Mark Rothko’s 1961 oil painting, ‘Orange, Red, Yellow’, set a new auction record for post-war art on Tuesday at an “unprecedented” Christie’s sale.
The large-scale work soared to $86.9 million, eclipsing the $86.3 million paid for Francis Bacon’s Triptych in 2008 as the most expensive post-war artwork at auction.
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Tickets for the pop-up version of Noma in London this summer sold out in 2.5 hours. About 3,400 tickets were snatched up May 8.
According to restaurant trade publication Harden’s in the UK, about 10,000 people had pre-registered for the chance to take part in “A Taste of Noma at Claridge’s”.
The chef of the best restaurant in the world will be opening a pop-up version of his Copenhagen restaurant Noma in London this summer to mark the Olympic Games.
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Lacoste unveils their new collection “Flag”, carrying sporting values, the spirit of international competition, inspired by the flags of each country.
With major international sporting events such as The London Olympics 2012 and Euros 2012, Lacoste has decided to hoist the flags and make its emblematic crocodile the standard bearer of 16 nations.
The Croco Flag polo shirt sees Lacoste’s signature little green mascot swapping his scaly shirt for the colours of a country over a classic white cotton pique.
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Blueseed is a conceptual floating island-ship intended to house technology startup founders and employees only 30 minutes from California’s northern coast.
The founders, who include an ex-Yahoo software engineer, plan to open the ship to inhabitants by the third fiscal quarter of 2013.
Nearly 150 technology startups have said they’re interested in building businesses on the high seas, according to a report recently released by Blueseed.
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Aston Martin has gone public with the first details of its DBS Ultimate, a high-end upgrade to its already luxury-oriented DBS.
The Aston Martin DBS Ultimate is the last model of DBS produced, with a replacement family due to launch next year in celebration of the company’s centenary.
The vehicle is available as a coupe or a Volante (convertible). The Ultimate comes in three colors, including carbon black II, quantum silver, or silver fox.
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W Hotels Worldwide has signed an agreement with Al Sharq Investment LLC to introduce a new W Hotel in Dubai on the Palm Jumeirah.
Set to open in 2016, W Dubai-The Palm will be located in Dubai’s most prestigious residential, leisure and tourism hub and will offer spectacular views of the island, Dubai Marina and the waters of the Arabian Gulf.
W Dubai-The Palm will feature 283 guest rooms, including 102 suites, five WOW suites and two Extreme WOW suites (W’s interpretation of a Presidential Suite).
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San Francisco restaurant Boulevard, set in a historic building and designed in the manner of France’s Belle Epoque, has been named the best in the US.
At the James Beard Foundation Awards, an event known within the hospitality industry as the ‘Oscars’ of the US food world, chef Nancy Oakes’s eatery was named Outstanding Restaurant Monday night.
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Jimmy Choo has teamed up with top fashion photographer Eddie Newton to launch new site Choo 24:7 Stylemakers, where both amateur snappers and professionals can upload their street style pictures.
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Missoni is partnering with Filipino real estate developer Century Properties to design the interior decor and amenity spaces of a condominium building in Manila.
Missoni Home is not new to commercial real estate. It designed the Hotel Missoni line with Rezidor Hotel Group, with hotels open or opening in Scotland, Kuwait, Turkey, Omanan and Brazil.
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The Volkswagen hover car is a product of the “People’s Car Project” in China, which called upon customers to contribute design ideas for VW’s model of the future.
The crowd-sourcing initiative debuted in China last year and, to date, has inspired 33 million website visitors to submit 119,000 ideas.
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The Britain’s most expensive garage space (pictured below), a six meter double garage located in the prestigious Knightsbridge neighborhood of London, is priced at £525,000 ($850,000).
Hidden in a tiny back street close to Harrods, the double garage does not look special from the outside.
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Cartier has fabricated a watch design that combines complicated gear mechanics and jewelry-like exquisiteness to set a high-end testament to the classic film “Modern Times” by Charlie Chaplin.
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The Cannes Film Festival is just around the corner, and to celebrate its 15th year as the event’s official sponsor, luxury jewelry house Chopard has made sure its Red Carpet Collection 2012 is one to remember, with designs ranging from classic old Hollywood to extravagant and colorful creations.
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Cannes’s hotels are gearing up for their busiest period of the year, when international movie stars, directors and producers will flock to the French Riviera for the city’s film festival (May 16-27).
The Croisette’s most prestigious hotels have already stocked up on all sorts of delicacies, and LUXUO got hold of some interesting figures that paint a pretty good picture of what the film industry’s brightest stars will be indulging in.
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Whisky distillery Glenfiddich is taking things to new heights with a whisky tasting that will be livestreamed from the world’s highest mountain.
At 5,364 meters above sea level at the Everest Base Camp, a team of adventurists will ‘nose’ and taste a selection of Glenfiddich’s single malt reserves along with a panel of guests who will take part virtually from The London Stock Exchange.
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A long-awaited undersea hotel in Dubai looks finally set to be built, after an agreement to develop it was unveiled this week. The Water Discus Hotel won’t be totally submerged but will be a disc-like structure with part of the building above water and the rest below the surface.
The 21 rooms will be submerged up to ten meters below the surface of the water, with huge windows offering a view out from the bed and an external ‘explorer’ robot which can be controlled from the room to allow guests to interact with marine life.
According to Deep Ocean Technology, a restaurant, spa and reception area would be hosted above the waterline, with guests descending below the surface in glass-walled tunnels to get to their rooms.
As might be expected, the hotel would offer plenty of services for divers, with a training pool and other water sports offerings set to be available.
The hotel will also include other amenities such as a spa, helipad, and an above ground terrace should guests feel a bit claustrophobic stuck inside The Discus!
With no specific planned opening date, observers will be watching closely whether this plan comes any further than previous attempts to build underwater hotels in Dubai, which have stalled or quietly disappeared as the country faced economic ruin.
Design Studio Hernandez Silva Arquitectos worked on the interior decoration penthouse PPDG, located on the 15th floor of a building in a colonial-style 70th years in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Japanese car brand Nissan announced Friday that it will start limited production of its ambitious Juke R model.
Combining the design of the Juke SUV with the power of a GT-R, the Juke-R is claimed to be the fastest crossover on the planet. Its 3.8-liter engine boasts 545 hp, enabling top speeds of 257km/h (152mph).
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The estate of Humphrey Bogart is suing British-based clothes company Burberry over use of the Hollywood icon’s name in what it said was an advertising campaign.
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Baccarat Hotel & Residences New York will open in 2014 in time for Baccarat’s 250th year anniversary. It will be located at 20 West 53rd St., just off Fifth Avenue.
The project is a partnership between Starwood Capital and Tribeca Associates, a New York-based real estate development and acquisitions company.
The $403 million development will include 115 hotel rooms with some rates that Starwood said will exceed $800 a night and 64 residences that the real-estate investor hopes will be among the city’s most expensive on a square-foot basis.
The hotel looks to capitalize on the tony image of Baccarat Crystal, the French manufacturer of fine glassware that Starwood acquired in 2005.
The hotel will feature Baccarat chandeliers, a boutique store selling crystal with price tags up to $10,000, and crystal museum pieces that will rotate through the lobby. Source: wsj.
For the Spring, Dolce & Gabbana have released a limited edition animalier bicycle for the stylish cyclists around the world.
The bike is made of steel and is varnished using a particular technique called sublimation, which requires each piece to be hand finished.
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