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13-Story Building Collapsed In The Most Unusual Way In Shanghai

ehemplo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:08:32 +0000

I’ve never seen a building goes down this way – it just fell over flat. Weird…

Details:

At around 5:30am on June 27, an unoccupied building still under construction at Lianhuanan Road in the Minhang district of Shanghai City toppled over. One worker was killed. According to information, a 70 meter section of the flood prevention wall in nearby Dianpu River and that may have something to do with this building collapse.

[via zonaeuropa]

The OMG Wall!

ehemplo — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:45:29 +0000

[image via twitpic]

‘Axe Schedule’ Building Calendar Outdoor Ad

ehemplo — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:44:16 +0000

An outdoor advertising for Axe deodorant by some agency in When Gee Seoul, South Korea.

According to the Korean agency:

As wrapping the female student’s dormitory in the shape of calendar and using Axe for a month throughout March, we aimed for the expression that a new female can be met on a daily basis, to promote the brand image and preference for Axe.

[via directdaily]

TETRIS Constructions Since 1985

ehemplo — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:16:42 +0000

Showing some Tetris love!

Made by Swedish artist Erik Johansson. Amazingly weird noh?

[via albotas]

A Collection Of Hilarious Store Names

ehemplo — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:16:46 +0000

Google Maps Typography

ehemplo — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:02:13 +0000

32-year-old Australian graphic designer Rhett Dashwood has spent 6 months searching Google Maps hoping to discover land formations or buildings resembling letter forms. He was able to gather and complete the geographical alphabet even if limited within the state of Victoria, Australia. The results are incredible!

[via rhettdashwood]

Ski Jump Themed Toilet For Extreme Crapping

ehemplo — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:35:46 +0000

This is part of a winter marketing campaign for Coca-Cola’s Georgia Coffee Max. They manage to decorate the toilets of ski resorts in Japan with a realistic view from the top of a ski jump.

The cubicles were fully decorated on all sides, so that the person caught short would have a ski jumper’s view when they are sitting on the throne. The person can look down at the skis (simply printed on the floor of the cubicle) and see the steep ski jump slope ahead of them.

Advertising messages are found on the toilet paper holder and on the wall behind the toilet with the message: “Seriously kick-ass intensely sweet for the real coffee super zinging unstoppable Max! Taste-explosion!”. Dammit, that was intense.

This has got to be the most creative bathroom I have ever seen.

How can you take a dump on this one? Since, it looks realistic enough to scare the shit out of you (literally).

Time for the ski dump!

[via coloribus]

Data Center Cable Madness

ehemplo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:27:48 +0000

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Crap, what a sight! This one’s origin is still unknown. No one has any idea about the what, when, where and the origin of this mysterious cable massacre.

What will happen if one wire will go bad? I don’t know, my head is about to explode just thinking about it.

They need to get their shit together.

[reddit via flickr]