New city axis in the capital of Kazakhstan

The Khan Shatyry entertainment centre in Astana will become a dramatic civic focal point for the capital of Kazakhstan, the soaring structure, at the northern end of the new city axis, rises from a 200m elliptical base to form the highest peak on the skyline of Astana.

Held by a mast, the vast tent-like cable net structure is clad in ETFE, a material that allows light to wash the interior spaces while sheltering them from extreme weather conditions. A park steps up the height of the building in undulating terraces providing public space and green oases for the visitors.

Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006

The third Triennial brings together the experimental designs and emerging ideas—including animation, new media, and fashion, robotics, architecture, product, medical, and graphic design—at the center of American culture from 2003 to 2006. In New York. This exhibition takes a reasonably diverse cross section of designers such as the heavy weights Santiago Calatrava, Rem Koolhaas, Nike, IDEO and Apple, mixed in with the more subversive works of Kid Robot, Tobias Wong, Natalie Jeremijenko and Nicholas Blechman.

Sidewalk Chalk Arts

this is a really cool chalk 3D arts I've ever seen. It's funny and confuse my vision. definitely a great art. Enjoy them!

Essays of Visualization

This is another way to read your essays. A collection of essays is collated for readers with visualizing graphics. The graphics should both serve as a thematic and structural overview of each text, and pose the essay in question in relation to the other essays in the book. They should be both an abbreviation of the text and the key to decoding the complex issues under discussion.