Coffee art by Kazuki Yamamoto

236 – Coffee Art Mandala

Japanese artist Kazuki Yamamoto takes coffee art to a whole new dimension: the 3rd dimension. While he already creates exceptional 2d coffee art as seen with the koi fish in the first cup, Yamamoto’s imagination and creativity went to a whole new level when he expanded his art to sculpting with foam.

Chicago's Marina Towers floor plan

232 – Chicago’s Mandalas

Back in the 1960’s when Marina City, designed by architect, Bertrand Goldberg, was first being built in Chicago, its towers were the first circular apartment buildings in history; as well as being both the tallest concrete structures and tallest residential towers in the world. “More importantly, they were an experiment in a new urban philosophy: building a city within a city.”