The 8-kilogram premium "Densuke" watermelon, grown only on the northern island of Hokkaido was auctioned in northern Japan for a record 650,000 yen (US$6,100) today, making it the most expensive watermelon ever sold in the country -- and possibly the world. The black jumbo watermelon was purchased by a marine products dealer who said he wanted to support local agriculture. In a country where melons are a luxury item commonly given as gifts, the watermelon's hefty price tag follows...

We might have assumed that Pencil sharpeners are only for school-going kids, but couldn’t it be meant for canvas artists as well? We’ve always appreciated works of art in traditionally ‘artistic’ objects, but designer El Casco begged to differ by conceiving and creating the concept of the opulent Pencil Sharpener. The simple and beautifully designed Pencil sharpener has a hand-operated mechanism and it is offset by Black and 23K Gold plated panels. This beautiful desk object retails for $487....

Hats, sunglasses, bags, clutches, shoes and now mobile phones, fashion label Christian Dior sure knows how dress up women from head, hand to toes! Designed with Modelabs, My Dior is a clamshell that features a 2.6 touch screen with a resolution QVGA, APN on a 2 Megapixels and is encrusted with 640 stones of 3251 carats of Swarovski crystals. The case is made of crocodile skin. After three years of toiling on the design, My Dior is available in...

Diamonds are a girl's best friend, but when they inspire designers to use them creatively in mobile phones, then gender knows no bounds. Oslo-based Norwegian jeweler Thomas Heyerdahl has transformed the Nokia 8800 Arte into a masterpiece. With 112 diamonds dotted all over, the Nokia 8800 Diamond will become a prized possession for many. Did you know, this one is Nokia's first phone with real diamonds? Only 100 pieces with a numbering engraved on the back will be available...

Japanese art has a way for driving itself into anything and turning up as a perfect blend of ethnic style and feel. The Bentley Continental GT has experience the similar thrill of Japanese art in 29 models of theirs that will be available after a touch is given to them. The hoods of these 29 vehicles will bear designs by Nakamura Tetsuei. The cars have a whopping 800 hp oozing out of them, all thanks to the newly added...

Take a good look at this mahogany desk. This is the same desk on which Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations and a number of other late novels and short stories. This writing desk and chair from the study of Dickens' Gad's Hill residence, Kent, was passed on by descent to Christopher Charles Dickens and his wife Jeanne-Marie Dickens. Later, she donated them to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, with which Dickens had a close relationship. The Irish entrepreneur...

Everyone's saying that it's good that Lewis Hamilton didn't inherit his driving skills from his father. Wonder why? Well, here's what the senior Hamilton did when he decided to take someone's Porsche Carrera GT for a drive. Even if he claims that this is his first crash in thirty years, the old man surely has no excuse for wrecking a car of this magnificence into a clumsy little calamity. It's high time Lewis teaches daddy some basic skill of...

When the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti Grand Tourer was all set to appear in special Police livery at Salon Privé's Private and Luxury Super Car Show, little did we know that cops in Italy would find lucky donations in the form of a Lamborghini Gallardo. The Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato) has received the donation from Automobili Lamborghini SpA. The V10, that boasts of 500 bhp, 190 mph, features colors of the state police and includes a siren and...

On one hand you have dreamers wanting to build slow moving luxury airplanes like the Manned Cloud; and on the other hand the super sonic jet industry is gearing to take off where the Concorde and the likes left it. Picking up the pieces after the Concorde era crumbled has been difficult for the jet setters. Time is money; time is precious, no wonder we are seeing a boom in the Supersonic Business Jets industry. Passenger crafts like the...

The Maybach 57 goes a step further in ensuring you feel like royalty when you ride the car, all the chrome trim rudiments in the vehicle interior are gold-plated with a wafer-thin layer of genuine 24-carat gold. And if shimmy is your style then you can even opt for the golden keys. If muted sophistication (other than wood and leather) is your style then you can ask for the trim elements to be crafted from naturally occurring granite. Maybach...

The concept of an airplane is to take you from point A to point B in the fastest possible time. Nobody associates an airplane ride to leisurely pace; unless you're French industrial designer Jean-Marie Massaud. In the past Massaud has been associated with major brands like Yves Saint Laurent (for perfume bottles) and Yamaha (for submarines), but this time around he wants to partner with Onera, France's space agency, to create the world's first luxury airship- The Manned Cloud....

The art of healing with the power of sound – music, to be precise – is picking up in popularity. The “Nidhranantar” is something that’s built for the same purpose. The subject is made to lay flat on the bed while another person plays the string below the bed and the soothing music. The vibrations caused by the music of 50 strings and the sweet sound can calm nerves with amazing peace. The music has it all in the...

Inflatable cars aren’t baby play anymore. These aren’t for the tiny immature toddlers to push around and eventually burst. This one’s got a battery powered system that can take you far and wide and without too many complaints. If you have caught your ears and pledged never to get another inflatable vehicle just because your previous one exploded, thanks to a pin on the road, then fear not. This one’s ready to face the pointy heads. All you need...

Digging for gold has been a trend for plundering pirates from centuries ago. Camouflaging your hiding places seems to be a perfect technique of fooling thieves from stealing your valuables. There have been treasure chests all along history with huge key combination locks and handles on the outside that leave the robber very little to look for. Even burying money underground isn't all that logical anymore since most people live in apartments and underground treasures are always in danger...

After putting in hard work of three and a half years Koga Miyata the cycle maker has developed this revolutionary bike for the Dutch track cyclist Theo Bos. This special bike worth a million dollar has the lowest air resistance of any bike in the world with no brakes and only one speed. Loaded with such high tech features cyclist Theo Bos, hopes that his dream to win the gold medal will be fulfilled thanks to this revolutionary bike....