说了这么多，世界上最快乐的地方到底在哪呢？

世界上最快乐的地方叫做「哥斯大黎加Costa Rica」，他们的快乐指数是66.7年，这也许跟他们比邻加勒比海跟拥有活火山、热带森林、野生动物保护区等天然美景息息相关，你可以说，哥斯大黎加人 从出生开始就乐不可支到挂点也不为过呢！想体验世界上最快乐国度，别忘了到哥斯大黎加一游喔！
根据Erasmus大学的研究报告，其他国家的快乐指数如下：

* 冰岛Iceland – 66.4 (国家都快破产了，还会这麽快乐吗XD？)
* 加拿大Canada – 64
* 澳洲Australia – 62.9
* 墨西哥Mexico – 59.5
* 美国U.S.A. – 58
* 英国U.K. – 56.9
* 巴西Brazil – 53.6
* 日本Japan – 50.8
* 中国China – 45.5
* 印度India – 35.1
* 辛巴威Zimbabwe – 12.5

 哥斯大黎加小百科：
「哥斯大黎加素有「中美洲的花园」之称，境内有9座活火山依然以无比的威力喷出沸腾的蒸气与岩浆，国家公园、野生动物保护区、花园、森林等天然奇景更是多 得让人眼花撩乱。哥国最着名的观光行程就是参观雨林顶端的生态体系，以及北美洲八百五十多种的鸟类生态。此外，迷人的加勒比海岸和位于关纳卡斯提的海龟孵 化区、候鸟栖息地、洞穴探险等，更是观光客不容错过的节目！哥国气候温和，土地肥沃，农业十分发达。咖啡、香蕉等农产品为哥国争取了许多外汇，人民生活水 准很高，教育普及，是中美洲首富之国。 」

　　Proctor and Matthews事务所受邀做了一份博物馆设计方案，其是在切斯特动物园建造一个“非洲之心”的自然生态博物馆。该博物馆计划投资9000万英镑，高34米。其是一个巨大的“乙烯四氟乙烯聚合物”(EFTE)覆盖建筑物，覆盖面积达16,000平方米。该项目比Grimshaw建筑事务所设计的在康沃尔的“热带伊甸园工程”(Tropical House at the Eden Project)还要大。

　　这个“非洲之心”自然生态博物馆工程，是切斯特动物园的扩建计划——投资2.25亿英镑的“自然梦想”(Natural Vision)工程的一部分。在这个呈波浪形的、自由形式的博物馆屋顶的下面，这个动物园试图模仿刚果的非洲热带雨林生态环境——包括非洲的丛林和气候。预期创造欧洲最大的生态保护地、动物园和休闲地，动物园周围还将设置水上娱乐设施、零售和餐饮设施。

　　Proctor and Matthews事务所负责人说：“这个自然生态博物馆将接纳一群大猩猩、一批黑猩猩、霍加皮(okapi、)、鸟类、两栖动物、爬行动物、鱼类和无脊椎动物。”

　　这个自然生态博物馆预期在2014年向游人开放。

When in Barcelona, you will want to check into one of the several new or refurbished and distinctively cool hotels that have opened there recently. Among them, W Barcelona, located on La Barceloneta and designed by architect Ricardo Bofill, and the swish apartment residences of El Palauet that we featured in October.

The latest hotel launch capturing design media attention is Mandarin Oriental Barcelona. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group operates in 25 countries, but this is its first entry into southern Europe. Mandarin Oriental Barcelona’s official opening was celebrated in November 2009 with a lavish gala attended by the city’s style leaders and elite.

The hotel’s cool factor is a lucky combination of three elements: The convenience of the central location on Passeig de Gràcia, the good bones of the refurbished 20th-century former bank building, and most significant, the tour de force of design by Spanish-born Milano-based architect, Patricia Urquiola, responsible for the interior decor of the 98-room hotel, including most of the furnishings.

Urquiola is best known for her prolific career in designing clean-lined furniture and accessories for brands such as Foscarini, B&B Italia, Alessi, Capellini, Cassina, Knoll and Moroso. At Mandarin Oriental Barcelona she has created a strong sense of timeless elegance by using white confidently and lavishly, and by applying a Scandinavian sense of scale and clean lines.

To soften the linear angularity, Urquiola added beautiful touches that reflect the weightlessness and precious fragility of origami or intricate lace. The overall effect is stunning. - Tuija Seipell

PowerPOST is a table leg for system furniture that installs power outlets into the desk.

PowerPOST functions as a fourth leg for desks as well as an electronic environment for the servicing of electrical appliances used on the desk. The concept represents “eco convergence” by merging two objects into one and therefore reducing people’s levels of consumption. After PowerPOST is assembled and plugged in, a multi-outlet socket becomes a part of the desk itself. Electronic goods can be plugged directly into the PowerPOST table leg rather than into separate multi-outlet sockets. The number of cords draped throughout a room can be reduced as a single cord runs from PowerPOST to a wall socket.

Designed by Choi Won Seok, Kim Do Yeop

while most laptops and computers tow the line of standard styling, asus has teamed up with the danish
design house bang & olufsen to create a sleek aluminium design. the design goes beyond mere aesthetics
and implements some of b&o trademark interaction touches, like the dual touchpads. this feature allows
the user to essentially control the computer through multi-touch with both hands working simultaneously.
the laptop has a large 18.4 inch screen that makes it ideally suited for moving from room to room, rather
than from home to the office. the screen is flanked by b&o speakers that complement the advanced video
hardware within.

http://asus.com
http://www.bang-olufsen.com

适逢冬日，于是借助缤纷的色彩释放暖意甜蜜。日本 Converse 日前露出了一月份的款式，风格独显，日本味十足，而且偏女性化喔。配色非常好看的粉红色也是亮点之一，当然抢眼的还有闪亮材质的蛇皮款式，再加上对波点的重新炒作也非常值得留意。本次推新看看能否将蛇皮和波点的风潮重新乱入。

作为儿童专用廉价电脑OLPC XO-3看上去更像是一个玩具显示器。

从这些应用效果图上看，XO-3的应用性强于目前火爆的电子书，且不逊于上网本，并且拥有更时尚外观和更强的便携性。

对于韩庚、强仁明年2月台北演唱会是否会来？超级圆顶表示：「已经向韩方表达除了未参与这次演出的起范之外，希望其馀12位Super Junior都能来，会持续关切状况。」

21日韩庚向韩国法院提告要求解约，让韩国偶像梦工厂SM公司继东方神起官司后再受重击，在韩国引发媒体、网友热烈讨论，有人为经纪公司叫屈表示，要培养出一团人气偶像，事前投入庞大人力资金，公司很多付出是外界看不到的；也有人劝SM公司是时候该正视旗下艺人的不满。