The Printed Page: House Beautiful Gives Sad Keanu Reeves Pink Places to Sit

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Friday, March 11, 2011, by Sarah Firshein

Is there anything sadder than Keanu Reeves? Why, yes! Yes there is—sad Keanu Reeves, of course! To top off House Beautiful's recent Pink Chair Campaign—in which 30 pink chairs were stashed around Chicago as a weekend-long scavenger hunt—the magazine took to the Photoshop to superimpose the sad, sorry likeness of Keanu Reeves onto various pink perches throughout the Windy City. Why? Just for kicks, giggles, and chuckles, apparently. Note Keanu's "stalker" in the gallery above.

· House Beautiful is Coming to Chicago (and Giving Away Chairs) [Curbed Chicago]
· Design For the People: the Decor World Lightens Up [Shelterpop]

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Globe Trotting: Behold the Buddhist Temple Inspired by Keanu Reeves

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Monday, January 17, 2011, by Sarah

True story: famous people sometimes inspire architecture and interiors. But Keanu Reeves? Really? Apparently so; today Feel Guide offers a profile of the Wat Rong Khun contemporary Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand, which broke ground in 1997 and will be done some 100 years from now. Outside, the temple is most certainly arresting; inside, acclaimed Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat (who's played a hand in the overall design of the building) has painted scenes inspired by Predator, Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Avatar, and, of course, Keanu Reeves’ character in The Matrix. Genius never dies!

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