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3.04.2010

Schooren des Alpes

Schooren des Alpes is a 21st-century take on the Tyrolean ski lodge - a bold departure from the traditional ski chalets. Nestled into the pristine Tyrolean paradise Kappl, 4 kilometres from Ischgl, Schooren des Alpes is uncompromisingly modern, but its architecture complements the magnificent scenery spectacularly. Only 12 sleek and ultra-modern mountain homes are available for sale - this is limited edition Alpine living at its best.

The serene setting also provides a stunning backdrop for the 330m² Wellness Spa with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, Hammam, sauna and pool lounge facilities. Underground parking, ski/snowboard storage and additional private storage areas for wine or fine art collections ensure Schooren des Alpes will remain the benchmark for luxury lifestyle ski properties for years to come.

The residences will be synonymous with luxury and fine living, offering stylish living spaces ranging from 135 to 261m². Each residence will be completely unique and bespoke for each buyer.

Schooren des Alpes is so beautifully functional and quietly inspiring that it's hard to believe its close proximity to Ischgl, rated Europe’s best holiday resort playground, and the overabundance of year round indoor and outdoor activities the region offers.

Ischgl is just 80 minutes from Innsbruck, at altitude of 1,400m. With 235km of slopes and more than 40 top modern lifts, the resort is one of the largest ski areas in the Alps. With 90% of the skiing between 2,000m and 2,872m, this snow-sure resort has guaranteed skiing from the end of November to the beginning of May. The Kappl lift will be connected to St. Anton by winter 2011, creating one of the world's most amazing ski areas, directly accessible from Schooren des Alpes

This is a rare opportunity to buy a luxury ski residence in the Tyrol.

Schooren des Alpes is mixing contemporary architecture, frosted Alpine peaks and luxury amenities with altitude.

Prices from €780.000

Available for sale from Modern Homes Worldwide.

www.modernhomesworldwide.com

Labels: Design

12.24.2009

BOCA DO LOBO

Boca do Lobo designs and produces high decoration furniture complements, satisfying even the most demanding admirers. Boca do Lobo uses the highest quality materials and textures, giving them shapes through objects that create a cosmopolitan luxury environment. The Boca do Lobo home furnishings collection includes bedroom furniture, dining room furniture and living room furniture.

Labels: Design

10.25.2009

The Blackberry Royal Blue Edition

The Blackberry Royal Blue Edition.

The Blackberry Bold just got bluer. Already one of the worlds most established handsets but now with its own unique statement amongst the elite. Being a huge blues fan Republica Designer Katherine took full ownership in the design of this handset in being geared towards Everton Football Club.The wonderful arrangement of VS1 diamonds surround the spectacular sapphire dressings which accommodate the year 1878 which was the birth of Everton F.C. , to then be furnished by hand in luxurious blue Python skin by Italy’s most respected Artisan simply give this handset a more arresting finish.

Available from www.republica-fashion.com £5,995

Labels: Design, Technology

10.21.2009

Jean-Marie Massaud Archibald Armchair

The enveloping design is exalted by the free play of folds that the leather creates across all of the internal part of the backrest, making it pleasantly undulating. The precious contrasting stitching along the seams and on the external surfaces of the upholstery creates a refined elegance.

The frame of the backrest and seat is in steel with polyurethane foam padding, moulded, expanded and shaped with polyester wadding in the zones where more comfort is needed.

Springiness is obtained from elastic belts and the base is made up of four feet in cast aluminium and tubular steel frame with a gunmetal grey finishing. The upholstery of the shell is in Pelle Frau leather

Labels: Design

9.01.2009

7CS 125m Superyacht

The 125m 7Cs superyacht was created in-house by drive. Drive’s designers were keen to challenge the traditional proportions of a superyacht and create a vessel that borrowed ideas from the automotive industry. They wanted to experiment with character of line, proportion, and graphical breakup to create a vessel with a unique stance and balance above the water line. drive has designed a number of sea-going vessels, ranging in size from small motor boats to large superyachts of 50m and above.

Labels: 7CS 125m Superyacht, Design, Motoring

8.10.2009

Chocolate BL40

LG has announced the Chocolate BL40 , the 4th phone to their Black Label Series. The new phone features an extra-large 4'' LCD HD touchscreen in, curved hardened glass that highlights the image quality. The resolution is 800x345 pixel. The BL40 has the emblematic black with red touches of the Chocolate.

The new phone will be available fall.

Labels: Chocolate BL40, Design, LG, Mobile, Technology

6.30.2009

Viktor&Rolf safe

Raison Pure Design Group was awarded the gold lion for packaging design at the Cannes International Advertising Festival (France) in the cosmetic & beauty category for the Viktor&Rolf safe project

The project’s main objective was to enrich the provocative universe of Viktor & Rolf by driving the concept of secrecy to the extreme with a metal safe featuring a sophisticated lock."

Labels: Design, Viktor Rolf safe

Marco Zito Flap Lamp

Flap appears at first like a piece of contemporary art with its irregular geometric lines, decorating the walls in an interplay of light and shade.

The light source is formed by Flap's two overlaid metal surfaces which, thanks to a slight bend and the irregular overlay, provide a strong personality to a lamp of striking simplicity. When lit, the piece creates a new visual perception as there appear to be four surfaces. This is due to the effect the backlit shadows create on the different surfaces of the lamp and projected onto the wall.

Flap is an ideal element for wall compositions, and when used in multiples it can create a unique and unusual light sculpture suitable for both residential and contract environments. It is available in three sizes, each one characterised by the special proportions that make every variation of Flap unique.

Labels: Cigar Lighters, Design, Flap, Home

5.12.2009

Kenzo Power-Plate

Japanese designer Kenzo Takada has partnered with Power-Plate to create a Kenzo Power-Plate. The Power-Plate is an exercise device . The Kenzo Power-Plate features flowers painted on the body.

Labels: Design, Kenzo, Kenzo Takada, Power-Plate

Heike Buchfelder Kubus K3 Schwarz Lamp

Heike Buchfelder Kubus K3 Schwarz Lamp - floor light: black goose quill feathers, plume on outside, quill pointing inwards: shade covering: cotton chintz, length approx. 650mm, width approx. 580mm, height approx. 400mm; incl. black steel tripod stand and power cable approx.

Labels: Design, Home, Lamp

4.27.2009

Maurizio Galante Valentina C Armchair

Maurizio Galante Valentina C Armchair with steel rod structure painted in glossy white (W), red (R) or black (N), padded polyurethane seat, cover in technical fabric and hand-made flower decoration designed by Maurizio Galante in the same colour of the structure.

Labels: Design, Maurizio Galante Valentina C Armchair

4.12.2009

ITAIPU by Philippe Bestneider

ITAIPU by Philippe Bestneider 2009

Book shelves characterized by a measured sequence of volumes. full and empty spaces.
Every separating element fits as a stopper for books or also an elevation to exalt some particular objects. The names comes from the South American dam “Itaipu”, famous for its rigorous architecture.

Labels: Design, ITAIPU, Philippe Bestneider

BRANDO Table

The BRANDO table by Stephan Veit 2009

Square or rectangular, the new Emmebi Brando table is always a big dimension item, realizedd into lacquered wood and designed by Staphan Veit.
Its main feature is the peculiar shape of the legs, that thanks to their bended plane at 45°, gives the table structure an unusual lightness appearance.

Labels: BRANDO, Design, Home, Table

3.31.2009

Crinolina Lamp

Crinolina plays with the expressive abstraction of the hooped skirt fashion from centuries long passed eventually translated into a unique and modern lighting design by Susanne Philippson. The characteristic of the lamp is its outer lampshade which plays with carefully balanced open and closed surfaces. Viewed from various angles the outer shade shows both symmetric and almost deconstructivist asymmetric appearance. Crinolina is made from textile covered PVC and Epoxy Powdercoated steel and comes in a variation of three colors ( antracite, white and a deep purple) always in combination with a golden reflective foil for a warm and ambient light. The lamps will be available with both Halogen and energy saving bulbs .

Labels: Crinolina, Design, Product

1.01.2009

FIREBO-X

The FIREBO-X is a portable fireplace by German design firm, Schulte Design. The box is suitable for indoors and outdoors. The portable fireplace uses liquid bio-ethanol leaving no residuals behind. It comes in the shape of a small wooden case

Labels: Design, FIREBO-X, Home

12.23.2008

Armani/Dada

The Armani Group and the Molteni Group announce the formation of a joint partnership for the future production and distribution of kitchen systems under the brand name “Armani/Dada”. The “Bridge” kitchen system was the first Armani kitchen concept to be produced by Dada, the result of a long term collaboration that now envisages the development of additional systems for both the residential and contract sectors.

Milan, 15th December 2008 – The Armani Group and Molteni Group announce the formation of a joint partnership for the future production and distribution of kitchen systems. This collaboration will result in a new line Armani/Dada.

Armani/Casa was launched in 2000 as an ad hoc division perfectly attuned to the other "worlds" within the Group, providing a platform for Giorgio Armani to transmit and establish his vision in the home environment: creating an intimate and individual ambience, simultaneously sophisticated and comfortable.
Dada, a company within the Molteni Group, has been developing and producing furnishing systems for the contemporary kitchen environment since 1980, always achieving a very high aesthetic and functional level.

Giorgio Armani, President and Chief Executive Officer of Giorgio Armani SpA, observes: “I am delighted to have such a well established new partner as Dada backed up by the Molteni Group, to develop and produce kitchens in the perfect Armani style. The original Bridge model has already delivered excellent results, in prestigious private homes and now in the Armani Residences in Dubai.”

Carlo Molteni, President of the Molteni Group, responds: “It is with great pleasure that we announce this partnership with the Armani Group. The excellence and total perfection that we have admired for so long in the Armani style will definitely present us with a challenging reference point for the development of new models.”

Design and comfort, elegance and functionality. These are the key words that define the Armani/Dada collection, which will be expanded to include new products as from the Salone del Mobile 2009, where the second kitchen system will be introduced – alongside “Bridge”, which has already found commercial success throughout the world.

The projects handled by Contract Armani/Dada include the development of kitchen systems for 144 exclusive Armani Residences within the Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world, now under construction in Dubai. Armani/Dada kitchens also feature on the 57th floor of the Federation Tower in Moscow which, at 340 metres high, will be the tallest tower in Europe, now under construction near the Kremlin square.
Armani/Dada Systems will be available from single brand Armani/Casa outlets as well as the most appropriate concept stores belonging to the Molteni Group.
This collaboration between Armani/Casa and Dada has a cosmopolitan mission. To bring the simplicity and elegance of true Italian style to the whole world.

Labels: Armani/Dada, Design, Home

12.16.2008

Porsche Design P'9522

Porsche Design has announced the launch of their second mobile phone, the P'9522. The phone comes with a 2.8-inch OLED touchscreen display covered with a single sheet of scratchproof mineral glass. A fingerprint reader, five-megapixel camera, MP3 player, WiFi capabilities and GPS complete the package, with room for a micro-SD card to expand capacity. The P’9522 will be available exclusively at selected Porsche Design boutiques, Harrods and Selfridges, and is expected to be priced upwards of £600.

Labels: Design, Mobile, Porsche Design

11.19.2008

STRUT Introduces New Wheel & Jewelry Collections

STRUT®, the leading designer of handcrafted, triple-chromed grilles, wheels and accessories for the luxury automobile market, has introduced two stunning new grille collections designed exclusively for the Mercedes CL 550 AMG.

The 7-piece Mercedes CL 550 AMG Carbon Fiber Collection features a stainless steel and woven mesh carbon fiber primary front grille, lower air intake vent, two fog lamp grilles, two hood vents, rear trunk spoiler, and a STRUT trunk shield. According to Tommy Gaut, General Manger for STRUT, Carbon Fiber is an ideal material to work with because it's extremely lightweight and extremely durable. The Collection retails for $9,000.

The Mercedes CL 550 AMG STRUT Collection is also available in STRUT's signature jewelry-grade stainless steel surround and bezel with diamond woven mesh grille which can be custom painted upon request. The stainless steel Collection retails for $7,000.

For the finishing touch on either collection, STRUT offers the Icon Wheel Collections available in 5, 7, and 10 spoke designs.

Labels: Design, STRUT, Wheel Jewelry Collections

11.13.2008

Bloody Dexter Chairs

dexter (showtime series) dining chairs designed by amy lau design. features include white lacquered wood frame upholstered in white ultraleather, hand-embroidered with blood design.

side chairs $ 2500
arm chairs $ 5000

Labels: Bloody Dexter Chairs, Design, Home

11.09.2008

Samsung RFG299 French Door Refrigerator

Samsung's RFG299 is a new French Door Refrigerator with a 7-inch touchscreen LCD. The LCD screen allows users to control the refrigerator's temperature or monitor its water filter status, and also offers access to integrated calendars, schedules, photos, nutrition facts and unit conversions. The fridge has the largest capacity of any standard-sized refrigerator with a French door design, at 28.5 cubic feet, Samsung claims.

Labels: Design, Home, Samsung Electronics, Technology

10.10.2008

Mirage, the new fluorescent table lamp by Tronconi

Tronconi has announced Mirage, a new fluorescent table lamp in time Christmas. The new lamp shows perfectly Tronconi’s research for new materials and technologies. An optical illusion, a hologram representing the archetype of the table lamp. The front diffuser shows the hologram, while the opal back side spreads a powerful light ideal for reading.

Design by Lorenzo Longo ( de-signum studio) , available in white, black or violet

Labels: Design, Lamp, Mirage, Tronconi

10.04.2008

Vertu Signature S Design

Vertu have unveiled its new Signature named the S Design. The Signature S Design features a specially designed mechanism allowing one to remove the SIM card without the need for removing the battery cover, it is also one of the first phones to feature an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display. The highly complex patented keypad contains 4.75 carats of solid ruby bearings each cut. All the ringtones featured on the Signature are composed exclusively for Vertu by composer Dario Marianelli and the music was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra with all solo flute pieces played by flautist Andrea Griminelli. The Vertu Signature will be available in white gold, yellow gold and stainless steel.

Labels: Design, Signature S, Vertu

10.02.2008

iDesk

iDesk is a sleek new desk created by Paul Bichler. The iDesk features -- no drawers, no detailing -- though the desk does store cords and wires for all your existing Apple products. It retails for $3,100, Luxist reports

Labels: Apple, Design, iDesk

10.01.2008

Luxury sofas for dogs

The Cool Dog, Spanish suppliers of luxury and design sofas for pets makes different styles from classic to a miniature of the LC2 by Le Corbusier. The company also makes models under request.

site: www.thecooldog.es.

Labels: Design, Home, Luxury sofas, Pets

9.29.2008

Arvus Prerenaissance

Arvus Prerenaissance is a new loudspeaker from New Zealand Company Arvus. The speaker is made from hand carved granite. Four chambers house a quasi-five-way design.There are three channels of amplification totalling 1,500-watts per speaker.

The loudspeakers costs $140,000!

Labels: Arvus Prerenaissance, Design

9.15.2008

AEG-Electrolux - New Induction Teppan Yaki

This stainless steel multi-purpose cooking surface is not just a design award winner. It also offers real cooking flexibility. It is perfect for meat, kebabs, sausages, bacon, fish or vegetables – without the restriction of pots and pans. It coordinates beautifully with other products in the Frontline Future modular hob range, so consumers can create their own bespoke cooking centre.

AEG-ELECTROLUX Frontline Future FM4800TYAN
36 cm Hob
1 cooking surface – 2 temperature zones
2 large 1.4kW induction zones
Touch controls with 7 stage digital power level displays
Programmable timer - up to 99 minutes
Child safety lock
Auto safety switch off
Residual heat indicators
Expected to sell at around £1250

Labels: AEG-Electrolux, Design, Home, Induction Teppan Yaki

8.22.2008

Yacht Inspired Range Rover Concepts

Edmiston has commissioned seven avant-garde marine designers to come up with a nautical-themed take on Land Rover's classic Range Rover reports Luxist. Above design by Dickie Bannenberg, features wooden side panels and a tailgate, complete with champagne holders. The winner of the design competition will be announced on Sept. 25th during the Monaco Yacht Show.

Labels: Design, Edmiston, Land Rover

Canon PowerShot Elph Camera

Canon has announced the diamond-encrusted Canon Elph. A new TV spot for Canon PowerShot, featuring tennis star Maria Sharapova and her dog Dolce, shows fans with Elph cameras approaching the player and asking to take a picture. Priced at $12,000, the camera comes with 88 white diamonds weighing 2.22 carats.

Labels: Canon PowerShot, Design, Elph Camera

Freewheeler

Created in collaboration with designer Ron Arad, Freewheeler is a cordless stereo speaker wheel that can be rolled around, indoors or outside. Made of high-quality lacquered wood, it has the unique quality of generating a high quality stereo sound from one component instead of the usual two separate elements. With its own built-in receiver and amplifier, all you need is a CD player, your favorite music and away you roll! The sound signal is conveyed directly from the CD player to the speaker by a two-way FM transmitter. A receiver inside the wheel picks up the signal, filters and divides it into two stereo channels and then sends the two signals to a battery-run internal amplifier. The signals are then sent in opposite directions to two multi-directional coaxial speakers. This produces two separate sets of sound waves which in turn create the stereo effect. Available in NAC Orange or Cool White, it can also be made to order in any colour.

Labels: Design, Freewheeler, Home, Speakers

Quiksilver The Ray

Quiksilver has announced The Ray, the world's first eco-friendly timepiece, a watch built from recyclable materials. Quiksilver uses sea shipping rather than airplanes and also optimized the watch's packaging. The hand-built watch is constructed from wood, stainless steel, aluminum, mineral glass and features a 27 jewel automatic movement - all of which is 86% recyclable. Available in a limited run of 1000 pieces.

Labels: Design, Quiksilver The Ray, Watch

8.20.2008

Urban Landscape Design meets Avante-Garde Floral Design

When furnishing a room it seems there's always that one bland space that wants to be a spectacular focal point. Whether a dull corner, expansive wall, or empty countertop, the challenge is always finding the perfect piece to awaken the room's true potential. Urban Nature offers a unique solution that will literally bring your space to life.

The Los Angeles based company specializes in creating premium modern planters filled with striking live plant arrangements. Urban Nature's creations are often described as houseplants for the privileged home and garden. However, founder Troy Silva likes to label the company's creations as a "fusion of floral couture and modern landscape design."

Urban Nature delivers both nationwide and internationally. For additional information contact Urban Nature at (800) 578-5307 or visit their website at
www.urbnat.com.

Labels: Design, Home, Urban Nature

8.19.2008

Laurent Perrier Grand Siècle case

The Laurent Perrier Grand Siècle case features a magnum bottle of Laurent Perrier’s Grand Siècle surrounded by six vertical drawers each of which features a single crystal champagne flute made by Baccarat. The case is black and complements the black label of the bottle of Grand Siècle inside.

Labels: Design, Laurent Perrier Grand Siècle case

AEG-Electrolux Competence DD9995

Competence DD9995 is a beautiful mirror hood suitable for extraction or recirculation venting. The hood is designed in black glass with halogen lights and electronic touch controls. Other features include filter saturation indicator, automatic switch-off function and dishwasher-safe filters. This mirror hood is priced at £1,000.

Labels: AEG-Electrolux, Competence DD9995, Design, Kitchen

TUKAANI

TUKAANI is a hand made sterling silver eating device. It may be held as traditional chopsticks. But unlike the disposable wooden chopsticks, TUKAANI is hand washable and much easier to set on – and use at table.

The matt surface and taut movement allow steady grip in the hand. The curl at the end of the TUKAANI provides eased food picking and delivery to the mouth. The loop also allows easier hanging, storage and display.

The Toucan’s bill provided inspiration for this cutlery project.

Labels: Design, Home, TUKAANI

8.10.2008

Hansa Colour Shower

Hansa's Color Shower from Hansa uses LED lighting, the ColourShower spray can be changed to any color of the visible light spectrum to offer an intensive, vitalizing or relaxing shower experience !

It features a very easy to use Colour Control Unit for the color and spray options right on its panel. There are 4 options for the spray: Fire, Ice, Sweep and Wave, as well as 8 chromotherapy colors including white.

Prices start from $2,850 on Hansa website

Labels: Design, Hansa, Home, Shower

The Bader House

"Fresh, and the best of everything in modern, original design. This home was created by the Russell group and Palumbo Design team in order to fulfill the wishes of Bader’s personal dream-bachelor home.

Absolutely meticulous, with a wealth of amenities to infuse it, it is the ultimate, ultra sexy bachelor pad. How can it not be, with its romantic head-on city views and its beauteous simplicity?

With floor-to-ceiling walls of glass, it is able to bring the city life into the serenity of home. Furthermore, the Bader House features unique architectural details-from a parking spot in the living room and mechanical dining room table, to a sensuous fire elevating from an open pit. Among other highlights are the plush theater, stylish master bedroom, second bedroom, and gourmet kitchen. You’ll never miss a thing."

The Bader house is currently for sale at $5,995,000.

Labels: Design, Real Estate, The Bader House

8.08.2008

Chain Lamp

The Chain Lamp designed by Iliara Marelli folds into a compact base as the action of turning it off. Price $595.

Labels: Chain Lamp, Design, Home, Technology

Armani/PAVV TV

Samsung Electronics and Giorgio Armani are set to launch the 46 - and 52-inch full HD TV Armani / PAVV TV in Korea. The Armani/PAVV TV supports DNIePro (Digital Natural Image engine +) chipset, WiseLink, InfoLink and 120Hz Auto Plus Motion technologies.

The luxury LCD TV will come in 46 inch for 6,990,000 Korean won ($7,000) and 52 inch for 8,690,000 Korean won ($8,750).

Labels: Armani, Design, Samsung

8.06.2008

mini diamonds

Going for modern bling? These make a stunning contemporary centerpiece in a vase or bowleven strewn around every place setting at your next shimmery dinner party. Get creative. The more the merrier

Labels: Design, Home, Luxury

Daan

Joseph Kim has designed a genius air purifier called Daan. The Daan is a small disk sized unit powerful enough to purify a small room and can dynamically scale to different size spaces. You stack more units together to clean a bigger area.

Labels: Daan, Design, Home

Earrings in 18kt rose gold with drops in maple wood and diamonds by Lucifer Vir Honestus

Having graduated in architecture, Paolo Mandelli and Luna Scamuzzi founded Lucifer Vir Honestus in 1999, naming the company after the nickname of the first Milanese goldsmith in the fifteenth century. Their single-minded vision was to replicate the standard of the past grandmasters - using only the lost art of wax casting to create their famously and sensuously organic forms in their charming brick-vaulted studio in Milan’s trendy Corso Como. These impeccably-finished earrings created exclusively for 20ltd.com are a perfect example of their unique craft and are limited to 20 editions.

Labels: 20ltd, Design, jewelery

8.04.2008

Roberto Cavalli Coca Cola Light Bottles

Roberto Cavalli has designed three limited edition bottles of Coca Cola Light in Italy.

"I had a lot of fun creating three different "dresses" for the legendary silhouette of the Coca Cola Light Contour. They are seductive and feminine, in typical Cavalli style. They’re designed for the world of young people, which has always been a great inspiration to me," said Roberto Cavalli.

The bottles are designed to look as if the bottle is in a Cavalli dress.

Labels: Coca Cola Light Bottles, Design, Roberto Cavalli

8.03.2008

Meridian Introduces World's First Ten Megapixel Projection System

For over ten years, leading UK-based luxury home entertainment manufacturer Meridian Audio Ltd has been developing and manufacturing award-winning video products - from DVD players to projectors - that, together with the company's advanced digital audio components, create the Meridian Digital Theatre, offering the highest quality reproduction of both image and sound.

Now, Meridian takes the next step towards perfecting the home viewing experience with the introduction of the Meridian 810 Reference Video System. The 810 system comprises two primary elements: the 810 Reference Video Projector, an entirely new D-ILA-based digital projector offering a previously impossible 10 megapixels - exceeding the resolution even of commercial digital cinema projectors - and the 810 Reference Video Scaler, a special processor designed to optimize the imaging of HD and standard resolution inputs for the vast new possibilities offered by a 10 megapixel projection environment. The result is a system that, Meridian believes, represents the most realistic home theater performance in the world.

Using a brand new light engine, the Meridian 810 Reference Video Projector offers an effective resolution of 4096 x 2400 pixels, or 10 megapixels. In comparison, a conventional HDTV image at 1080i represents just 1 megapixel, while full-spec HD (1080p) is still only twice that. The Meridian 810 Reference Video Projector also has extremely high light output capability. Powered by a PKI Xenon lamp, it is capable of delivering up to 4000 lumens, enough to light even the very largest screens to the Hollywood reference level of 16 foot-lamberts. In addition, the projector has a native contrast ratio of 10,000:1, ensuring that even in the most difficult scenes, such as those combining bright light and shadow, detail is never lost. Trained staff at Meridian's state-of-the-art headquarters near Cambridge, UK, individually calibrate each projector in a procedure that takes over four days to complete.

To display an image with a resolution of 10 megapixels requires some very special scaling. To meet this requirement, Meridian has developed the 810 Reference Video Scaler. A brand new design, featuring Marvell's powerful, award-winning, Qdeo
video processing technology, the scaler converts any digital source (480i to 1080p) up to full 10 megapixel resolution. Its quiet and natural video processing produces images that are free from noise and devoid of artifacts whether operating in 4:3, 16:9 or 2.35:1 modes.

The Meridian 810 Reference Video System will be available as a package consisting of both projector and scaler, which will not be available separately. Four different packages will be available, featuring lens systems with differing throw lengths. Short, Medium and Long-Throw packages will include a special motorized 2.35:1 (Cinemascope®) lens assembly, while a Very Short Throw package, designed for back-projection and simulator applications, will also be available. All four packages will be the same price: US$185,000 (US retail).

The Meridian 810 Reference Video System is expected to begin shipping in limited quantities by the end of Q3, 2008, with full availability before the end of the year.

Labels: Design, Meridian, Ten Megapixel Projection System

Gentry Eagle Yacht To Be Redesigned By Thierry Mugler

The Gentry Eagle will be reborn through the vision and tremendous creativity of internationally acclaimed fashion and perfume designer, Thierry Mugler. The first to come in the Weyves Couture collection of yachts designed and signed by top fashion designers in the industry: high fashion meets the high seas.

With the Gentry Eagle, the world’s fastest yacht, as his canvas, Mugler will bring to life his creative visions alongside Weyves Yachts interior designer Eva Cadio to design the quintessential bespoke yacht.

Presently on the market for sale through Weyves Yachts, its exclusive broker, the yacht’s fusion of speed and power with absolute opulence will make this vessel a truly unique possession for any owner to have in their fleet and one of the most highly desirable vessels to exist on the seas.

The Gentry Eagle was engineered and built by racing legend Tom Gentry who went on to set nearly every powerboat speed record. This monumental vessel shattered the transatlantic crossing record in 1989 completing the journey from Ambrose Lighthouse at the entrance to New York Harbour to Bishop Rock on England's Isles of Scilly 62 hours & 7 minutes. In his victory, Tom, along with Norman Gentry, took the Blue Ribbon away from the British airline and music tycoon Richard Branson of Virgin.

The vessel has an impressive 11,500 horsepower and a top speed of 73 mph. She measures 112' in length and is fitted with twin 3,480 horsepower MTU turbo diesels coupled with a 4,500 horsepower turbine combined to propel her to over 63 knots (70+ mph). Fuel capacity is 9,800 gallons with a cruising range of 1,500 nautical miles.

The matchmaking of Gentry Eagle and Thierry Mugler is one of several design projects to come from the Weyves Couture. Weyves has partnered with Agent de Luxe president and former president of 25 years for Jean Paul Gaultier, Donald Potard, who represents more than 80 of the world’s leading fashion and interior designers.

Weyves International Ltd.
t : 00.1.647.293.0712
e: na@weyvesyachts.com

Labels: Design, Thierry Mugler, Yacht

7.15.2008

Vertu Ascent Ti Knurled and Checked models

Vertu has launched the Ascent Ti Knurled and Checked models. The Knurled Ascent Ti features knurled side panels and metallic grey leather. The Checked Ascent Ti features helix shaped checked detailing on the side panels and deep purple leather.

Labels: Ascent Ti, Design, Mobile, phone, Technology, Vertu

7.07.2008

Brunopasso PD-1

Tadahito Ishibashi has designed the Brunopasso PD-1 for Japanese retailer deviceSTYLE. The espresso machine features gearshift-like the handle crafted in beech wood. Available for SEK 4,995 ( $850).

Labels: Design, Home, Kitchen, Tadahito Ishibashi

6.25.2008

Exceptional series "Superheroes"

Superhero has become an unavoidable term recently in the fashion world. The Metropolitan Museum of New York devoted an exhibition to these American emblematic comic strip characters and a lot of designers seemed to have been inspired by them for their latest collections.

Prestigium.com, has created thirty-two animated fashion plates, recreating the fantastic, playful universe of superheroes.

Focus on extravagant designs for men and women by Yves Saint Laurent, Bernhard Wilhelm, Viktor & Rolf, Marc Jacobs, Balenciaga, Etro… all reminders of our favourite characters to be rediscovered as fashion, underlining the creativity of these contemporary designers.

Labels: Design, Fashion

Loewe crystal-studded television

Loewe plans to offer a crystal-studded television with an 80 centimeter screen (diagonal), the standard reports. Only 20 of these will be made available in Hong Kong. Pre-sales orders are now being taken , a spokesman says. Loewe promises that these TVs can be configured on request, both in terms of technology and design. The custom-made version called the Loewe Individual, features Swarovski crystal and are available in high gloss white or high gloss black and includes an integrated hard disk recorder. It is also equipped to receive high-definition broadcasts.

Labels: Design, Loewe, Technology

Gucci 8-8-2008 Limited Edition

Gucci has announced the creation of a special collection, "8-8-2008 Limited Edition”. The collection includes the I-Gucci watch, unique to the "8-8-2008 Limited Collection". It is Gucci's first ever digital timepiece. The "8-8-2008 Limited Edition" collection also includes a unique bicycle, with bold red double GG leather details and collectible items including a Mah Jong set covered in red "La Pelle Guccissima" and, a panda in soft leather.

Labels: Design, Gucci

6.14.2008

Moët Rosé Indulgence Coffret

Moët & Chandon has announced Moët Rosé Indulgence Coffret , a black lacquered bottle filled with Rosé Imperial champagne.

Labels: Design, Drink, Moet Rose Indulgence Coffret

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