The Felix Zawojski Hotel in the Czech Republic had very humble beginnings, much like the designer and tailor whose honor the house was built for. It took about a hundred years before the house’s potential to be a plush and luxurious hotel worthy of kings and queens and princes and princesses.
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Coffee shops on wheels are quite a novelty. You’d find yourself wanting to try it out in case there’s something special with it that you can’t find in other coffee shops. In Odessa, you can get true Italian coffee from these coffee trucks.
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The State Academic Bolshoi Theater of Russia, more commonly known as the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, is both historic and noteworthy in terms of its design and architecture. Located in Moscow, it holds ballet and opera performances and, to this day, remains to be one of the most famous and revered landmarks of Russia.
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What would make you spend more on a keyboard than you normally would? Simple: a superior one. Even simpler: one designed and created by Art. Lebedev. The Optimus Popularis keyboard, to be more precise.

Ever since word got out about the Russian design company coming out with “a million keyboards in one”, there were a lot of mixed reactions, especially when it seemed that the product would be worth more than $1000. Why, that is even more that what one would normally pay for a computer! However, there are a lot of reasons why the Optimus Popularis is going to be worth every cent of its $1000+ price tag.

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A Russian designer Art Lebedev created this off-beat Povodokus, a dog leash fashioned to look like a handgun. Povodokus has the shape of a pistol, which unwound the cord and fits your hand like a glove. When you press the trigger spring leash unwound or unwound under tension.

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