Ball Man

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A 3-D image of a soccer player blown up 21 meters tall, Nike’s “Ball Man” sculpture is an impressive mass of 5,500 yellow mini soccer balls suspended from the atrium of the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg. Check out Notcot to get the whole story and see plenty of images, if you’re not in South Africa.

Radical Cartography

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The Very Short List points out the strategically overlaid maps on Radical Cartography, which plot everything from “the physical expansion of Boston since 1630” to “what the world needs now.”

Tree Hotel

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Channeling the salad days spent in the backyard, the new Tree Hotel in Harads, Sweden offers guests an upscale respite, complete with eco-friendly floor heating—an alternative heating source for coping with the country’s harsh winter weather.