New, Nice and Fun

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This is a real panda! China has this “panda diplomacy” and this one will be sent to Japan as a friendship envoy. For safety reasons he sits as a passenger with his feeder, not in a cage. Fastening the seat belt, wearing a diaper, eating bamboos..etc

Seattle-based Jeremy Veach has been the proud owner of Norm, his four-legged friend, since the pup was just 8 weeks old (he’s now 1 1/2). Soon after Jeremy got him, he started taking photos of the photogenic dog, inspired by some canine favorites like good ‘ol Maddie, and began posting them on Instagram. (Jermzlee now has almost 24,000 followers.)

Camila Valdez’s sculptures are a fun look at various food cultures in North America, France, and United Kingdom.

For their latest project the folks at Melbourne based March Studio have suspended nearly 4,000 upside down terracotta pots from the ceiling of the recently opened Gazi Restaurant. The striking hive-like ceiling installation was created by attaching clay pots of various sizes to steel rods. Fourteen different length rods were used to create the undulating abstract shape, and because the construction is porous, it allowed lights and services to either drop through the canopy or be hidden behind it.

As part of the Figment NYC outdoor festival, designers Jason Klimoski, AIA, and Lesley Chang of Studio Klimoski Chang Architects, created a large cloud-shaped pavilion made of completely recyclable materials. The "Head in the Clouds Pavilion" is a large structure, constructed from aluminum, wood, and 53,780 recycled plastic bottles and water jugs - the number of plastic bottles thrown away in New York City in just 1 hour. The jugs were used to create the organic outer shell of the cloud, while the water bottles filled with water and food dye make up the blue interior. Visitors can walk inside the cloud and contemplate the shifting light as it filters through the layers of bottles.