Jay Leno drives up to be one of the ten owners of the exclusive $2 million Bertone Mantide. Noah from Luxist reports that the famous talk-show host, comedian and car collector was seen hanging out with Bertone's chief designer Jason Castriota at the recently-concluded Goodwood Festival of Speed, where he reportedly fell in love with the exotic creation. Though he isn’t the first person to receive this limited edition car, he certainly stands fourth or fifth on the secretive...
Flight hours are always long, waiting in a muddle up of anxiety, apprehension and restlessness, cut off from the outside world for a hefty 5 hours. This is what the mobile and internet addicts feel when they board a flight under a forced circumstance. But U.S Airways understands their ‘agony’ and hence has signed up with Gogo inflight internet service to make available the inflight Wi-Fi train in its domestic A321 fleet for next year. The ‘relief’ package will...
Debrett’s People of Today listed UK’s most influential 25,000 people and its online list which caught us by quite a revelation. Apparently, they got to know that David Beckham enjoys wine tasting and magician Derren Brown prefers to stuff dead animals. Richard E Grant disclosed that he enjoys making doll houses and Michael Gambon prefers collecting guns and making clocks. John Cleese on the other hand liked to indulge in gluttony and sloth in his spare time. A rival...
Finally, after all the deliberation and thinking, they come up with a revamp for our boring old rectangular TV (Plasma or LCD doesn’t matter, its still looks the same) Here’s a cylindrical display TV from DynaScan that runs on the company’s proprietary spinning LED technology. A spinning drum with several RGB LED’s is incorporated into the cylindrical core, which triggers the lighting of each pixel, said to be accurate to 1/100 of a degree as it spins. There is...
The latest models of Jaeger LeCoultre designed for Alfred Dunhill are totally in contrast to the sporty AMVOX2 racing watch. The two new models named as Dunhill Facet and Dunhill Classic are more of a decent gentleman’s choice than a swift go-getter. The Dunhill Facet is a rectangular watch featuring a Jaeger LeCoultre caliber 822 and the case is available in white or rose gold for a price range of $5,130-$9,830....
Did you like Angelina Jolie’s role as Lara Croft, sure you did. (Everybody did) And if you’re one of the geeks who liked the game Tomb Raider Legends too; you’re in for a double treat. What you have at your disposal is a custom bedazzled job containing over 43,000 crystals attached to the case. She doesn’t look anything like Angie in the crystal mosaic; she rather looks like the hot chick in the video game series. Apparently, this stuff...
I pray to the world's richest God to sprinkle some richness in my lap too! An Indian God is weighed down, not only with the prayers and requests of the millions of followers, but also with more than 11,000 kg of gold, ornaments and other precious jewels. On any given day, the 8ft main idol of Lord Venkateswara of Tirumala is decked up with at least 60-70 kg of gold ornaments. Just a single crown weighs about 30 kg....
Who wants to pursue the age-old trend of driving a two or four wheeled vehicle? It’s time to make a change and zoom off in the newest three-wheeler from Lehman Trikes. Dubbed CrossBow, it is powered by the Victory Vision 106 cu. in. Freedom V-Twin engine and features the genuine Lehman "No Lean" suspension. Such a combination leads to a speedy yet smooth ride. The company just took wraps off this modern American luxury touring trike at the Annual...
Now how do you make pool a more interesting game? Well you could try by purchasing the Hurricane Custom Billiards’ Real Car Table. And why? For one it’s like no other with and is nearly a car with chrome wheels, tailpipe cue holders and a powder-coated chassis. And you thought putting a number and a racing stripe on a table would make a cool custom car table. Ha!...
Don’t let the main title mislead you. This sculpture while considered incredible by some is quite a ridiculous piece of art. Although it is pretty cool insomuch as when it is turned on the head starts turning, the glasses go up and down, the propeller works and a lot more! Basically there’s a lot of action going on! The gallery calls it picture perfect but fragile. I think it looks like the remains of an alien but hey…I’m no...
BUBEN&ZORWEG have proved time and again that they are the creators of some of the best and most exclusive time pieces ever. The brand has stood the tests of time and garnered a successful response when they displayed their exquisite creations at various exhibitions including Basel World. This year too, the brand managed to create another success story at the Basel World 2009 with their improved “Objects of Time” concept. The response generated by the different pieces re-instills the...
If you love to collect beautiful and exotic fragrances, the exclusive Harrods Swarovski collector’s edition perfume created by Bond No.9 is definitely a must buy for you. This incredible unisex perfume sits in a beautiful Swarovski crystal studded flacon. The scintillating perfume features the rare Arabian 'oud' (botanical resin, coveted for its exquisite and lasting aroma). This rare ingredient is combined with carefully selected amber and myrrh notes to give out a beautiful and lasting scent. The bottle adorned...
You know you are not affected by the recession if you buy jewelry for your shoes. No, this is no joke. For high flyers that have enough moolah to spare, Sabrina DeHoff has actually created a jewelry line just for sneakers. Designed specially to fit the classic model of Nike Air Max 1, this jewelry line comprises of toe and heel finish for cords, attachments, and mini brooches (something like futuristic visors). All made from pure gold, this jewelry...
None of us can forget the unique Tranquility masterpiece filled with butterflies created by artist Damien Hirst that fetched him a whopping $1.71 million! The art superstar has now added his butterfly designs to a trek bike! Yes, he has become the latest collaborator to design the trek bike series for Lance Armstrong’s Stages initiative for the Livestrong foundation. The artist has beautifully customized a Trek Madone bike and added a butterfly all-over design to it. This beautiful trek...
All those who witnessed the Miss England event held on Monday would have definitely noticed the exquisite crystal studded throne designed to seat the new winner. So for all furniture junkies who were mesmerized by this awesome design here is some more info on the Miss England throne. Blackpool firm stepped in to deliver when the organisers of the show were looking for a glitzy throne. Blackpool commissioned Marton-based furniture supplier Feblands, which specializes in exotic creations, to design...