Posted in Designer, Luxury Brands, Travel on 2 September 2009
A love for antique will definitely drive you to the shop that is selling the stunning Mayfair Steamer Secretary Trunk. This one has been crafted especially by the well-known antiques dealer and furniture maker Timothy Oulton of London. This luggage carrier is an oversized armoire that has been designed ingeniously to function like a secretary to you when on the go.
Made in hand from vintage cigar leather, the trunk has a very durable and solid wood frame. It looks vintage and so you can expect a lot of style to your journeys around the world. It as a pull-down desktop and several drawers, cubbies, wire management and bookshelves for practically everything under the sun that you might need.
Posted in Concept, Display, Home Decor, Luxury Brands, Technology on 11 August 2009
Now that we have already started talking fireplace this year, let’s bring another on to you which states clearly that the days of built-in fireplaces are more or less over now. That is the beauty of modern fireplaces like Mall Fire which allow homeowner to enjoy the cosines of a warm fire without really compromising with the aesthetics of your well-chosen decor. And you have Atria to credit for introducing this unique concept fireplace.
Mall Fire is a treasure chest which opens up to reveal a the glittering treasure of fire on your patio or for that matter any place indoors. And when the fireplace is not needed, the trunk can be duly closed and transformed into furniture that can find uses more than one.
Posted in Apparels, Designer, Events, Luxury, News, Travel on 12 July 2009
The historic landing of the Apollo 11 on the moon 40 years ago is a moment of celebration all over the world. The television busies itself presenting programmes based on the achievement while movie channels showcase films of similar genre. And guess what Louis Vuitton does? Well, it creates a custom-order trunk called Malle Mars. Now we do wonder, why they didn’t think of a more appropriate Moonie Moon, but that’s a different issue altogether.
Coming back to Malle Mars, we are told that it looks like somethings that comes straight from the sets of ‘Star Trek’. It is an aerodynamic trunk with several compartments to meet all sorts of space requirements when one is on the go, which even includesdrawers for dishware and a folding chair.
Posted in Art, Exhibitions on 25 May 2009
T.T. Trunks likes to stun their customers with the least bit expected dose of luxury. This summer, the brand is participating in the upcoming Arts and Crafts exhibition presented by French Embassy & Ubifrance. We hear that the reason behind this event is to have it coincide with President Sarkozy’s visit. And you can well expect, T.T. Trunk’s desire and efforts to make its presence felt in such rigmarole.
We do know that you must be wracking your brains trying to figure out the just how a trunk maker will grab attention at an arts and crafts exhibition. Sweat no more. T.T. Trunks is planning to show off the Van Cleef and Arpels trunk which has been designed to complement the launch of a new perfume “Féerie”.
Posted in Luxury on 6 May 2009
If you would like to know how people in the East travel, you should just check their baggage. They carry the heaviest baggage ever and they certainly don’t look really cool.
A Chinese guy has reportedly ordered Louis Vuitton to create a trunk with the help of which he can watch TV anywhere and also offer coffee to his friends even in a desert. Loius Vuitton did not have it easy and had to work on the product for nearly a year. they fit the trunk with solar panels and attached a flat screen TV and a DVD player.
Posted in Celebrity Shopping, Designer, Fashion on 19 March 2009
We think no celebrity has turned 50 with so much fanfare. Plus, she doesn’t look any older than she used to back in 1959. On top of that, she has the unique ability to be anything from a mermaid to a doctor. That is the magic of Barbie doll. The most popular toy ever, she has turned 50 this year. Cartoon channels have dedicated themselves to making Barbie movies. Folks have created gorgeous books in her honor.
Not just that, many designers have been busy outfitting her in one eye-catching garment after another. Even the famous brand Maison Goyard is celebrating the world’s favorite doll’s birthday. Well, they have created a limited edition trunk in the signature Barbie color- pastel pink.
Posted in Designer, Furniture on 3 August 2008
While your laptop bag cutting down the need for a kit or a trunk to be carried during long trips, you wouldnt have realized the intensity of need. But all set to hit your deep pockets is an exclusive trunk coming from the house of Monolab Design. Ready to accommodate all your primo gears, the project was initiated by its creator around a year ago whist he was living from hotel to hotel, which then churned out as a contest in the first Monolab|Workspace in Palo Alto, California. The appealing form of this 300-pound rid was developed using anodized aluminum and claims of offering a tailored lodge for a Mac Pro, a 23-inch Apple Cinema Display 23?, a Music Hall Mambo amplifier, and a pair of aluminum-enclosed Webern amplifiers.
Via Engadget
Posted in Designer, Gadgets on 29 July 2008
You and I can imagine a day without laptop and minus internet connectivity but those who find it utterly difficult to manage and wish to accompany their nuts and bolts on the move shall lend their eyes and ears here. It seems folks at Monolab Design were silently listening to your needs and hence developed an idiosyncratically planned trunk named as Monolab Design Trunk. Absolutely designed to accommodate a Mac Pro, a 23-inch Apple Cinema Display 23?, a Music Hall Mambo loudspeaker, and a duo of aluminum-enclosed Webern loudspeakers, this purely geeky case was instigated from the thought of structuring a contemporary adaptation of a Louis Vuitton trunk that could be left at the hotel in connecting stays, sporting drawers and pegs.
Erecting high at 5? tall, the design trunk weighs over 300 lbs. Depicted as the first-ever 4TB iPod, the trunk lodges the Apple Mac Pro that is escalated on engineering grade ball demeanor, giving access to the DVD plate is discipline with the audio amplifier that is accrued perpendicularly behind the Apple Cinema Display. If the aforementioned facts and figures manage to gather your attention and you count the possibility of getting one then hold on as there is no news about its instant delivery.
Via Engadget
