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  • This Concert Grand Has 97 Keys Instead of the Usual 88

    Bösendorfer's 290 Imperial extends the piano down into extra bass notes, giving it a full eight-octave keyboard. The enormous black case, extra keys and hand-built craft make it both a musical instrument and a spectacular object. — via boesendorfer.com

  • This Electric Ferry Rises Out of the Water and Flies on Hydrofoils

    Candela's P-12 uses hydrofoils to lift its hull above the water at speed, reducing drag and changing both efficiency and ride behaviour. The transition from normal displacement to foil-borne travel is highly visual. — via candela.com

  • This Shelving System Has Been in Continuous Production Since 1960

    Dieter Rams' 606 shelving system is built around rails and components that can move, expand and survive changes of room or home. Its restraint is the opposite of novelty, which is exactly why it belongs in a BEST OF design collection. — via vitsoe.com

  • This 1960s Swiss Storage System Still Builds Modern Offices Like LEGO

    USM Haller uses metal tubes, connector balls and panels to create modular furniture that can be expanded and reconfigured over time. Its colour, geometry and longevity make it far more interesting than ordinary storage. — via usm.com

  • This House Was Built With Giant 3D-Printed Walls

    ICON's House Zero demonstrates large-scale additive construction in a finished home rather than a laboratory shell. The printed wall texture remains visible, turning the building method itself into part of the architecture. — via iconbuild.com

  • Dubai Put a Tropical Rainforest Inside a Giant Glass Bio-Dome

    The Green Planet recreates a layered tropical ecosystem indoors with thousands of plants and animals, creating an unusual collision between dense rainforest and a modern city setting. — via thegreenplanetdubai.com

  • One of the Most Famous Photographs of Earth Was Taken on the Way to the Moon

    The Blue Marble presents an almost fully illuminated Earth as a single globe, with weather systems, oceans and continents visible at once. It became one of the defining planetary images of the space age. — via science.nasa.gov

  • Dubai Built a 60-Metre-Deep Pool With a Sunken City Inside

    Deep Dive Dubai turns scuba diving into an artificial underwater world, with a vast deep pool and submerged environments designed to be explored. The underwater rooms and divers provide far more variety than a conventional pool image. — via deepdivedubai.com

  • The Photograph That Made Earth Look Small for the First Time

    Earthrise shows our planet appearing above the Moon's horizon during Apollo 8, turning Earth into a fragile blue-and-white object suspended in blackness. Few images have changed the way people picture their own planet so completely. — via science.nasa.gov

  • These 500-Year-Old Tapestries Turn a Unicorn Hunt Into an Entire Visual World

    The Unicorn Tapestries combine dense plants, animals, symbolism and narrative into monumental woven scenes. They reward both a full-image hero and close-up details that reveal how much is hidden in the surface. — via metmuseum.org