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gizmodo.com - 8/11/2008

Chinese Farmers Build Birds Nest Stadium Out of Bamboo [DIY]

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The Beijing National Stadium, nicknamed “The Bird's Nest,” has already become an icon in the country of 1.3 billion. But for some farmers close to Hangzhou (located in the southeast of China), the Herzog & de Meuron structure was just too darn far away... so in a fit of DIY ingenuity, they built their own replica out of bamboo. Steel's apparently kind of hard to get when you're living on a ...

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chipchick.com - 8/11/2008

2008 Beijing Olympic “Bird’s Nest” Designed MP3 Player

— chipchick.com — 2008 Beijing Olympic “Bird’s Nest” Designed MP3 Player beijingmp3-300x225 2008 Beijing Olympic Birds Nest Designed MP3 Player... In the search of some more 2008 Beijing wares? Here is another to wet your pallate over. The 2008 Bejing Olympic Stadium ... (more) 2008 Beijing Olympic “Bird’s Nest” ...

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geeph.com - 8/11/2008

2008 Beijing Olympic Stadium "Bird's Nest" Style Design MP3 Player - china wholesale electronics

— geeph.com — Support music format as: MP1、MP2、MP3、WMA、WMV、ASF、WAV etc Functional firmware updating FM tuner with stereo radio (optional) Plug and... play USB function (Windows XP/2000) 7 EQ: Pop, Classic, Jazz, Rock, Normal, Dbb, Soft Built-in microphone and ... (more) 2008 Beijing Olympic Stadium "Bird's Nest" Style Design ...

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cribcandy.com - 8/13/2008

Sitting On A Bird's Nest

— cribcandy.com — Check out these chairs fashioned after Bird's Nest. (more) Sitting On A Bird's Nest

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Bird's Nest and Water Cube...Retail!
Core77 — ... There are (and gonna be) lots of these riffs out there, but Core-fave Marc Alt sends in the above 2 pics from his recent trip to Beijing. (Also don't for get this from over the weekend.) ...

Bird' Nest
Tech Blog — ... A group of Chinese farmers spent approximately two weeks recreating Beijing's The Bird's Nest using "800 pieces of bamboo." Click here for first picture in gallery. The villagers say they plan to use the structure for local sports events. Apparently, this award winning design has inspired some Chinese villagers in Hangzhou city to build their own smaller and cheaper version of the stadium. [via Gizmodo - WeirdAsiaNews] ...