This & That, Ceci et Cela

From National Geographic peeps comes a great multimedia piece on alternative energy. "Biofuels Compared" interactively illustrates how emerging biofuels size up and the benefits and costs of producing each one. It also shows comparison of each source's greenhouse gas emissions and energy balance (ratio of the amount of fossil fuel ...

One artist's dark take on how the Beijing 2008 Olympics got its logo (via VincentChow).

 

 

 

This picture gallery installed on a Moscow metro line provides an interesting enhancement to public transportation, ...

"Tangram" shelving from Italian outfit Lago. Tangram is the name of the historic Chinese puzzle (???; Pinyin: q? qi?o b?n; literally "seven boards of cunning" [Wiki]) which consists of 7 geometric pieces ...

Hotel Bellechasse (Paris) gets redone by Christian Lacroix.� Results: Something for everyone; from surrealistically scrumptious to coolly modern.