Hold on your future holiday plans……as 2008 is touted as "The Year of the Spaceship." Well its not that you can go on an out-of-this-world journey in 2008, but the construction for the world’s first Spaceport will begin then. The design project for the terminal and hangar facilities at the New Mexico-based Spaceport America was announced on September 4, 2007. And the winning proposal came from the design and architectural team of U.K.-based Foster & Partners and U.S.-based URS...
Only the sumptuous gamers or those who have scarified all the other luxuries in life for gaming mania can afford this latest gaming PC from HP. Christened as Blackbird 002, HP has just announced this dynamic gaming machine. The machine looks cool with its all black design with ridges carved into its aluminum case. The box is also perched as if it were on top of a giant silver Blackbird’s foot. That foot can support 800 pounds of weight...
If you are tired of the clutter and need a place (that looks elegant too) to put things, then you must get this Vita Horizontal Dresser. These kind of large chests and cabinets have been a part of Oriental furniture designs for hundreds of years. Add a touch of this oriental culture to your room as well get more organized with your stuff. The dresser is built using challenging mitered dovetail joints and double-fluted tenons. Half-blind dovetails join the...
Charisma of Gold in jewelry, watches, accessories, gadgets, art-pieces is acceptable. But lingerie made of gold is jarring. Last month we did post a bikini made of diamonds only and now its time to show you all a Bra made of pure Gold studded with diamonds. About 630 g of gold and 7.5 karats of diamonds have gone in to the making for this dazzling undergarment. Currently on display in Beijing, it took 2,000 hours to make this inimitable...
Don’t get caught off guard! Just last weekend we posted the Klipsch Palladium Floorstander speakers. Following in its footsteps, we bring to you the Snell Acoustics' new flagship tower loudspeaker that is priced at almost double of that Klipsch flagship model. However it’s got more to it too. It delivers the dynamic range and soundstage of a best-in-class type two-channel experience. The Reference Tower A7 Loudspeaker is the first in Snell’s “Illusion Series”. The D’Appolito Array uses dual 5.25-inch...
If you are stuck in the middle of nowhere and are completely lost on the directions then what do you do? Obviously you can try out on your car navigation device but as usual most of them don't measure up to those from sites like Yahoo and Google. This one is for those who drive Mercedes-Benz! All you got to do is ask your pal or spouse at home/office to search for a destination online, and then send it...
If you are a music junkie and seek to hear the best from the rest then here is a Burmester 061 CD player from Germany. The Burmester 061 sports a milled aluminum chassis with a top-loading 10mm thick tray and features a Philips CD 2 Pro direct drive with a modified servomechanism. It is loaded with an advanced D/A converter technology with switchable un-sampling rates of 96 and 192 kHz. The unit sports RCA and Toslink input and output,...
For an ardent Pac Man fan, this is a must-have home improvement thing. The Pac Man carpet is big at 210×310cm (82.7×122 inches) and the landscape format, maze color is inspired by a handheld version of Pac-Man game. What makes it more exclusive is that just two have been hand-crafted....
`Investment Not Art' is rightly defined with this Platinum and Diamond Skull. Damien Hirst, the U.K.'s wealthiest artist, is part of the investment group that is buying his diamond skull for $100 million and plans to resell it later. The skull, cast from a 35-year-old 18th century European man but retaining the original teeth, is coated with 8,601 diamonds, including a large pink diamond worth more than four million pounds in the centre of its forehead....
Another set of expensive speakers…..though not as expensive as some that we have mentioned earlier. The latest Klipsch Palladium Floorstander speakers cost a whopping $15,000 a pair. It makes use of 3.5-way Tapered Array design that employs new horn-loaded tweeter assembly made from acoustically-dampening materials. These not-so-expensive (when you compare them to Swans 2.3HT, YG Acoustics Voyager, Karissima, MUON, La Sphère) speakers use an inverted dome design and three high-output woofers give precise audio with high sensitivity and low...
Its time to feature some fashion footwear here on Luxurylaunches. I realized that we have been ignoring luxurious footwear since some time now and so to make up for it, here is the Giuseppe Zanotti Duilin wedges with Swarovski crystals. They are more then just a simple sandal. You can pull on a plain black dress and accessorize it with nothing but this dazzling wedged sandal. Bet all the eyes in the party are gonna pore over your heels....
How about a cobra sitting on your table? And shedding some light too? Its Friday buddy and I still have to wind up work before I hit the bar. So I can assure you I am not drunk yet. I am simply referring to the Cobra Table Lamp. Designed by the multi-talented Italian designer Elio Martinelli in 1968 for Martinelli Luce, Italy, this King-of-the-Snakes lamp is one of the classic icons of 20th Century Design. It is the form...
Gone are the days when it was said that living a dog’s life is a curse! In today’s day and age, living a dog’s life as a pet to affluent owners can earn a dog millions. Leona Helmsley's dog, named Trouble, has made it to the news by inheriting a $12 million trust fund, according to her will. This beloved white Maltese couldn’t have got anything better in this life (if you believe in re-birth) at least. Its more...
You could be a saint if you say that you never get into an argument with anybody! Every lay man does get himself entangled into some argument at some time of life with some one at least. And it’s not uncommon to wish that you could smash your opponent’s face with a boxing glove! Keeping all this in mind, I guess some designer has created the Argument Chair made of many boxing gloves. Although it’s a weird concept, I...
Instead of saying ‘Exclusively for you’, Neiman Marcus says that this is ‘Exclusively ours’…….as it is designed exclusively for Neiman Marcus' 100th Anniversary! Wow with so much of exclusivity, Lalique 100th Anniversary Butterfly Bowl is a must this season for those who seek the most exclusive stuff! (Forgive me for using the adjective 'exclusive' for more than once.) Crafted from Amber crystal, it exhibits a butterfly motif and a floral base. It’s like bringing in a part of your...