Month: January 2017

Tate Modern to host ‘once in a lifetime’ Picasso exhibition

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Landmark show will focus on ‘year of wonders’ 1932, at height of painter’s affair with young lover Marie-Thérèse Walter

SeaJetCapsule’s UFOs are floating on the ocean as sustainable homes

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SeaJetCapsule‘s UFO powered by renewable energy is intended for “living floating house.” The UFO remains stable in rough weather. This Unidentified Floating Object for travelling and living on the sea is completely powered by wind, water and sun. The sustainale floating home designed by Italian boating company Jet Capsule is using a waterjet-propelled Torqeedo Deep … Read more

Bovet Fleurier 1822 Virtuoso VIII – a 10-day flying tourbillon big date

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“What timepiece could be better suited to celebrating the 195th anniversary of BOVET than a Big Date Tourbillon?” asks Bovet 1822 watchmaking manufacture. With three major new timepieces, Bovet sets its course on a successful 2017. What they have in common is Bovet’s main concern : exceptional quality. Virtuoso VIII, Récital 19 Miss Dimier and … Read more

Piaget and Mandarin Oriental launch Piaget Rose Stay

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In true Piaget style, a new High Jewellery cuff watch was introduced at SIHH 2017. Artist Sara Bran worked on pink gold like lace around an oval-shaped white opal dial at the centre. The gold lacework, beautifully enhanced by incredibly fine engraved leaf motifs, engages in a fascinating aesthetic dialogue with the prong-set marquise-cut or … Read more

One of London’s landmarks is now home to the new Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square

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Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square – now open. In a building that over the years has housed an important civic institution, hosted the United Nations and even starred in a James Bond film, one of London’s landmarks is now home to the new Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square. Four … Read more

Beauty boom or bust: does the UK have too many salons?

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With 12 new salons opening each week, competition in the beauty industry is hotting up, but is there still enough business to go around?