Os Gêmeos Designs Brazil’s Airplane for the World Cup

To celebrate the excitement of the upcoming 2014 World Cup, identical twin brothers and graffiti artists Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, aka Os Gêmeos, recently finished painting the exterior of Brazil national team’s airplane. The soccer team will climb aboard the mobile work of art and travel around the country in style this summer as Brazil hosts the annual competition.

The brothers took just one week and used 1,200 spray paint cans to complete the collection of portraits along the surface of the aircraft’s body while the wings were painted a solid gray for safety reasons. The soccer fans—intended to represent the people of Brazil—are crowded together to cheer on their team in a fantastic display of the country’s enthusiasm for the sport.

Os Gêmeos explains that it’s “an airplane transformed into a work of art to transport the Brazilian people and the Brazilian national soccer team, placing art in people’s lives and taking our characters to the clouds.”

The project was completed in collaboration with Gol/9ine, who will continue to use the Boeing 737 for two years once the World Cup is over.

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Where Children Sleep Around the World

English photographer James Mollison traveled around the world photographing children and their bedrooms – or, in some cases, simply places where they get to crash. The striking pictures were published in a book titled Where Children Sleep revealing shocking differences across countries, going from girls with thousand dollar dresses in their private mansions to shepherd boys sleeping with goats.

“I hope the book gives a a glimpse into the lives some children are living in very diverse situations around the world; a chance to reflect on the inequality that exists, and realise just how lucky most of us in the developed world are,” says James.

Would you trade your bed with one of these?

Bilal, 6, Wadi Abu Hindi, The West Bank

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Indira, 7, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Ahkohxet, 8, Amazonia, Brazil

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Dong, 9, Yunnan, China

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Alex, 9, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Bikram, 9, Melamchi, Nepal

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Tzvika, 9, Beitar Illit, The West Bank

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Douha, 10, Hebron, The West Bank

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Joey, 11, Kentucky, USA

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Lamine, 12, Bounkiling village, Senegal

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Prena, 14, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Rhiannon, 14, Darvel, Scotland

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Nantio, 15, Lisamis, Northern Kenya

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Risa, 15, Kyoto, Japan

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Netu, 11, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Roathy, 8, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Jasmine (Jazzy), 4, Kentucky, USA

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