Mercedes-Benz Concept Style Coupé Trailer
Mercedes-Benz unveils another visual for their Concept Style Coupé which made its official debut at the Beijing Motor Show last April. A rebel in its design, the four-door coupé features a four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine with 155 kW (211 hp) and an all-wheel drive system. Here’s a more detailed look at the breathtaking vehicle.
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Honda UNI-CUB butt-steered Mobility Device
Designed to mimic the speed and height of walking, the new UNI-CUB personal mobility device from Honda offers the same freedom of movement in all directions that a person enjoys while walking. Using sensors on the seats, Honda’s omni-directional driving wheel system allows users to turn and stop simply by shifting his or her weight. Since [...]
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MR PORTER: The Way I Dress – Matthew Moneypenny
Featured in the latest installment of MR PORTERS The Way I Dress series, leading New York photography agent and founder of Trunk Archive Matthew Moneypenny (That’s his real name) represents the elite of fashion photographers including Bruce Weber and Hedi Slimane. Philadelphia-born but New York-based, Moneypenny is a firm believer in well-tailored, crisp basics and can mostly be seen [...]
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Three-Story Glass Home in Tokyo, Japan
Tucked into a quiet residential neighborhood, this three-story 914 square-foot glass home in Tokyo known as House NA was created by an award winning Tokyo architect named Sou Fujimoto. His unusual design, with high glass walls and varying sized modular tables, contains 21 “floor plates” for residents and guests to sit, work, cook, eat, sleep, or play. The home [...]
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World’s most expensive contemporary artwork
Russian-American painter Mark Rothko’s 1961 oil painting, Orange, Red, Yellow, has set a new auction record for post-war art. Eclipsing the $86.3 million paid for Francis Bacon’s Triptych in 2008, the large-scale work was sold to an unnamed buyer for $86.9 million. Recently, Edvard Munch’s famed 1895 pastel of The Scream was sold for $119.9 [...]
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Marc Jacobs S/S12 Mens Collection
Creative director of French fashion house Louis Vuitton since 1997, Marc Jacobs also designs for his own namesake label, as well as a modestly-priced Marc by Marc Jacobs line. Consisting of jersey t-shirts, brogues, slim-fitting pants, leather bags and aviator sunglasses, Marc Jacobs latest spring/summer offering is the perfect light-weight collection for a man on [...]
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VOGUE: Met Gala 2012 – Bruno Mars Performance
Often referred to as the “fashion Oscars,” The Costume Institute Gala held at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art; celebrated the opening of the new exhibition, “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations.” Men and women from every end of the professional spectrum were on-hand displaying their most stylish looks. From Kanye West to Gisele Bundchen, Pharrell [...]
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CBS: Blue Jeans – The fabric of freedom Documentary
On May 20, 1873, Levi Strauss & Company created and patented the world’s first blue jeans. Originally designed for cowboys and workmen, jeans are now a very popular form of casual dress around the world. Serena Altschul of CBS explores the history of denim, from America’s mines to the designer jean stores of today. Embedding of [...]
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Louis Vuitton presents “100 Legendary Trunks” iPad Application
Discover the secrets behind some of the most exquisite and unique trunks created by Louis Vuitton for explorers, magicians, movie stars and maharajas. Adapted from the book Louis Vuitton: 100 Legendary Trunks and packed with videos, sound clips, unpublished texts and documents, this application brings together the finest cases, boxes and other trunks crafted by Louis [...]
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TOMS: One Day Without Shoes 2012
Founded in 2006 by Blake Mycoskie, TOMS was inspired by a trip to Argentina where Mycoskie witnessed extreme poverty and health conditions, as well as children walking without shoes. That’s when he recognized the traditional Argentine alpargata shoe as a simple, yet revolutionary solution. One Day Without Shoes is the day in April when TOMS asks people [...]
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