Sculpture by the Sea 2008

Every year there is a large sculpture exhibition along the Sydney shoreline. The sculptures are placed within the environment between Bronte and Bondi Beaches.
It’s a great walk, very beautiful, and attracts a whole heap of people while the exhibition is on.
Have a look at my photos from this year.

The Jury Bra - Made in Japan

Hiromi Nishiuchi, campaign girl for lingerie maker Triumph International Japan, displays the "Jury System Bra", designed as a scale and inspired by the image of Lady Justice at their headquarter on November 6, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images AsiaPac)

Japanese lingerie line Triumph International has gained attention in the past for annually releasing one bizarre bra that touches on a current social issue. This year, behold the Jury Bra of the 2009 Spring/Summer collection, designed to reflect the citizen judge system that will be implemented in Japan during May of next year.

According to the Japan Times, the new system will allow ordinary citizens to participate in criminal proceedings, acting as judges and helping to decide the outcome of trials. This marks a dramatic change for a country that has not historically given citizens the ability to give their opinions in trials.

You have to admire the cultural relevance, but I can't help but wonder which garments would not show those ubiquitous bra straps.

Here are a few other unmentionables that Triumph has given us in the last few years, from InventorSpot:

Snake Massage + Video

TALMEI ELAZAR, ISRAEL - SEPTEMBER 11: (ISRAEL OUT) Snakes crawl on Meirav Stardinner foot as she receives a snake massage from Ada Barak at Ada Barak's snake spa on September 11, 2008 in Talmei Elazar, Israel. Barack's income comes mostly from exhibiting her plants which eat everything from insects to small mammals. She discovered snakes' therapeutic value after letting people hold them after her act "Some people said that holding the snakes made them feel better, relaxed," she says. "One old lady said it was soothing, like a cold compress." Now she uses a combination of big snakes for deep massage and little ones for light massage, though all are non-venemous. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Video By: Diagnol View

Cool And Weird Stairways

Stairways are almost often overlooked, whether inside or outside the house. But this shouldn't be the case - it's too important a building element to ignore. Besides, a staircase offers so many opportunities for one to put those creative - and imaginative - juices to work.

Unconvinced? Consider how others have made stairways:

Olympic Fever

A supporter of traditional Chinese medicine inserts an acupuncture needle with a miniatureThai national flag attached to it into his head during a photo opportunity in Guangzhou.













A girl wears sunglasses decorated with the Olympic mascots as she poses outside the National Stadium at the Olympic Green in Beijing, on Saturday, July 26, 2008.














Russian Olympic team members walk in Cathedral Square of Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, after a prayer at the Assumption Cathedral, seen behind. The Olympic team gathered for a religious service at the Assumption Cathedral after a meeting with Pesident Dmitry Medvedev.















A train attendant stands next to the Chinese-made high-speed CRH3 train upon its arrival at Tianjin Railway Station. The train will be put into use just before the Beijing Olympic Games.Medvedev.














Performers take part in a procession outside the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing on Thursday, July 31, 2008, ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games.














Bold n bright: Performers wear colourful hats during a rehearsal of a show featuring the Olympic mascots in Beijing. The show is one of the Olympic themed cultural activities.




























Performers pose for photos ahead of the rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in front of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing.

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A girl with her face painted with Olympic symbols at a school in Beijing.















A resident trims vines that were planted and arranged in shapes related to the Olympics at a residential community in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.














Pregnant women display paintings of Fuwa, the official mascot of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, during a body painting show in China's Shaanxi province.














Chinese tattoo enthusiast Liu Ming shows a tattoo of the Beijing Olympic rings at a tattoo shop in Beijing.













A man shows off his 2008 Beijing Olympics tickets in Beijing. Thousands of people waited overnight for a chance to buy tickets for the Summer Games.














Visitors look at a paper replica of the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, displayed on the Olympic Green in Beijing.














Flowers bloom in a body of water near the National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing on Thursday, August 7, 2008. Opening ceremonies for the Beijing 2008 Olympics will be held on August 8.













California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger tries on an official US Olympic jacket as San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed (US flag tie), right, claps in front of Olympic athletes and officials in California.













Models display the costumes for hostesses during a ceremony to unveil the Beijing Olympics Award Ceremony Etiquette Apparel and Accessories in Beijing. These hostesses will carry the medals and wreaths during the medal ceremony for each sporting event.














People rest as they wait to buy Olympic tickets at a ticket office located near the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing.













Meng Jie rides an Olympic Rings shaped bicycle in Beijing. Meng designed and refitted the bicycle as an attempt to promote the 2008 Beijing Olympics.













A performer takes part in a rehearsal of a show featuring the Olympic mascots in Beijing.













Pictogram sculptures of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are hanged to the construction site of an Olympic exhibit near the Monument to the People's Heroes on Beijing's Tiananmen Square.















A Chinese man wears shades designed to show the numbers 2008 outside the Olympic Green in Beijing.














Soldiers light candles to form a shape of Olympic rings during a photo opportunity at an army base in Taizhou, Zhejiang province on Tuesday, August 5, 2008. The event was to support the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games.

Comic Con ‘08 Cosplay Comedy!

Well Comic Con 2008 just wrapped up and while the main attraction might be the exclusive new video game footage, sneak peaks at next summer’s biggest comic book movies and a chance to get an autograph from Hacksaw Jim Duggan, the REAL stars are the cosplayers. Basking somewhere in the nebulous gray area between brilliance and depravity lies the art of dressing up like your favorite video game or comic book character and walking around in public. Cosplaying was invented in the year 1507 by Ferdinand Magellan as an excuse to explain his awkward cross dressing tendencies as he sailed the earth and ironically named a “Strait” after himself. That’s actually a total lie. Read on for more pictures of these costumed crazies.

EU Eiffel Tower Lighshow

EU Eiffel Tower Lighshowwatch the eiffel tower decorated like the EU and then have a seizure at 12AM on june 1 2008It was because of some eu confrence… the parliment had a cooler lightshow. anyways, go usa