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What do stormtroopers do on their days off?

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Remember going to birthday parties or the carnival as a child and getting your face painted?

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These 11 innovative artists are stepping up the standards for graffiti and public art by doing it in ways we don’t usually see, but just might notice.

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Here are some of the slickest mods, 26 sexy Steampunk art and hi-tech hacks.

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The next generation of beverage-buckets are here and they couldn’t look more different from the norm, as these 19 examples show.

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Here are 11 robots in film faced with a crisis of identity. The

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From otherworldly ball-jointed dolls to sculptures that could easily be props in a horror movie, these works of art are definitely not toys.

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After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward will never be the same again – and Brad Pitt is determined to make that a good thing.

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These ten drop dead gorgeous tombstones illustrate exquisitely detail the strength of the spirit to move the living once the dearly departed have themselves moved on.

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These seven stunning examples of ossuaries remind us that life is fleeting, but some part of us can live on in this world.

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Some enterprising people are recycling old train cars into homes, offices and even hotels.

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Whether you wish to support your obsession with ghosts and ghouls or just for thrills and chills, here is a tour of 10 of the creepiest, most ghost-infested and haunted castles in the world as well as a video after each for you to draw your own conclusion about the proof of the haunted castles.

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Link: http://weburbanist.com/2009/10/27/8-f...

While many of us go for a functionalist, pick’n'mix approach to home decor (”I need curtains: oh, that will do” etc.), let us be upstanding for the financially brave, creatively passionate and unashamedly geeky souls who transform their homes into miniature versions of their favorite corners of modern culture, as these 8 thoroughly unique examples illustrate.

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These 15 forms of barcode art take these ubiquitous black and white lines and make them fun, provocative and beautiful.

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These 9 examples of preserved, bombed-out buildings stand, in stark contrast to their successors, as testaments to a war that forever changed the world we live in.

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Unlike the human eye, the lens of a camera can’t judge spatial relationships, and photographs can only ever show a flat representation of a subject. But what happens when you take those flat, two-dimensional images and create three-dimensional sculpture?

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These pictures, from the always-hilarious thereifixedit.com, show just how creative people can be when it comes to making changes to their vehicles. From the hilariously haphazard to the creatively upcycled, these insane vehicle mods are perfect examples of do-it-yourself gone wild.

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Whatever media they use, these 10 artists elevate photorealism to new heights with their monumental talent.

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Here are 12 top master photographers and some of their best photos.

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Have a look at these 13 more examples of buildings in motion, whether by illusory trickery or natty mechanics, and ask yourself – are we ready for urban life on the move?

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