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Sabtu, 31 Januari 2009
Portable Scanner ScanU Has A Roll Out OLED Screen - Gizmo Watch
Essell’s White Keyboard Invites All Nerdy Touch Typists - Gizmo Watch
Via: Essell/NotCot"
Philips Delivers A Real 21:9 Ratio 56-inch HDTV - Gizmo Watch
Jumat, 30 Januari 2009
Prince : The Royal Muse
He's Prince. Remember that name.
It's easy to tell that he's in the process of paving his way into the fashion and beauty industry.
And if his sense of style is anything to go by, he'll be quite big someday.
Anyway, this is a rare post because I seldom put someone I know in the spot light the way I'm doing it here. It could embarass them. (Hee hee)
But no this is not.
This here is meant to hail a Style Muse .
Totally inspired .
Q
Travel with Louis Vuitton
If you are rich enough to afford everything Louis Vuitton and yet for some reason hasn't stepped a foot into the fashion capitals of the world(shame on you, fool) , this set of City Guides, should be your next read.
Celebrities share their travel tips and well-oiled travellers(and probably well-heeled to make it into its pages) bring you on a trip to everything between, left , right and centre of Paris and Milan and over to New York in a chapter or two.
Enjoy it you rich , freakin fool. You arm-chair traveller-you.
Personally, I'd rather be holidaying some place where I can walk on the sands barefoot, take a dive or two from a yacht and not care about whether that top was so 10 seasons ago.
Q ... Note: New York is NOT in Europe.^^ It's in the middle of Africa.
Adidas Diamond Studded Shoes
Photos Via: kenlu
Luxury Attache-Case by Thom Browne
Images Via: colette
World's Most Expensive Rubik's Cube by Diamond Cutters International
Bentley Continental Pen Limited Edition by Tibaldi
Image Via:sybarites
Aquariva Super Luxury Yacht by Riva
Stars such as Dino de Laurentis, Richard Burton, Aristotle Onassis , Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren,and Sean Connery all own a Riva, making the name a prestigious list of the international jet-setters. The riva Aquariva Super is priced at around $944,000.
Shanghai Tower - China's Next Tallest Building
At 632m (2070ft) tall and with 138 floors, Shanghai Tower will be the next China's tallest building when it is completed. The Tower is scheduled to open partially in 2012 when the top floor is finished. The skyscraper will open fully in 2014.
Designed by Texan Architect Marshall Strabala, of Gensler Architects, the £1.5 billion Shanghai Tower is organized as nine cylindrical buildings stacked one atop another. The inner layer of the double-skin facade encloses the stacked buildings, while a triangular exterior layer creates the second skin, or building envelope, which gently rotates as it rises. The spaces between the two facade layers create nine atrium sky gardens.
Shanghai Tower will have a total construction area of 576,000 square meters, including 380,000 square meters on the ground. It will feature office space, luxury residences, a high-end hotel, retail space, restaurants and a public observatory.
Commissioned by Shanghai Tower Construction and Development Co., Ltd and designed by Gensler, the Shanghai Tower will definitely be one of a kind, demonstrating limitless possibilities and achievements.
Source & Images Via: worldarchitecturenews
Kamis, 29 Januari 2009
Yamaha Launches the Revolutionary AvantGrand Piano
The new AvantGrand uses three strategically placed resonators to recreate the tactile vibrations created by the Yamaha CFIIIS concert grand used to record the AvantGrand's digital samples. They even paid close attention to the pedal action, carefully duplicating the spring, friction, and inertia of a real concert grand.
Alicia Keys launched the AvantGrand with a performance at the NAMM convention in LA, causing her to exclaim that "it's almost like a friend. But it's even better than a friend, because it doesn't talk to you."
The Yamaha AvantGrand piano is slated to ship in July 2009 and will cost around $20,000.
For more information on the Yamaha AvantGrand Piano, visit www.yamaha.com
Via: Yamaha press release
TriSpecs a Bluetooth Stereo Fashion Eyewear
TriSpecs glasses are yet to be available in the market but are expected to be priced for just $200 and available in black, white, and metallic options.
Via: egadget
Victoria Beckham Wearing £80,000 Himalayan Birkin Diamond Studded Handbag
The 34-year-old former Spice Girl is said to be 'delighted' with the bag, which features a three-carat diamond on the lock.
A source told The Sun:
'It's not as easy as everyone would think for David buying his wife a present every year, she is the woman with everything.'
'But David knows the French fashion house is her favorite and he sorted the gift in Los Angeles from one of the few powerful fashion buyers who could get one.'
Source & Images Via: dailymail.co.uk
2009 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Revealed
The RSR will leave your Turbo for dead on the track, though. Thanks to a lightweight bodyshell, it weighs about the same as a child’s shoe, and has received a whole bunch of aerodynamic revisions to make it lovely and slippery through the air.
Aside from GT3 Cup and the GT3 Cup S, the GT3 RSR is the third race car based on the Porsche 911 offered by Porsche Motorsport. About 20 of the successful long distance racers have been built in Weissach and are now being delivered to customer teams around the world. The GT3 RSR costs €380,000 (£358,217 or $493,050) plus VAT specific to each country.
Images Via: autoblog
Rabu, 28 Januari 2009
Audi A'KIMONO LS2.0 Futuristic Vehicle Concept Inspired by Automatic Light sculptures
The designed concept was based on the "Automotive Lighting Sculpture" in which the exterior surfaces integrate an artificial lighting system which makes the car silhouette recognizable at night. This system makes use of hidden lighting, where the source is not visible. The exterior is more recognizable at night and in the dark, reducing chances of mishap. The impressive exteriors of the body have hidden light sources, light from these sources follows the curves and lines on the surface, creating an unobtrusive effect for the viewer.
Via: revmods
Audi A'KIMONO LS2.0 Concept Based On Automatic Lighting Sculpture - Auto Motto
Russian Flying Giants Like Nothing Seen Before - Gizmo Watch
Green with Envy on the Red Carpet
Till today, it's beyond daring. Beyond shameless. Beyond tasteful. So what's the woo haa about? Beats me. A lack of class?
Here is fashion icon and Spice Girl Victoria Beckham with a much more tasteful rendition of what J-Lo wore; a piece of cloth draped strategically. But as with any thing Vicky wears, its sharp . It's down right stunning.
If Victoria is snewy , Beyonce is curves galor va-va-voom. And even Miss B can look rather extraordinary in jewel-toned green.
Green with envy, ladies out there?
Q ... Its the red carpet. It's meant that way. ^^
Selasa, 27 Januari 2009
S-Pace : The Jet set family
You want the physical foot print on the road to match King Kongs because you have a similarly sizeable apean family to lug around (or tug along) , you 'll have to sacrifice your thirst for the sleek , fast and furious.
Unless of course, you're earning a movie star's pay cheque (like the real King Kong) . There's always the Audi Q7, Mercedes R-Class, Land Rover Discovery, Lexus LX et al to choose from.
Where sheer brute force of their mega engines compensate their even bigger bodies at the expense of Gia.
The Toyota Fortuner and Hyundai Starex can lug around half a 1st World country as well but they too suffer from fast-food obesity all the same.
But for the rest of us mere mortals who earn only enough to feed our huge families (procreation and longevity aren't cheap), and still stubbornly want the compromise between space and pace, thank bullsh*t that 3 manufacturers have been listening to their Customer Service department (they mostly just pay people to sit there and nod).
The Subaru Exiga GT: Subaru's legendary symmetrical AWD system matched to its even more iconic turbo-charged engine for an astoundingly blistering performance that'll shame many a sports car whether on the straights or around the bends. The fastest and most road-capable MPV in the world. Amazing.
The Honda Odyssey : One the world's biggest selling premium MPVs because it's really a sports car masquerading as a people mover. Low slung and stealthy matched to Honda's legendary performance. Trully a Manga-hero translated to four wheels. Bullishly Fierce.
The Ford S-Max : European Car of the Year 2008, for a reason. Dynamic and sporty. Swoon-some.
With any of these three, the space and luxury afforded by their upper-mid market positioning is a given.
Their pace on the road , however, is a huge bonus.
Q ... Proving that space and pace can be done with less.