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October 2026

Ikigai
Ikigai (生き甲斐, lit. “a reason for being”) is a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living, a…
 • Remo Giuffré
Zeitpyramide
A monumental artwork in Germany that will take 1,190 years to complete will nonetheless, and due to a rookie mathematical error, be finished 10 years…
 • Remo Giuffré
Ties
Hey guys, where do we stand on ties?
 • Remo Giuffré
Vitruvian Man
Like all good icons, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” has been much celebrated and parodied in the popular culture.
 • Remo Giuffré
Visually Clever Advertising
25 visually clever ads that make you smile, pause and appreciate the craft
 • Remo Giuffré
Encore: Café Wall Illusion
The horizontal blue bars in this version of what is called the “café wall illusion” are parallel. Yes they are!
 • Remo Giuffré
World’s Smelliest Smell
Methanethiol (aka methyl mercaptan) is a colourless gas with a distinctive and putrid smell.
 • Remo Giuffré
Corpus Museum
This Dutch museum is dedicated entirely to the human body, offering visitors a unique “journey through the human body” – quite literally. Watch out for…
 • Remo Giuffré
Lockheed Lounge
This iconic piece of limited edition furniture created by Australian designer Marc Newson in 1988, is still the world’s most expensive design object by…
 • Remo Giuffré
Quirky Annual Events
Cheese-Rolling? Baby-Jumping? Wife-Carrying? Many of the world’s quirkiest annual events began as local customs, religious observances or spontaneous…
 • Remo Giuffré
The Nuclear Football
The “nuclear football” is a hefty black leather briefcase that serves as a mobile US command post for nuclear war. Culturally, it has become shorthand…
 • Remo Giuffré
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