Illegal python skins feed hunger for fashionable handbags and shoes

Python farms could be the antidote to the $1bn-a-year black market in these fashionable and expensive skins

The kitchen has replaced the living room in revealing a homeowner’s status. Salone del Mobile 2014. Hi-tech yet warm EuroCucina

From classic kitchens to designer kitchens, brick, wood and laminated plastic kitchens, EuroCucina 2014 caters for every style and taste.       There is no playfulness in the 2014 kitchen, nor allusions to the style imported from self- production so widespread in the pavilions of the Salone del Mobile 2014, held in Milan these … Read more

By 2020, at least 90% Bentley production to be available as a plug-in hybrid

The Bentley Hybrid Concept: The hybrid technology enhances even the pinnacle of luxury and performance.      Bentley leads the way in bringing a new plug-in hybrid powertrain choice to the luxury automotive sector. The British luxury car manufacturer is envisioning a powerful and even more efficient future with the Bentley Hybrid Concept – a technology showcase … Read more

Lauren Laverne on style: black and white

There’s nothing more chic than black and white. But make sure you don’t try too hard. Here are the rules

Bentley Home Collection @ Salone del Mobile 2014

Charm of Bentley interpreted in furnishings.   Bentley Motors introduced its complete Home Collection for the first time at Salone del Mobile 2014, designed and manufactured in collaboration with Luxury Living Group, one of Europe’s leading furniture makers. Furnishings and decorations have been created by architect Carlo Colombo in collaboration with Daniele Ceccomori, Bentley’s head … Read more

Monster in the Spotlight at Fuorisalone.it. The Ducati design narrated with the Monster 1200

IED DESIGN WEEK 2014: Monster in the Spotlight.   Within a multi-sensorial experience at Salone del Mobile 2014, The Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) and Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati presenMonster 1200.t an installation of shadow art, a form of sculpture that is not formed traditionally by moulding materials, but is the result of shadows generated to … Read more