Cute as they are, these pandas are devious as hell. One rolls over and distracts the keeper whilst another escapes out the back door, only for his accomplice to follow him!

Via Marilyn_Res

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Manga artist Shigeru Mizuki created an illustrated guide featuring a superb collection of cutaway diagrams showing the anatomy of 85 traditional monsters from Japanese folklore. Here are two of them below. Click the link to see more and descriptions of what they do!

Anatomy of Japanese Folk Monsters

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Here’s some funny CCTV footage of students from a Chinese university elevator dubbed with sound effects. Sponsored by Hewlett Packard? Who cares, its funny!

Via ChinaSmack

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We’re looking forward to seeing The Storm Warriors when it’s released in Hong Kong cinemas next month.

It’s a fantasy martial arts sequel to The Storm Riders, with both films starring Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng. The Storm Warriors will also feature Simon Yam, Nicholas Tse and Charlene Choi. Watch the trailer below.

Meanwhile, we came across the following fantastic artwork for the film from Beyond Hollywood.

Movie artwork via Beyond Hollywood

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I hope this young female chef’s cooking is as good as her knife twirling. You seriously don’t wanna mess with her down a dark alley. Watch the video below to see her quick-fingered twirling action…

Via CNN

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If you haven’t heard of The Selby, you have now! For voyeurs captivated by the creative interiors of interesting people, Todd Selby captures these spaces with photos, paintings and videos. His latest is of Yoshiko Kajitani – designer of Yoshiko Creation Paris.

Yoshiko Kajitani on The Selby

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Any martial artists who want to train at the home of kung fu might be inspired by this documentary that follows four people, including two westerners, as they travel to and train at Shaolin.

The Real Shaolin is a moving, poetic and action-packed documentary feature about two Chinese and two Westerners who journey to the Shaolin Temple in China, inspired by Jet Li’s Kung Fu movie “The Shaolin Temple”. In the course of excruciating martial arts training, their fantasies to become Kung Fu warriors collide with harsh reality, as the Shaolin Temple is the ultimate test for martial artists from all over the world. Will they achieve their goal of living the Shaolin dream?

Find out more on RealShaolin.com

Via The Awesomer

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Retro Kanban is a fascinating web site dedicated to old Kanban which means “shop sign“. This site carries a collection of enamel signboards, which were familiar from the 1930s to the 1970s and is a fantastic resource for designers, who just pure eye-candy who love the era.

Retro Kanban

Via Retro Thing

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Love Japanese dogs? Check out this lovely book featuring Japanese breeds of dogs, captured by designers Kazuya Takaoka and Sachiko Kuru. The Akita has got to be my favourite. (Second only to the Siberian Husky.)

“The Graphics of Japanese Dog” by Kazuya Takaoka and Sachiko Kuru

Via NotCot

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Origami as just as hobby? You’d be surprised by the talents and acumen of a Dr. Robert Lang, who after practising the art since childhood, went on to use origami principles in the development of his scientific research, such as in creating an oversized space telescope.

Though he is one to look up to, it’s true to say he is no ordinary man. Between his efforts to earn a PhD in applied physics, his job at NASA’s Jet Propulsion laboratory, his eighty technical papers, and his forty-six patents in optoelectronics and lasers, he somehow found time to implement and evolve a number of original origami designs.

Continue reading at The Origami Resolution

Visit Lang Origami

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