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“Medical Oddities, Natural Anamolies and Carnival Gaffs: A Pop-Up Book for Children” probably would have scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. At my current age, this seems like one hell of a cruel joke to play on any unsuspecting child, but would be an awesome addition to my own personal library.

Flickr user Crowolf shows off this awesome anatomical pop-up book from the personal collection of inventor Neville Colmore. I’m jealous! Perfect coffee table fodder.

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Look, I’m not going to lecture you about what you should be eating or drinking. I don’t know how your lifestyle works. But I can tell you this: Vitamin Water won’t make you thin but if you are big on the soda and junk food, it’s a good way to start weening yourself off that crap. Those of you in NYC will no longer need to hit up the local bodega for a bottle of the good stuff. Coca-Cola, the parent company, is opening up a “pop up” Vitamin Water store in the old Helio store on Broadway in SoHo. It opens tomorrow but the question is: What will go on in there? Are they just going to sell Vitamin Water? Coke products? Apparel?

We need answers! I think I’ll investigate tomorrow afternoon and will report back this weekend.

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Camping enthusiasts need to take note and fast. QYield tents not only look good, they’re also some of the easiest to set up. As you can see in the above diagram, the Unicorn model tent can be set up in under 10 seconds. Just insert that expanding plastic piece into the top, pop it like it’s hot and you’ve got shelter. When you go home, just fold the piece back up and the tent collapses instantly. More time for campfires and folk songs!

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Have you ever gotten the sudden urge to just sprout up living quarters anywhere you see fit? We have too, that’s why the Abilmo Pop-Up Hotel Rooms caught our attention.  It can be difficult finding an affordable room and board while taking a cross country road trip.  Abilmo themselves deliver these pop-up rooms and set them up on site for your convenience.

Don’t doubt that these rooms are stocked better than any Holiday Inn you’ve stayed at before. With bathrooms, showers, a quality hardwood floor as well as heating and air-conditioning and even noise insulation, these hotel rooms come packing. With Abilmo willing to customize your own room to fit your unique sense of style,  you could say these pop-up rooms look and feel nicer than home.

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Pop-up books used to make me so excited when I was a kid. Hell, they still do! There’s just something about the magic of pop-up books that captures your imagination. The Space Book is the same sort of imagination grabber, but made for your interior design.

Each page of the over-sized Space Book features a fanatical set of furniture and living spaces. Just open a new page and your room takes on a new tone. While the pages aren’t made to provide a functional compact living space, it has the potential to fill that space in your home which you just can’t decide what else to fill it with.  Check out the Pop-up Couch for real popping furniture. (more…)