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A sculpture that's a candle
This 2015 sculpture by Urs Fischer, called Standing Julian, is at the Whitney Museum in NY. Every morning of the exhibition it's lit and the flames are extinguished every night. Over the course of the exhibition the sculpture? will disappear, representing the transience of life.
24 August 2017 by lynnwood

NFP

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A school for spies
The International Spy Museum in Washington DC includes a school for spies. On the tour you can learn how to see suspicious activit
24 August 2017 by lynnwood

NFP

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Spy eye glasses
These glasses are amongst many fascinating exhibits at the International Spy Museum in Washington DC which covers the history of spying. The glasses allow spies to suicide before being tortured.
24 August 2017 by lynnwood

Artistic

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Free on the spot monogramming
Monogramming is becoming popular particularly in New York where it's offered on the spot for free. This shows a window at Henri Bendel on 5th Avenue promoting the service.
24 August 2017 by lynnwood

NFP

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The coolest company in Australia
Thankyou is the winner of Anthill's Cool Company Awards 2016. The idea was born out the observation that over 900 million people didn?t have access to safe drinking water on a daily basis, yet the Australian bottled water industry was worth an estimated $600 million a year. The social enterprise started with a bottled water brand and expanded to others. Each product has a unique code that shows you the exact project that it's assigned to fund, complete with GPS coordinates. www.thankyou.co
24 August 2017 by lynnwood

Dining

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Keeping beer cold on the beach
BottleKeeper has a 4 mm thick neoprene sleeve that lines the walls of a stainless steel container to keep the contents substantially colder than a standard beer ?koozie?. www.bottlekeeper.com.au
24 August 2017 by lynnwood