giethoorn is a well-known tourist village in the Netherlands, dubbed the “Venice of the North”. Originally they called the settlement Geytenhorn which means horn of goats, eventually becoming Giethoorn over the years. The village owes it characteristic appearance to peatdigging. This led to the formation of large and small lakes. To transport the peat, ditches and canals were excavated. Many houses are as it were built on little islands, reached through a high bridge....

Except for the strange long nose, is a perfect scaled model of the human skeleton. The Giant was first unveiled in 1990 at Centre National dArt Contemporain in Grenoble, France. Thereafter in 1996 it moved to the courtyard of the Palace of Capodimonte, Naples. Thereafter in 2008 it was at display at Musee des Arts Contemporains, Hornu, Belgium. After the display in Belgium it was moved to Rome, where it currently resides....

Hubert De Lartiguewas born in 1963 in Angers, France. In the past decade he also starting painting pin-ups. He is continuing the quest for the perfect beauty. His French Pin-ups are the embodiment of our fondest fantasies.

The terrain here is so pronounced it almost looks like a real desert. Nowhere else in the entire tundra such large volume of loose shifting sands can be found. Against the backdrop of the cold mountains, the Chara Sands is an extraordinary sight. Chara Sands is a truly amazing place. Its like a real desert, but with features you wont see anywhere else except in Trans-Baikal. You might stumble upon an oasis among the sand ridges where palms gave way to northern larches....

Tokyo-based photographerHalvacuum-sealed couples together to create a bizarre photo series titled Flesh Love. Flesh Portrait is available in a book form and will also be available in a$13 iPad app. When I see a couple of interest I will begin to negotiate.

This is one of the oldest living ancient sports seen in the modern era. Although it sounds similar to theSpanish running of the bulls, it is quite different. In Jallikattu, the bull is not killed and the ‘matadors’ are not supposed to use any weapon. Injuries and deaths are common in Jallikattu. In 2004, at least 5 people were reported dead and several hundreds injured in various villages. Two hundred have died over the past two decades....

Reservation is usually required to get a table. The place is part restaurant, part cooking school and part day care. Parents drop their kids off in the afternoon and return to eat the meal the children have made. While the kids are there, they are taught how to cook, serve and wait. Picture menus are provided looking at which kids can make sandwiches, milkshakes, and bake cakes. The ingredients, necessary cooking items, and instructions are all at their level....