Posted in Luxury on 15 November 2009
Jason Stillman is one of those sculptors who take sculpting to a new level. While many of his works are already on display at many places, he has designed an amazing Kinetic Steel Sculpture titled “The Evolution of Flora”. It is right now installed at Performance Arts Center in downtown Colorado Springs and would be available for purchase for $17,000. This large steel fabricated sculpture stands 10-11 feet tall and measures 5-6 feet in width.
It comes with multiple moving parts and the flowers and the leaves flutter in breeze. Using a stain lacquer called Permalac, it can be used as an indoor or an outdoor sculpture. Just two coatings of this amazing lacquer are enough to withstand even extreme weather conditions for about 10 years. The Evolution of Flora allows the viewer and art enthusiast to appreciate the evolution of plants and flowers which are largely ignored by people.
Posted in Antique, Art, Display, Wine on 11 November 2009
We think luxury breeds luxury. And we do not mean it in an infestation sort of a way! It’s simple that luxury impresses one enough to acquire more luxury. Take fine champagne for instance. A nice and exclusive bottle of your favorite fizzy wine easily deserves to be served in the right kind of glass and in a fine champage bowl. This article focuses on the latter.
Brand Christofle has set out to bring to you the extra large champagne bowl that has been made in hand, and spectacularly so too. This one is definitely a collector’s item. Called the Extra Large Champagne Bowl (yeah, now that name’s far from innovative but the bowl definitely is) this one is being sold under the name Christofle Belle Epoque. We are told that this creation is the baby of the collaboration between the two maisons.
Posted in Luxury on 27 October 2009
What could be better than working in a closed space without any disturbance? Well, I guess it has to be getting one of these egg-like environments which completely enclose you in a cubicle and make sure you are not distracted from any noise or even any sort of view.
Copenhagen-based design team GamFratesi has designed a really sleek and beautiful dinosaur egg like work environment for those who have problems concentrating on work. It comes with enough space to keep your desktop, a telephone and a few books and work unhindered in a really sleek area. However, if you are claustrophobic and do not like the idea of being enclosed in such a tiny space, you may not like the “Rewrite“.
Posted in Art, Designer, Display, Exhibitions, News on 10 October 2009
Imagine a rug fetching a stunning price of $4.34 million. And this thing can be reality (in fact it is so) when the rug in question is the one of the famed ones from Safavid and apparently was a gift from the Safavid Persian court to the Ottoman Turks and must have been used for prayers by the blue blood too. Despite its age, the rug is in a remarkable condition. This artefact represents some gorgeous Persian handicraft and art which was particularly appreciated by Genoan and Venetian merchants.
Sold at Sotheby’s, the rug was expected to fetch anywhere between $130,000 and $192,000 or so claimed the Head of the Middle East & India Department at the store, Edward Gibbs.
Posted in Concept, Designer, Fashion on 4 October 2009
Anything bearing the name Louis Vuitton has to be larger than life. Books included. The new coffee table version from Rizzoli is called Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion and Architecture. And this one is a great anthology of the the fashion house’s collaboration with international elite artists, architects, designers and photographers like Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, David LaChapelle, Annie Leibovitz, Takashi Murakami (who by the way is credited for updating the LV monogram) as well as Richard Prince and Stephen Sprouse.
And these literary pieces are well complemented by stunning and rare images. The critical essays examine (and critically so) the position of Louis Vuitton’s patronage under the guidance of Artistic Director Marc Jacobs. From the looks of ut, this one was the most fertile of all periods for the brand.
Posted in Art, Designer, Display, Luxury on 23 September 2009
Quinn Gregory’s love for crystals isn’t any thing new. The talented designer has an uncanny knack for sculpting magificent artworks made from the sparkling ices that never go wrong. Yes, we mean they are never the sorts to give you an overdose of crystals, everything is in thr right amounts. Recently, we got to see the skull sculpture that was brought to life thanks to some 8,000 Swarovksi crystals and some gorgeous blue sapphires. And now it is a beautiful sculpture of Jesus Christ that has got the man in news all over again.
Called Infinite Hope this artwork is set to participate in an art competition. The winner will be granted acash price of $50,000. The sculpture of the Christian God has been made froma combination of wood, foam and crystals. The finishing has been done in metallic paint complete with a shiny look.
Posted in Art, Auctions, Celebrity Shopping on 11 September 2009
Ismail Merchant is not a new name for those who appreciate poetic cinema. The famous Indian-born Academy Award-winning filmmaker passed away in 2005 and now on October 7, Christie’s in London has decided to auction some of his collections. The man is most known for Merchant Ivory, his production company that did a lot of adaptations of the works of Henry James, E.M. Forster and others.
So a man with such a sensibility can be expected to have a great taste in life away from the cameras. And that when when the various works of art, furnishings and textiles from Merchant’s uber residences in London, Paris and Hudson River Valley make an entry.
Posted in Luxury on 18 August 2009
If you are the kind of person who would dream about flying high, but cannot actually own a plane because you never learned how to fly, you could get yourself the Phantom Bar. The Phantom Bar comes with Martin-Baker Mk7 ejection seats from an F4 Phantom. F4 Phantom is an amazing plane, if you did not know and you thought you were a great lover of airplanes.
While the bar looks quite tempting, it costs about $225,000 which means you must either be filthy rich, or really crazy about aircrafts in order to get it for yourself. Instead, I would recommend pubs or high end lounges to get this bar so that they can allow their esteemed customers to experience the joy of using Martin-Baker Mk7 ejection seats from an F4 Phantom.
Posted in Art, Designer, Events, Exhibitions on 14 August 2009
‘Silver of the Stars’ is the name of an exhibition that is known for travelling all over the world to showcase the best works in Scottish Arts complete with innovative and out-of-the-box silver designs. Each creation has a witty story behind from the imaginations of celebs like Sir Sean Connery, Billy Conolly and Ewan McGregor. As a matter of fact, close to ten world-famous who’s-who with a Scottish origin from film, fashion, theatre and music have got together for this little artistic adventure.
For this exhibition, an artist has designed and developed an idea for modern drinking vessels chosen by their celeb partner in either a silver or gold theme. And from what we hear it is Sharleen Spiteri’s ‘Teapot and Cups’ that have caught everybody’s attention. This creation by the singer-cum-guitarist-cum-keyboard player has a silver and gilt fringed diamond studded teapot with a cool chunky handle.
Posted in Luxury on 3 August 2009
Patricia Muñiz and G. Luciano Alfaya have collaborated with Chas Cyprian, a noted architect in order to create a wonderful and contemporary concept living space. It has been developed in order to satisfy the requirements of non-permanent housing. It is called the Bubble and can be used for a nomadic housing purpose.
It even provides privacy thanks to all the clothes turning the walls opaque. There is enough light and air coming and thus it actually must be very comfortable to live inside it. You could use it in place of tents and campsite housing. However, I doubt it could be used in large urban spaces and the authorities may have a problem with squatters.
