Light-Refracting Furniture

The Prism Table by Maurie Novak Creates a Geometric Rainbow

The Prism Table looks different from every angle. The Prism Table refracts light through the use of crystal glass, creating geometric rainbows that could easily be mistaken for a colorfully intricate display of strings. It is hard to say what would be more impressive. While the latter is considerably more artisanal, the use of light allows the possibilities to be nearly endless.
Designed by Maurie Novak for MN Design, an emerging architectural and design practice located in Melbourne, Australia , the Prism Table boasts a stainless steel frame. The materials on their own lend a more minimalist and modern design yet it is undeniable that on the whole, the Prism Table is delightfully whimsical and artistic. It is astounding how something so simple can look so complex.

Amazing photographs of huge cave systems in Thailand

1. In more than 30 years as a cave explorer, photographer and guide, John Spies – an Australian based in Thailand – has visited 85 caves, discovered incredible formations.

2. John has discovered caves never before visited by humans and his expertise in the field has led him to work with Sir David Attenborough on his acclaimed Planet Earth BBC television series.

3. John runs the Cave Lodge guest house in northern Thailand where prices start from just £2 per night and adventure tours to the caves.

4. A caver gazes at a stone formation in Tham Lum Khao Ngu (Snake Mountain Cave) in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, which houses the world’s tallest cave.

5. Ian Robinson explores the Tham Pha Puak (White Cliff) Cave in Pang Mapha, Thailand

6. Dave Pierce examines an enormous flowstone in Tham Pha Mon cave in Pang Mapha, Thailand

7. Shan Man Ong, standing on a bamboo raft, explores the downstream entrance of Tham Lod cave in Pang Mapha, Thailand

8. John Spies explores the Tham Lod in Pang Mapha, Thailand

9. Dave Pierce stands on a ledge at the entrance to the Tham Nam Lang cave in Pang Mapha, Thailand

10. Kerry Hamilton climbs a cave rope attached to bamboo scaffolding to scale a waterfall inside Tham Susa cave in Pang Mapha, Thailand

Miracle Pine - A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami

Rikuzentakata, Japan

Of the 70,000 trees that once lined the shore of Rikuzentakata, Japan, only one remained after the 2011 tsunami.

The tree quickly became an icon of hope in the devastation, where about 80% of the homes in Rikuzentakata were lost in the waters. Unfortunately, although the nearly 90-foot-tall, 200-year-old tree lived through the floods, it couldn't survive the resulting saline content in its earth, and 18 months later it died. However, a sculpture erected in 2013 returned the tree permanently to the shore, with its trunk coated and formed over a metal mold and its leaves and branches synthetically remade.

River Stone

Goah, which is dedicated to bath products and belongs to Peronda ceramic company, commissioned us the design of a new marble sink. The starting point was open and they gave us a lot of freedom, but we had to bear in mind that the sink could be sold in sixty countries with different cultures, and this pushed us to find a common link to all of them.

Nature is a bond we all share, and, therefore, to design this project we have relied on the natural relationship between water and river stones. This is a very special relationship because, over the years, both have been shaping each other, and they are adapting and changing to evolve together.

The round shapes caused by erosion made ​​us think about a sink like a stone worn out by streams of water, and with a form as organic and enjoyable as river stones.

The tradition of placing stones on each other as a signal inspired us to create a countertop of the same material, with a base that accompanies and supports the sink forming a high entity set. Following the same idea, we designed a rounded and asymmetrical mirror, a third stone that reinforces and completes the group.

The sensations and memories that come to our mind looking at the soft forms of the washbasin, listening to the sounds of water and, above all, touching the rounded stone transport us to natural and relaxing environments, and it makes us feel that we are in the river where they were created.

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Mindblowing photographs of alcohol under a microscope

These Mind blowing photographs are called Bevshots. Basically they are photographs of alcohol under a microscope. These high-quality photographs of your favorite beers, wines, cocktails, liquors, and mixers were taken after they were crystallized on a slide and shot under a polarized light microscope. As the light refracts through the beverage crystals, the resulting photos feature naturally magnificent colors and composition.

The results are really stunning and almost form a kind of psychedelic images..

Vodka Tonic

Tequila

American Pale ale

Bloody Mary

Champagne

Dirty Martini

Bourbon

Sake

Scotch

White Wine

Mint Julep

Gin

Vodka

Pina Colada

Mexican Lager

Margarita

 

Jamaican Lager

English Oatmeal Stout

Irish Stout

American Draft Beer

Red Wine

Rum and Cola

White Russian

Cosmo Martini

Green Vault - The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II

The world's most expensive playset.

Dresden, Germany

Europe and possibly the world's largest collection of treasures, objects d'art, cabinets of curiosity, baroque contraptions, and generally royal weirdness is all held in Germany's Grünes Gewölbe or Green Vault.

Originally the private collection of Augustus the Strong, ruler of Saxony (modern day Dresden), the Green Vault has everything from ornate silverware with polished coral handles to nearly microscopic portrait reliefs of royalty carved in cherrywood or ivory (you have to look through a magnifying glass to see them). There are Venetian wind-up automatons that pour wine and various other ornate cabinets and contraptions. The collection even includes such contested items as the solid gold drinking bowl of Ivan the Terrible. The literal crown jewel of the Green Vault is the impossibly rare Dresden Green; a massive, naturally irradiated, green diamond from India. The diamond is on par with the Hope Diamond and the Mountain of Light in the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. It is an internally flawless hunk of beautiful green carbon mounted in a hat clasp and no picture will do it justice.

The moniker "Grünes Gewölbe" did not derive from the Dresden Green diamond however. The green in the the vault's name came from malachite columns that had been painted green at the base and crown as well as green velvet wall coverings in some parts of the treasure rooms. In 1945 over 90% of Dresden was destroyed in a vicious fire bombing by the British RAF. During this attack the Dresdener Residenzschloss (Dresden Castle), which held much of the collection, was obliterated. Sadly many great works of art and treasure were lost in the fire bombing of Dresden and original "greens" of the Green Vault were lost with them. However in the early years of World War II a majority of the treasure in the Green Vault was moved to the Königstein Fortress and survived the destruction of the Dresden Castle.

In the 1960's reconstruction was started on Dresden Castle and as of 2013 the renovations have finally been completed. The new interior of the Green Vault produced two separate museums, the New Green Vault and the Historiches Grünes Gewölbe (Historic Green Vault), containing a staggering 4,000 items between them. However, the original green color for which it was named is only present in the magnificent diamond that highlights the end of the tour. The Green Vault itself is a real hidden gem of Europe and Eastern Germany.

The Green Vault

A lush coffee service.

The Dresden Green

The Green Vault circa 1904.