Daphna Simon, an Israeli-based designer and artist, is making her American debut sharing her love of nature with her new collection, ‘Untamed Jewels’, at West Hollywood’s Roseark.

Her gorgeous 18K gold interpretations of both animals and the natural environment are stunning.

The three-dimensional jewelry is meant to interact with the wearer, completing its representation of the grizzly bear, leopard or other chosen character. Whether you are looking for earrings, bangles, necklaces or rings, Daphna’s distinctive style is bound to speak to you.

The new collections unveil three of the most sought after cell phones in gold and platinum.

On offer are the Nokia 7900 Prism, Nokia 8800 Arte and the Samsung Armani P520, all available in 24 ct gold and platinum editions.

While Nokia 7900 costs $906, Nokia 8800 Arte costs $1812, almost double the cost of Nokia 7900 and Samsung Armani P520 retails for a starting price of $1208.

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The ‘Rock Star’ tiles pictured are fashioned from split face marble in white, red or yellow, together with fabulous jewel leaf inserts. The glittering inserts create an effect ideal for specialised illumination with lighting systems to catch the sparkle of the inserts - as well as the shadows in the rough marble tiles.

Whether you prefer a touch of gold, silver, bronze or a dark version, Marmo Jewel tiles add classy, cutting edge style. Perfect for interior or exterior use, the interplay of marble tiles and jewel leaf inserts is a real visual orchestration. If free-spirited fashion ignites your senses, try the Marmo Jewel decorative tiles from Salvini.

“Golden Age” is the name of this new, er, product, the world’s first Apple MacBook Air to be fully crystallised with 12,000 “dazzling” Swarovski elements.

The reason it looks so darn shiny is that the crystals are specially coated with 24k gold from underneath so that the transparent crystals can reflect the true gold colour.

Inspired by a traditional Japanese pattern, each “Golden Age” takes a week to create as each crystal is apparently painstakingly applied one at a time on to the hand-painted surface.

With a limited edition of only 20 pieces worldwide this is described as “undoubtedly the ultimate luxury treat for the person who thought they had everything”. Aside from taste or sense, clearly.

The “Golden Age” is getting a CeBIT debut, but will be shown also at Selfridges, Oxford Street, where the department store will sell one of the 20 “Golden Age” notebooks as of 18th March.

Reversible fine jewelry has the lure of offering two looks for one price. It can sometimes seem gimmicky but that isn’t the case with this design. The reversible celebration bracelet from Aaron Henry is done in 18K yellow gold set with 54 diamonds. It flips to reveal multicolored sapphires and rubies for a whole different look. It sells for around $43,000.

Resale value for Oscars won after 1950 are limited because the Academy makes all winning celebrities sign an agreement that if they want to sell they have to first offer the statue back to them for $1.

Based on the current price of the gold if melted down each Oscar is worth about $500.

If sold on the sly (or for pre-1950 Oscars that can be sold in the open) big-name Oscars will easily clear $60,000+, with many hitting 6 figures. Via Luxist & environmentalgraffiti