To commemorate the 100th birthday of the store, Selfridges has commissioned RIM to make a special limited edition Blackberry Bold.
The back of the phone is coloured in Selfridges’ trademark pantone 109 yellow, or bright yellow if you’re not overly familiar with paint mixing colour charts.
Each of the handsets – numbered from one to ten cost a cool £1000 and comes with VIP support.
If you have ever visited Singapore, maybe you have had the chance to see the beautiful local scenery from the sky between Mount Faber and Sentosa, by hopping on one of the cable-cars provided by Mount Faber Jewel Box.
Well, now the tourist attraction won’t be just the breathtaking views, but rather the 68 glittering cable-car cabins that are planned to be released by the second quarter of 2010.
These are part of a $36 million revamp process that will start this year in August and will replace the existing cable-car system.
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Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz of the Saudi royal family has a new toy: the 65-meter (213-foot) Nourah of Riyadh, the largest motoryacht built to date in Turkey.
Delivered last Friday, Nourah of Riyadh was built at Yachtley, a shipyard located in the Kocaeli Free Zone, which runs along both the Black Sea and Sea of Marmara.
Nourah of Riyadh reportedly has six guest staterooms, accommodations for 21 crew, a private cinema, two elevators, and of course a helipad. The interior design is by Donald Starkey.
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Veuve Clicquot has released a new version of its Ice Jacket, a high-tech isotherm sleeve tailored to the shape of the Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label bottle and designed to keep it at the perfect temperature.
Employing thermodynamics to keep the precious bubbly cool, the new Ice Jacket 2 is produced in a high-tech fabric with leather detailing which highlights the vibrant Clicquot Yellow.
The Ice Jacket can maintain the champagne at an optimal tasting temperature for up to two hours.
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M. Gerald Genta is one of the world’s greatest contemporary horologists.
Over his long and illustrious career, he has accumulated universal fame for such iconic creations as the Patek Philippe Nautilus, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and the IWC Ingenieur.
His watches are amongst the most coveted and collectible in the world.
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Cessna is laying off an additional 2,300 people, extending its summer shutdown, suspending its Citation Columbus program and closing its Bend, Ore., plant, the company said today.
The $27 million Columbus design was billed as the largest, fastest longest-range, most comfortable and most advanced Citation in history.
It was supposed to be ready in 2014 and state and local governments in Kansas had allotted millions in incentives to entice Cessna to build the production plant in the state.
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A young Thai jewelry designer has crafted a tiara worth $4.2 million for his pet dog, using precious stones given to him by his mother.
Riwin Jirapolsek, who showcased the tiara at a dog show in Bangkok recently, said he wanted to make something special for Kanune, his 15-year-old male Maltese.
He took almost two months to finish the piece, which is made from titanium encrusted with 250-carats of emeralds and diamonds.
Want to make helmet hair sexy? Karl Lagerfeld provided us with the newest in luxury bike wear.
A mink coated helmet, complete with iPod capability can transform the embarrassing safety necessity into a sexy status symbol.
The revolutionary idea was brought together by the three way collaboration of designer, Karl Lagerfeld, French Luxury helmet maker, Les Ateliers Ruby, and Apple.
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Decanter reports that Moët Hennessy Champagne sales were down 35 percent in the first three months of this year.
The LVMH drinks arm owns many of the biggest brands in the category such as Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Ruinart, Mercier and Krug
The company said revenues from its Champagne and still wine business fell 22% in the first quarter to €197m.
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Following up on the previous post about the new Takashi Murakami in-store decoration for Louis Vuitton and the new Multicolor Spring Pallet, the artist also produced a great little animation movie – Superflat First Love.
The plush toys that are in store, appear in the animation movie as well.
Donatella Versace created a chaise longue in crystal, called Ninfa and presented as part of the annual international furniture show, in Milan, Italy.
Donatella’s crystal forms the core of a chaise lounge, a three-tiered curving formation, white leather on luminescent crystal on metal, that invites you to relax.
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Chanel has announced its move into Oxford Street’s Selfridges store with a new counter set to open this July, and to celebrate the occasion the brand will be launching a limited edition line of make-up.
The collection was created by Peter Phillips, global creative director for Chanel Makeup, who took his inspiration from the London scene.
The London Madness Collection includes new, eye-popping red shades of Rouge Allure and Le Vernis, and the highlight, the Pearly Banner Palette – an ivory, gold and silver highlighter stamped with the Union Jack.
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This year, during Milan Furniture Fair, Veuve Clicquot is revealing DesignBox – its own exclusive eco-friendly gift box – and showcasing three interpretations of DesignBox by Tom Dixon, Front Design and 5.5 Designers.
These collaborations are being presented as part of an installation called “Out of The Box†at Superstudio+.
These are the latest in a string of collaborations between Veuve Clicquot and some of the best names in the world of design including Andree Putman, Porsche Design Studio, Pablo Reinoso, Christophe Pillet, Karim Rashid, Fredrikson Stallard and Jason Bruges.
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The 7 foot high floor lamp was designed by a Brooklyn based architect named Laurie Beckerman.
The magnificent piece of art is made of mirror-polished bronze.
To celebrate its 125th anniversary, Victorinox has rolled out their new fragrance ‘SWISS Unlimited’ Eau De Toilette.
The bottle shares the theme of utility from their popular knives and is also refillable.
This masculine fragrance is described as a mix of natural “Swiss essences†with notes of wooded silver fir, alpine herbs and absinthe. €42 ($55).
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The 2010 Range Rover is the latest version of Land Rover’s legendary Range Rover.
The 2010 updated Range Rover maintains the same overall design as the previous Range Rover but features subtle changes to both the interior and exterior.
Luxury watch brand Bell & Ross presents a new Instrument BR model, whose technical features specifically target the needs of long distance travelers.
The Bell & Ross BR 01-93 24H GMT features a 24 hour secondary time zone on the bezel with a large orange GMT indicator to keep you on-time no matter where you are in the world.
No price but expect it to hit at about $7,000.
Some bathroom inspiration today from Regia, an Italian manufacturer of bathroom furniture.
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Architect Nicholas Day has designed this new house in the Malvern suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
The home has recently been listed for sale by the agents at RT Edgar
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Mercedes-Benz has revealed interior images and some design sketches of the new interpretation of the legendary Gullwing of the 1950s: SLS AMG, a V8-powered supercar under development.
It will be launched in spring 2010.
The supercar will feature an aluminium spaceframe and body with gullwing doors, AMGÂ 6.3-litre V8 front-mid engine developing 420Â kW/571 hp and dry sump lubrication, seven-speed dual-clutch transmission in a transaxle configuration and sports suspension with aluminium double wishbones.
