Just when you thought the excitement of the Olympics was over ...

http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/
...we've got another world-wide sport to look forward to. These guys look like something straight out of a Dr. Seuss book. Support Team USA!
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Update: Flattery Turns to Fright

More photos of TDSF have showed up online. One Flickr user comments on his own photos of the TD building by saying, "More Turner Duckworth Lust" and "I know I can make you happy" and "Let me caress your sugar walls."

Link: Flickr: Search

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What are all of those curious people doing right outside our front door?

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Always wanted to be a chandelier.

A humorous and macabre lamp by Itay Ohaly.

Link: site

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On This Day, August 3

Yes, we know it is not really August 3, but there was a hidden birthday that has now come to light. So, on this day in history...

1492: Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

1949: The National Basketball Association was formed.

2008: We celebrated Tanawat's birthday!

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Melting Man

Though far less of a spectacle than Burning Man, Nele Azevedo's installation piece is still a fun concept.

Link: - Nele's FotoPage - Fotopages.com

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It All Depends on the Lighting

Hideo Kawamura has designed a line of table lamps, ONOFF, that transform from abstraction into pictoral when turned on.

Link: arenot｜Rezon(レゾン)>ONOFF Hideo Kawamura

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Coca-Cola [Red] Light

That curvaceous silhouette is slipping into some stretching leopard print for a limited run of 300,000. Coca-Cola has hired Roberto Cavalli's services to create "dresses" aimed at the young, feminine, fashion-oriented market.

Link: TheDieline.com: The Leading Package Design Blog: Coca-Cola Light by of Roberto Cavalli

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Seating for the Wallflowers

buroJET has designed a line of furniture that combines printed art and space-saving seating solutions. Yet, if your back is to the art, what are you going to sit and observe?

Link: buroJET

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