ReBaroque speakers

 Rebecca Paul and Mikal Hameed have launched ReBaroque speakers. The finished product is a marriage of a classic baroque frame in an unconventional color, one of a kind fabric, discarded pieces of wood, and speakers.

“Our sound panels are the result of our combined knowledge of fine art, music, technology and sustainable design. Our goal was to produce a product that allows you to use your smart device to interact with the space you live in and redefine how we think about music and our homes.”

Effectus Lux Lucis by Victoria Grant

London Milliner, Victoria Grant, brings a whole new edge to contemporary hat wearing. Her arresting designs have attracted a host of style-charting devotees including Dita Von Tees, Christina Aguilera, Penelope Cruz, Annie Lennox, Dolce & ; Gabanna &  Jay Joplin. None more so than this one created exclusively for 20ltd.com. Inspired by the British Royal Artillery and Medieval Execution Mask, this remarkable piece combines Victoria’s whimsical sense of Heritage vs. Humour to create a fully functional Art Piece. To be worn or used as a lamp (Maximum Wattage 15). Hand crafted from Pierced Fur felt and Aluminium Chain with an ostentatious Bird of Paradise puff it is a high salute to good old British Heritage and the mysterious underworld of sex & roleplay pursued through the ages.

www.victoriagrant.co.uk

Madame de Pompadour (née Poisson) – Cindy Sherman

In commemoration of Madame de Pompadour (née Poisson) – famous courtesan and mistress of King Louis XV of France – Cindy Sherman has cast herself in the role of Pompadour in this exquisite 21-piece tea set. Made from Limoges porcelain, after the original design commissioned by Pompadour in 1756, creative chameleon Sherman challenges the idea of identity and ownership, utilizing a complex photo-silkscreen process to replace the courtesan’s portrait with her own. Signed and numbered by the artist, the tea set is available in a range of colours: apple green, rose, royal blue, and yellow. Each colour has been produced in a limited edition of 75.

Black necklace by Ana-Maria Pasescu

Since creating her unique brand of hand-sculpted accessories in 2006, Ana-Maria Pasescu is one of the UK’s most exciting young designers. Serving her apprenticeship with some of the industry’s most illustrious names including Jam design, Phillipe Starck, Tom Dixon and Gillian O'Brien, she has evolved her own distinctive and experimental style, always exploring new materials and processes with recycling and longevity at the heart everything she does. This braid leather and brass studded necklace is  beautiful and dangerous. It is available exclusively through 20ltd.com.


www.AnaMariaDesign.co.uk

Schooren des Alpes

Schooren des Alpes is a 21st-century take on the Tyrolean ski lodge - a bold departure from the traditional ski chalets. Nestled into the pristine Tyrolean paradise Kappl, 4 kilometres from Ischgl, Schooren des Alpes is uncompromisingly modern, but its architecture complements the magnificent scenery spectacularly. Only 12 sleek and ultra-modern mountain homes are available for sale - this is limited edition Alpine living at its best.

The serene setting also provides a stunning backdrop for the 330m² Wellness Spa with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, Hammam, sauna and pool lounge facilities. Underground parking, ski/snowboard storage and additional private storage areas for wine or fine art collections ensure Schooren des Alpes will remain the benchmark for luxury lifestyle ski properties for years to come.

The residences will be synonymous with luxury and fine living, offering stylish living spaces ranging from 135 to 261m². Each residence will be completely unique and bespoke for each buyer.

Schooren des Alpes is so beautifully functional and quietly inspiring that it's hard to believe its close proximity to Ischgl, rated Europe’s best holiday resort playground, and the overabundance of year round indoor and outdoor activities the region offers.

Ischgl is just 80 minutes from Innsbruck, at altitude of 1,400m. With 235km of slopes and more than 40 top modern lifts, the resort is one of the largest ski areas in the Alps. With 90% of the skiing between 2,000m and 2,872m, this snow-sure resort has guaranteed skiing from the end of November to the beginning of May. The Kappl lift will be connected to St. Anton by winter 2011, creating one of the world's most amazing ski areas, directly accessible from Schooren des Alpes

This is a rare opportunity to buy a luxury ski residence in the Tyrol.

Schooren des Alpes is mixing contemporary architecture, frosted Alpine peaks and luxury amenities with altitude.

Prices from €780.000

Available for sale from Modern Homes Worldwide.

www.modernhomesworldwide.com

BOCA DO LOBO

Boca do Lobo designs and produces high decoration furniture complements, satisfying even the most demanding admirers. Boca do Lobo uses the highest quality materials and textures, giving them shapes through objects that create a cosmopolitan luxury environment. The Boca do Lobo home furnishings collection includes bedroom furniture, dining room furniture and living room furniture.

The Blackberry Royal Blue Edition

The Blackberry Royal Blue Edition.

The Blackberry Bold just got bluer. Already one of the worlds most established handsets but now with its own unique statement amongst the elite. Being a huge blues fan Republica Designer Katherine took full ownership in the design of this handset in being geared towards Everton Football Club.The wonderful arrangement of VS1 diamonds surround the spectacular sapphire dressings which accommodate the year 1878 which was the birth of Everton F.C. , to then be furnished by hand in luxurious blue Python skin by Italy’s most respected Artisan simply give this handset a more arresting finish.

Available from www.republica-fashion.com £5,995

Jean-Marie Massaud Archibald Armchair

The enveloping design is exalted by the free play of folds that the leather creates across all of the internal part of the backrest, making it pleasantly undulating. The precious contrasting stitching along the seams and on the external surfaces of the upholstery creates a refined elegance.

The frame of the backrest and seat is in steel with polyurethane foam padding, moulded, expanded and shaped with polyester wadding in the zones where more comfort is needed.

Springiness is obtained from elastic belts and the base is made up of four feet in cast aluminium and tubular steel frame with a gunmetal grey finishing. The upholstery of the shell is in Pelle Frau leather

7CS 125m Superyacht

The 125m 7Cs superyacht was created in-house by drive. Drive’s designers were keen to challenge the traditional proportions of a superyacht and create a vessel that borrowed ideas from the automotive industry. They wanted to experiment with character of line, proportion, and graphical breakup to create a vessel with a unique stance and balance above the water line. drive has designed a number of sea-going vessels, ranging in size from small motor boats to large superyachts of 50m and above.

Chocolate BL40

LG has announced the Chocolate BL40 , the 4th phone to their Black Label Series. The new phone features an extra-large 4'' LCD HD touchscreen in, curved hardened glass that highlights the image quality. The resolution is 800x345 pixel. The BL40 has the emblematic black with red touches of the Chocolate.

The new phone will be available fall.

Viktor&Rolf safe

Raison Pure Design Group was awarded the gold lion for packaging design at the Cannes International Advertising Festival (France) in the cosmetic & beauty category for the Viktor&Rolf safe project

The project’s main objective was to enrich the provocative universe of Viktor & Rolf by driving the concept of secrecy to the extreme with a metal safe featuring a sophisticated lock."

Marco Zito Flap Lamp

Flap appears at first like a piece of contemporary art with its irregular geometric lines, decorating the walls in an interplay of light and shade.

The light source is formed by Flap's two overlaid metal surfaces which, thanks to a slight bend and the irregular overlay, provide a strong personality to a lamp of striking simplicity. When lit, the piece creates a new visual perception as there appear to be four surfaces. This is due to the effect the backlit shadows create on the different surfaces of the lamp and projected onto the wall.

Flap is an ideal element for wall compositions, and when used in multiples it can create a unique and unusual light sculpture suitable for both residential and contract environments. It is available in three sizes, each one characterised by the special proportions that make every variation of Flap unique.

Kenzo Power-Plate

Japanese designer Kenzo Takada has partnered with Power-Plate to create a Kenzo Power-Plate. The Power-Plate is an exercise device . The Kenzo Power-Plate features flowers painted on the body.

Heike Buchfelder Kubus K3 Schwarz Lamp

Heike Buchfelder Kubus K3 Schwarz Lamp - floor light: black goose quill feathers, plume on outside, quill pointing inwards: shade covering: cotton chintz, length approx. 650mm, width approx. 580mm, height approx. 400mm; incl. black steel tripod stand and power cable approx.

Maurizio Galante Valentina C Armchair

Maurizio Galante Valentina C Armchair with steel rod structure painted in glossy white (W), red (R) or black (N), padded polyurethane seat, cover in technical fabric and hand-made flower decoration designed by Maurizio Galante in the same colour of the structure.

ITAIPU by Philippe Bestneider

ITAIPU by Philippe Bestneider 2009



Book shelves characterized by a measured sequence of volumes. full and empty spaces.
Every separating element fits as a stopper for books or also an elevation to exalt some particular objects. The names comes from the South American dam “Itaipu”, famous for its rigorous architecture.

BRANDO Table

The BRANDO table by Stephan Veit 2009

Square or rectangular, the new Emmebi Brando table is always a big dimension item, realizedd into lacquered wood and designed by Staphan Veit.
Its main feature is the peculiar shape of the legs, that thanks to their bended plane at 45°, gives the table structure an unusual lightness appearance.

Crinolina Lamp

Crinolina plays with the expressive abstraction of the hooped skirt fashion from centuries long passed eventually translated into a unique and modern lighting design by Susanne Philippson. The characteristic of the lamp is its outer lampshade which plays with carefully balanced open and closed surfaces. Viewed from various angles the outer shade shows both symmetric and almost deconstructivist asymmetric appearance. Crinolina is made from textile covered PVC and Epoxy Powdercoated steel and comes in a variation of three colors ( antracite, white and a deep purple) always in combination with a golden reflective foil for a warm and ambient light. The lamps will be available with both Halogen and energy saving bulbs .

FIREBO-X

The FIREBO-X is a portable fireplace by German design firm, Schulte Design. The box is suitable for indoors and outdoors. The portable fireplace uses liquid bio-ethanol leaving no residuals behind. It comes in the shape of a small wooden case

Armani/Dada

The Armani Group and the Molteni Group announce the formation of a joint partnership for the future production and distribution of kitchen systems under the brand name “Armani/Dada”. The “Bridge” kitchen system was the first Armani kitchen concept to be produced by Dada, the result of a long term collaboration that now envisages the development of additional systems for both the residential and contract sectors.

Milan, 15th December 2008 – The Armani Group and Molteni Group announce the formation of a joint partnership for the future production and distribution of kitchen systems. This collaboration will result in a new line Armani/Dada.

Armani/Casa was launched in 2000 as an ad hoc division perfectly attuned to the other "worlds" within the Group, providing a platform for Giorgio Armani to transmit and establish his vision in the home environment: creating an intimate and individual ambience, simultaneously sophisticated and comfortable.
Dada, a company within the Molteni Group, has been developing and producing furnishing systems for the contemporary kitchen environment since 1980, always achieving a very high aesthetic and functional level.

Giorgio Armani, President and Chief Executive Officer of Giorgio Armani SpA, observes: “I am delighted to have such a well established new partner as Dada backed up by the Molteni Group, to develop and produce kitchens in the perfect Armani style. The original Bridge model has already delivered excellent results, in prestigious private homes and now in the Armani Residences in Dubai.”

Carlo Molteni, President of the Molteni Group, responds: “It is with great pleasure that we announce this partnership with the Armani Group. The excellence and total perfection that we have admired for so long in the Armani style will definitely present us with a challenging reference point for the development of new models.”

Design and comfort, elegance and functionality. These are the key words that define the Armani/Dada collection, which will be expanded to include new products as from the Salone del Mobile 2009, where the second kitchen system will be introduced – alongside “Bridge”, which has already found commercial success throughout the world.

The projects handled by Contract Armani/Dada include the development of kitchen systems for 144 exclusive Armani Residences within the Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world, now under construction in Dubai. Armani/Dada kitchens also feature on the 57th floor of the Federation Tower in Moscow which, at 340 metres high, will be the tallest tower in Europe, now under construction near the Kremlin square.
Armani/Dada Systems will be available from single brand Armani/Casa outlets as well as the most appropriate concept stores belonging to the Molteni Group.
This collaboration between Armani/Casa and Dada has a cosmopolitan mission. To bring the simplicity and elegance of true Italian style to the whole world.