Happy International Design Day! It"s been said the best designs are the ones you never notice, but this giant yellow polka-dotted pumpkin on Japan"s Naoshima Island is kind of hard to miss. The sculpture is the work of Yayoi Kusama, an avant-garde artist active since the 1950s and known for crafting outlandish, repeating patterns in bright colors. Polka dots and pumpkins are her most famous motifs, showing up not only on her sculptures but in her paintings, performance pieces, and films.
Design for Each and All
Today in History
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An aviation celebration
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Negratín Reservoir, Granada, Spain
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Assembling the Smithsonian
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Mountain goats at Glacier National Park in Montana
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Ruins of Inca temples and terraces on Huayna Picchu, Peru
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Castle Day in Japan
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In celebration of cats
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Lace up your hiking boots for Mountain Day
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National Bison Month
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Tasiilaq, Greenland
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The Bahamas as seen from the ISS
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A cliff-hanging complex of temples
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Pi Day
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Santorini through the clouds
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Black grouses lekking
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Join the parade for World Elephant Day
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A species no longer at risk
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An underwater rainbow
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Poinsettia Day
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Think deep thoughts
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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Cetacean Saturday
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Jöriseen lakes in the Silvretta Alps, Switzerland
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Meet the slowest flirt in the animal world
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Rockin with the rockhoppers
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Mysterious prairie mounds abound
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It s superb owl Sunday
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Celestial Spain
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Keyholes to the kingdom
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Piazza IX Aprile, Taormina, Sicily, Italy