Aug 27, 2011 | blog, Furniture
Herman Miller, one of the worldwide leading brands in office furniture, has released a new limited Asia edition of the iconic Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman which is perhaps the most famed mass produced piece of American furniture. Designed and built by the diligent duo of Charles and Ray Eames, these pieces live in museums like MOMA in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago.
This version comes in all black, featuring black plywood framing and black premium leather ,limited to 100 pieces. The chair also comes with a limited edition framed poster, and costs around $11000.
Aug 27, 2011 | blog, Fashion
In addition to their iconic Berkin, Hermès are popular for their Carré scarves which I dedicated a post to when I first started this blog.
For its Fall/Winter 2011-2012 Collection, Hermès collaborated with French graffiti artist Kongo. The artist used his signature style while designing the scarves. Available at Hermès boutiques around the globe now, part of the proceeds will be donated to Kongo’s graffiti collective kosmopolis, which supports young artists.
I don’t really feel this is actually the spirit of Hermès in terms of design though I am for the cause. It makes you wonder whether brand names take such causes lightly.
HighSnobiety
Aug 26, 2011 | Architecture, blog, Restaurants
With 213 rooms and 169 residences, Dubai’s Culture Village will soon introduce the Palazzo Versace Hotel, a hotel by the fashion brand Versace. Rooms and residences will all be furnished with fabrics and furniture from Versace, with marble flooring and mosaics. The hotel will have a Versace boutique and several pools, a spa, bars, and a restaurant. The cost of the project is estimated at around AED 2.3 Billion. Check the renderings below.
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Aug 24, 2011 | Architecture, blog
This breathtaking feature is a residence for a Senegalese family. It’s located on a cliffside overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and was designed and completed during this year. The architects are Saota – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects and the interior design by ANTONI ASSOCIATES.
Villa Dakar Sow is a very prominent architectural structure which incorporates historical elements, a beautiful open plan, amazing view, and a sculptural staircase. The majority of the furniture, as with most luxury modern houses, is by Minotti.
‘Whilst the cliffside site presented an extraordinary opportunity for a house on the edge of Dakar’s CBD, the slowly eroding nature of the cliff face required a very carefully considered structural solution.’ says Greg Truen, Project Partner, ‘resulting in a building design that seemed to float off the cliff’s edge’.
The Kitchen is an open kitchen with a separate traditional kitchen as well as the garage. From the Entrance one moves past the sculptural circular stair to the Entertainment Room and the double volume Family Lounge which connects up with a floating stair to the upper level Pajama Lounge. The Main and the two children’s bedrooms are placed on this upper level.
The Main Bedroom Suite opens up onto a large terrace which is the roof of the more formal living wing of the house and the element which projects over to the ocean. The Main Bathroom opens into a private garden and outdoor shower situated over the garages.
One of the features of the house is the Contemporary Metal Spiral Stairs. To add to the sense of continuity between the levels the 20mm in diameter stainless steel rods run from the first floor handrail to the lower ground floor, thus making the stairwell look like a sculptural steel cylinder. A skylight above the stairwell as well as floor to ceiling glazing in the lounges adds to the sense of transparency.
“Throughout the villa, modern works of art, many of which are from the client’s private collection, sit comfortably within this luxury residence, creating an intention that is decidedly sleek and contemporary” says Mark Rielly of ANTONI ASSOCIATES.
Source: Saota Blog
Aug 23, 2011 | blog, Cars
Maserati has teamed up with Fendi to present the GranCabrio whichwill debut in Frankfurt in September 2011.
Description by Motor Ward : “ Maserati GranCabrio by Fendi is painted in a three-layered body color named Grigio Fiamma Fendi, which is a special dark grey with an iridescent golden finish on the surface. There is also wood trim Pergamena Fendi that runs across the width of the dashboard, on the doors and on the top of the gear lever, all in the iconic FENDI yellow, like the brake callipers and the embroidered yellow trident on the headrests.What’s more you also get Fendi’s Cuoio Romano leather from Selleria line on the instrument cluster cover, for the gear lever and for the profile of the floor mats.”
FENDI’s logo is present all over the seats, in the center of the wheels, and along the rocker panel. In addition to that “there is also a silver oval plaque with the engraving of the Maserati Trident, Fendi logo and the 5-digit series number (five being an iconic number for Fendi) located on the dashboard, in front of the passenger seat, and on both sides of the black cloth folding roof.
Maserati GranCabrio Fendi is powered by a 4.7-litre V8 engine and comes with an automatic transmission.”
Photos and source: Motor Ward
Aug 20, 2011 | Art & Photography, blog
Entry Title: " ‘Let them eat cake’ "
Name: John Wright, United Kingdom
Category: Professional, Fashion
Entry Description: Series shot for Leica S2 promotional images and featured on GQ Style online.
The International Photography Awards conducts an annual competition for professional, non- professional, and student photographers on a global scale, creating one of the most ambitious and comprehensive competitions in the photography world today.
The winners of the main categories will compete for IPA’s top award of International Photographer of the Year. Those finalists will be invited to attend the Lucie Awards at the Lincoln Center, New York, where one photographer will be announced as the grand winner, earning the coveted Lucie Statue and a cash prize of $10,000 provided by AtEdge. In addition, the nominees in the non-professional and student categories will be invited to the Lucie Awards to compete for the title of the Discovery of the Year provided by Blurb, a Lucie Statue and $5,000 cash prize. Six nominees comprised of all levels of profession, will be invited to the Lucie Awards for the title of Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year, where the story behind the images are dually judged, and to compete for the coveted Lucie Statue and a cash prize of $5,000.
There are tens of breathtaking photos on the main website for you to enjoy, I wish I could post them all. Here I chose a few of my favorites from various categories and with different winning places (1st, 2nd, & 3rd) including descriptions as indicated by the artists themselves. Enjoy!
Entry Title: " Day to Night, Times Square"
Name: Stephen Wilkes, United States
Category: Professional, Cityscapes
Entry Description: A "Day to Night" time lapse of Times Square in New York City.
Entry Title: " Our oceans aren’t the only ones in danger"
Name: Adam Taylor, United States
Category: Professional, Advertising
Entry Description: "Our oceans aren’t the only ones in danger" Commissioned for the Surfrider Foundation – – A series displaying the metaphorical results of humans washed up on the beach, the victims of the products we as a society carelessly discard and that end up in our oceans.
Entry Title: " Hyperspace Audi A8"
Name: igor omulecki, Poland
Category: Professional, Automotive
Entry Description: Hyperspace campaign introduce new Audi A8 on polish market. The photographs were presented during 4 exclusive events/exhibitions in Poland. Moreover, a limited edition album of only 1000 copies has been published. Several publications in art and lifestyle magazines. Finally, a website has been created www.hyperspace.pl.
Entry Title: " Women of History"
Name: Peter Lippmann, Afghanistan
Category: Professional, Fashion
Entry Description: These images are the result of a collaboration with Christian Louboutin
Entry Title: " Magic World"
Name: Adam Balcerek, Poland
Category: Professional, Product
Entry Title: " Remote Control"
Name: Claudio Allia, Italy
Category: Non-Professional, Self-Promotion
Entry Description: Mathare Valley Slum (Nairobi) A.D. 2010.
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