Usually the most uncomfortable places on earth are the perpetual ice landscapes of the Arctic North Pole and the Antarctic South Pole. This now has extended to the otherwise pretty cozy country of Switzerland.

To the left we see pack ice in Staad, at the Lake of Constance.

Enjoy these spectacular impressions!

Solar powered objects don't have to look 'high tech', ugly and gadgety!

This new kind of furniture is a product that can revolutionize the way we produce and store energy. The surface of the table is covered with photovoltaic cells that collect solar energy. No need for complicated installations – Krassa's table can be fitted in any garden or outdoor space.

The overall design is inspired by classic timeless Greek architecture. The base is made out of a solid, carved, black Terrazo piece. The top is covered in elegant Polycrystaline PV cells that create a pattern that resembles a crossword puzzle.

This table is the first of its kind, but Krassa plans to create a bench, light, and flag pole as well.

In a short period of time, she has built an impressive international client list, which includes Fired Earth Interiors, The Big Issue, Pret a Manger, Topshop, John Lewis, sketch, Athenaeum Hotel and the Obsidian Group in London, E&Y and Cassina in Japan, WMF, Vapiano and Vogt + Weizenegger, Paola C. + Aldo Cibic and British American Tobacco amongst others.

Currently she is  Creative Director of Itsu Ltd, London and Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins College, London.

More on Krassa's designs: Afroditi Krassa

Never play cat and mouse games if you're a mouse.

(Don Addis)

As the Nigerian proverb goes:

When the mouse laughs at the cat there is a hole nearby.

Speed chase…
(Photo: Unknown artist)

And finally, there was this illuminating insight:

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.

(Deng Xiaoping)

This astonishing film was actually made on the ice skates of Dutch photographer and film maker Kasper Bak in Lemmer, a town in the north of Holland.

Music: 'Ice Dance' by Paul Reeves

'Winter fun in Holland' by Erik Eti Smit

Photographer Erik Eti Smit said about his photo: "It is our national myth that in the olden days the canals were frozen from December till March, every winter. And when I was little, a sight such as this one was still quite common. We could skate almost every winter. Or maybe I just remember the winters when we had ice – and it certainly wasn't the whole winter."

And what do the Eskimos think about ice?

You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks.

(Eskimo proverb)

Khajuraho is a village situated in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh about 385 miles southeast of Delhi. Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for their most explicit erotic art and overly sexual sculptures – some of this erotic art portrays ritualistic group sex.

What is the meaning of this 'spiritual erotic art'?

There are many interpretations of the erotic carvings. One of them suggests that for seeing the deity, one must leave his or her sexual desires outside the temple.

Another interpretation is that divinity (represented by the deities of the temples) is pure like the atman which is not affected by sexual and other desires of the physical body. Others suggest that these erotic scences demonstrate tantric sexual practices.

The Khajuraho group of monuments has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The video to the right shows the Khajuraho and other fascinating Indian temples.

Of course, Bollywood deals with the subject as well in this 2002 Hindi music movie. ("A truly unique, exotic and wonderful love story centered around the place of Divine Temples"…)

Starring: Mamta Kulkarni, Saadhika, Vishal, Mink
Directed by: Ashok Kumar