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The filmmaker that once positively impressed everyone with his first movie now impresses everyone again, but for the wrong reasons. As his productions are released, Shyamalan seems to proof that he’s a one-movie director.

You can call them weird, or even unusual, but they are, above all, original. Take a look at those ambitious projects that broke architectonic boundaries and resulted on highly-noticed constructions. There are different shapes and sizes, colorful or not, from USA, Japan or Europe.

Reading is a pleasure, but there’s nothing more annoying than a book club — appointments when literary friends sit down, drinking a cup of tea and discharging intellectual observations about a certain kind of text. However, a group of women created a peculiar alternative for reading. They take off their clothes. And read.

This Hamburg German artist makes miniatures of antique cars with a special touch. Using aged and rusty materials, Heukeshoven’s work get closer to steampunk style, remarkably leaving the prints of the time. Here you can find reproductions of Porsche, Jaguar and Citröen models as never seen before.

Get inside an individual transport cartridge, comfortably lay your back and choose your destination. You just need to cycle softly and forget the rest to put yourself in movement. If you get bored with television, you have got the option for enjoying a 360º panoramic view above your metropolis, as you are lifted up by a track running through the heart of the city. Welcome to an alternative mean of transport from the future.

Christmas’ eve. Abundant and plenty food, à la Babette; truths hidden behind that skin-toned make-up base she bought at Avon catalogue. Written speeches and dismissals delayed to the second day of the next month. For Lucinda, Christmas could be resumed on a little ritual of intersected memories.

Candles, electric lights, shining ribbons… Why do we have this need for lightning Christmas? There are ceremonies that can explain the reason why there are so many lightning façades during these celebrations. After all, we live on a time when we have to know how we can deal with Watts’ wasting inside our more-and-more eco-friendly world.

As the time went by, the real Christmas spirit — something that no one can blame us for not knowing at all — was overshadowed by Santa Claus. Then, Santa Claus was overshadowed by a soft drink, what was also overshadowed later by polar bears. That’s the power of media, able to change concepts and get round purposes. That’s what obviously happens with Christmas.