This glittery netbook belongs to Momoka Eri. If you are wondering who Momoka Eri is…..she is a Japanese artistic model who runs a business of adorning mobile phones, PSPs and so on..
She tried her art on the Acer’s Aspire notebook and the result gave birth to the Momoka Eri Edition of Aspire One netbook.
The notebook has been festooned with a lot of Swarovski crystals and beads. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, it is limited to those who reside in Japan only. Via Akihabara
Laban Roomes of Goldgenie has teamed up with sculptures Wrightson and Platt to create “you look like a million dollars”, an exclusive portrait service allowing your loved ones to be immortalised in precious metal and stones.
The portraits are sculpted at their London studio and then cast into bronze, glass and precious metals by specialist foundries within the UK.
Surfaces are enriched and embellished with precious gems and gold by Goldgenie in Hatton Gardens.
The embellished portrait commissions take several months to complete and the pricing starts at around £50,000 (US $71,000)/span>.
Zurich’s iconic luxury city resort, the Dolder Grand, has been honoured in the 2009 Design Awards by prestigious international travel and design magazine, Wallpaper.
The historic Zurich landmark transformed by world-renowned London architects Foster and Partners in a US$400 million facelift was voted ‘Best New or Renovated Hotel’.
Designed in 1899 by Jacques Gros, the Zürich’s Dolder Grand Hotel has a wonderful city location overlooking Lake Zürich and the Alps.
This gold inlaid State carriage might be the one to receive the honor of taking Prince William and Prince Harry to their weddings.
The state coach Britannia will be only the second carriage to join the Royal Family in the last 100 years.
The £620,000 carriage is a gift for the Queen from Australia whose new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, a Republican, wants a referendum on the monarchy.
German engineering and quality handwork is what makes a Porsche an unique sports car, a top quality masterpiece, a dream and a legend.
To pass the history of this beautiful car on to future generations , last Wednesday at the headquarters of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen the new Porsche Museum was officially declared open.
Designed entirely in white and conceived as a monolithic structure, the museum is really impressive, with 5,600 square meters of exhibition space, 80 historic vehicles, a ‘Porsche Archive’ library, a shop, a vintage car workshop, conference areas available for events and a rooftop terrace.
On her website vikkismyth.com, Santa Monica, California-based designer Vikki Smyth promises to deliver both “table-top and luminary†designs. Her signature piece, the gorgeous Sushi-Ushi serving platform, is a grand example of both.
This award-winning, eye-catching food-presentationware platter suggests both intrigue and savoir-faire.
Sleek and elegant, this one-inch-thick, clear rectangular platter rests upon an enticing arrangement of brilliantly colored acrylic blocks.
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Okay, admit it: You’ve swiped a little, or not so little, souvenir before checking out of a special hotel. You’re not alone !
Hotels have long since realized that their towels don’t disappear in washing machines. They’ve gone home with guests.
That is why the Ritz-Carlton has just launched a new online retail store, The Shops at Ritz-Carlton, so that you can order all your favorite luxury items for your home.
After a two-day marathon of cooking and judging that pitted chefs from 24 countries against each other, the chef from Norway won the Bocuse d’Or, the cooking competition known as the Olympics of Food.
Geir Skeie, the 28-year-old chef at Mathuset Solvold in Sandefjord, Norway, will go home with a trophy of a golden effigy of Mr. Bocuse in his chef’s outfit and 20,000 euros, about $26,000.
Each chef was tasked to prepare a meat dish comprising Aberdeen Angus beef and a fish dish with Norwegian fresh cod, king scallops and wild prawns as core ingredients within 5 1/2 hours.
The stilettos are designed by Bruno Frisoni, the creative director of the French luxury cobblers. They were unveiled during the Paris Haute Couture season this week.
They feature an assortment of life’s little luxuries such as 24 ct gold-coated mesh, semi-precious stones, jet, satin ribbons, silk chiffon, diamanté and crocodile skin fashioned into dainty rosettes.
The “Dovima”, an 11cm, spike-heeled confection of gilded silk mesh and jewels, is embellished with a pair of rose pink-dyed, taxidermy birds with gold and crystal heads.
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Called the C-Stream, this concept out of Studio de Voogt is designed to indulge everyone in the family, from the kids to the adults, with its family-centric design.
The C-stream design is a mix of playfulness and luxury : it features spacious outdoor area, with the outside aft deck featuring a dock and a number of ‘pop-up’ pieces of furniture.
The Pandora collection of GressoDesign claims to be the first-of-its-kind “luxury†device with memory capacity of a whopping 64GB and a fingerprint scanning detector.
With a memory capacity of 64GB, it is definitely luxury ! The Pandora collection has two versions: Black and Red.
Black version has its chassis made from 200 year Old African Blackwood and 18k Gold. A white diamond further adds to its glamour while the LED beneath sets the stage for an experience by spilling blue radiance.
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Sir Elton John has launched his own range of crystal-encrusted iPods – to raise cash for AIDS orphans in Africa.
The “Starburst iPod” has been created by Laban Roomes of Goldgenie as he is known for producing gold-plated ones. Each iPod has colour co-ordinated Swarovski crystals embedded into it by advanced laser technology
Elton personally oversaw the design of the limited-edition music players – and had his signature lasered on the back of each one.
There will be just 100 of each colour created in black, blue, green, orange, pink, purple, red, silver and yellow so don’t miss out on your favourite!.
You can purchase these online at goldgenie.com or in store at Selfridges. They are priced at £399- £449.
A share of the profits from the sale of the iPods will be handed over to the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
This bathroom carpet is made of imputrescible foam called plastazote. Each cell welcomes a piece of moss (ball moss, Island moss, forest moss).
The humidity of the bathroom ensures that the mosses thrive. And that’s why you need to place it there and not anywhere else.
This vegetable carpet procures a great feeling to your feet. Designer: Nguyen La Chanh. Source: Coroflot
The new Porsche 911 GT3 , which will make its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show, is the latest evolution of an iconic sports car.
In developing the second generation of the Type 997 911 GT3 into the most sporting and dynamic road-going 911 ever with a naturally-aspirated power unit.
The new 911 GT3 is making its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show on 3 March, with Europe-wide sales starting in May. The Euro base price of the new GT3 is Euro 98,100.
