Christofle
Christofle is a manufacturer of fine silver flatware and home accessories based in France since 1830. Artists and designers such as Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, and Gio Ponti are among those whose creations have been made by Christofle.
Abkhazia
Abkhazia is a partially recognized state on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Currently, nature is reclaiming thousands of ruined buildings across the region, from the concrete skeletons of nondescript townhouses to the solemn grandeur of Tsarist-era sanatoriums and hotels.
Tripitaka Koreana
The Tripitaka Koreana is a Korean collection of Buddhist scriptures, carved onto 81,258 wooden printing blocks in the 13th century. Each wood block measures 24 centimeters in height and 70 centimeters in length.
Foro Bonaparte
Boro Bonaparte was a plan by Giovanni Antonio Antolinilans to redesign Milan in the around the Sforza Castle which Napoleon had begun to demolish. The projected proposed keeping the core of the castle, adding a facing of Doric columns, and developing a vast circular plaza around, some 570 meters in diameter. Surrounded by a Doric colonnade, the plaza was to be bordered by administrative buildings, ministries, courthouses, baths, theatres, universities and museums. Although Napoleon was strongly behind it, it was finally deemed too ambitious for a city the size of Milan.
Swiss bunkers
Swiss bunkers are paranoid architectural manifestations. With the threat of foreign invasion a thing of the past, thousands of military bunkers and fortresses in Switzerland have been now been put to commercial use, from hotels to data centres, museums to cheese factories.
Harmon Trophy
The Harmon Trophy is a set of three trophies, awarded annually to the world's outstanding aviators and aeronauts.
Balusters
Balusters are architectural elements that remind us that repetition can be beautiful.
Italo Svevo
Italo Svevo was an italian writer.
Thomas Nast
Thomas Nast was a cartoonist who is considered to be the father of the American cartoon.
Amber Room
The Amber Room is a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors. The room was looted by the Nazis during World War II and recreated in 2003. The original room is estimated to be worth 500 million dollars. It has yet to be featured on MTV Cribs.