McDavid United States 2006 Worth1000.com, an image manipulation website, hosted a contest to alter any piece of fine art and turn it into an ad for any company.
With over seventy submissions during the forty-eight hour entry window, the McDavid was scored as one of the top creations.
Big Mac anyone?
Fiat Multipla Italy 1998 Based on the Brava, the Multipla was quite unlike any other car on the market. This compact MPV, manufactured by Italian automaker Fiat in 1998, is much shorter and wider than its rivals. It has two rows of three seats, while all of its competitors have only two seats in the front.
Originally developed as a spa shoe by entrepreneur George B. Boedecker, Jr., the first model, the Crocs Beach, was unveiled in November 2002 at the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show. All 200 pairs sold out at that time. The product line has remained popular, and has the characteristics of a sustained fad, with both ardent support and disapproval.
The Torre Agbar Spain 2005 The Torre Agbar, a 21st-century skyscraper at Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes in Barcelona, Spain was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and built by Dragados. According to Jean Nouvel, the shape of the structure was inspired by Montserrat, a mountain near Barcelona, and by the shape of a geyser rising into the air. However, in an interview, he admittedly described it as having a phallic resemblance. As a result of its unusual shape, the building is known by several nicknames, such as “el supositori” (the suppository), “l’obús” (the shell), and some more scatological ones. Its design combines a number of different architectural concepts resulting in a striking structure built with reinforced concrete, covered with a facade of glass and
4,500 LED luminous devices that allow the generation of luminous images in the façade creating the defining feature of nocturnal illumination of the third tallest building in Barcelona.
Vélib’ (from “vélo libre” or “vélo liberté” meaning free bicycle or bicycle freedom) is a public bicycle rental program in Paris, France. Originally launched in July, 2007 with 10,000 bicycles in 750 automated rental stations, the numbers has since grown to 20,000 bicycles and 1,450 stations. W ith one station every 300 m throughout the city centre, Vélib’ is the largest system of its kind in the world.
