Although we find most advertisements annoying, similar to mosquitoes, and we (at least in Slovenia and the capital) only accepted the appearance of citylights with difficulty, there are cases when we welcome this kind of advertising. A good example is The Mosquito Killer Billboard, which mimics the scent of a human to attract Zika-carrying mosquitoes, trap them, and never let them go.
The premiere of Camillo Daint-Saëns' great French opera Samson and Delilah is approaching. It will be staged for the first time on May 13, 2016, in the great hall of the Slovenian National Theater (SNG) Maribor in co-production with Opéra-Théatra Metz Métropole.
Monuments are primarily made for a commemorative or other symbolic function. They are dedicated to persons, events, animals, objects, etc., which they directly or indirectly worship. But not the statues that you will meet below. What their purpose is is not entirely clear, but if it is not to scare passers-by, then the sculptors did not do their job well. Check out 18 of the scariest monuments in history.
Do you keep procrastinating and prefer to postpone obligations? Enough. We have prepared tips for overcoming duty avoidance. Here are 8 science-backed ways to avoid procrastination.
Facebook knows a lot. It knows what you are interested in, it knows what you would like to buy before you even realize it, it knows who your (future) friends are, and much more. Also what you will post on the wall in 10 years! Curious about what you'll be publishing in a decade? Click on the article in which we reveal how you can peek into the future with Facebook.
Coca-Cola is getting a new, unified look. The packaging of famous bottles, bottles and cans will receive a makeover. It is the last phase in the unification strategy of the brand, which will give their different drinks a unified look, but of course we will still be able to easily distinguish them from each other. Since 1982, when Coca-Cola sent its derivatives to the shelves in addition to classic Coca-Cola (at first Diet Coke, followed by Coke Zero and Coke Life), all drinks had their own design, but from now on they will all speak the same design language. The connecting element will be the red disc.
Our food, water, our entire way of life - everything comes from nature. And what are we still waiting for? The time is now. On World Earth Day 2016 - April 22 - let's do something special for our planet.
You girls are going to love pottery today! And we believe that you would be happy if you were taught the craft by this very sexy potter, Ethan Landon, who creates under the Tortus Copenhagen brand. Check out these sensual shots of Ethan's creation.
Every year at the end of the ski season, the Grelka fest is held in the Russian winter sports center Šeregeš. It's a bathing suit skiing festival, which this year saw a record breaking number of people skiing in beachwear. Once a rich iron deposit, today it is a skiing and snowboarding paradise (it is said to boast the best snow in Russia), where winter lasts for half a year (from November to May) due to low temperatures.
If the title of The Magnificent Seven sounds familiar, your memory is serving you well. It is a legendary American western from 1960, an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's Japanese masterpiece, Seven Samurai from 1954. In 2016, it gets another Hollywood adaptation, which has the same sounding names as the first American adaptation, in which, among others, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Horst Buchholz, Yul Brynner and Eli Wallach. The film was directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Fall of Olympus, The Righteous, King Arthur).
PepsiCo asked industrial designer Karim Rashid to design premium bottles for Coca Cola's biggest rival, Pepsi, for Milan Design Week. In addition to the aluminum bottles in the signature blue color, Rashid also designed a matching ice storage container, opener and tray.
Regular visitors to Ljubljana's Castle Hill have been able to watch with interest the construction of the vineyard for the past few months, which will receive the last vine seedlings on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at noon. Ljubljana, the green capital of Europe, offers a new form of coexistence of its inhabitants with nature and once again justifies its green title, while at the same time consolidating its 30-year status as a "city of vines and wine" and conveying to the world a message about the importance of the vine and wines in Slovenia.