After 13 years of planning and development, One World Trade Center has finally opened its doors and welcomed its new tenants. To celebrate, Time Magazine pays tribute to the dedicated people who built the new tower and the numerous challenges they faced. The achievement is best captured in a fully navigable panoramic photograph of NYC taken from the top of One World Trade Center, which …
With the release of the “Whiskey Bible 2015,” the world will see the 2013 Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask awarded “World Whiskey of the Year” by connoisseur Jim Murray. With a score of 97.5 out of 100, the Japanese whiskey surprised an industry historically dominated by Scotland, which did not produce a top-five whiskey for the first time since the publication’s founding a decade ago.
Imagine the avant-garde soundtrack to a sci-fi movie—created without any electronic music instruments. Istanbul-based artist Görkem Şen has created the Yabahar, which looks more like a scientific measuring instrument than anything musical. But when Sen hits, plucks and even bows the Yabahar, otherworldly sounds emerge. With no additional effects or post audio processing, even the reverb is achieved naturally through the long coils.
