Barnaba Fornasetti smartwatch for Vogue China

Fornasetti and Huawei collaborate to create a special edition watch to celebrate Vogue China’s 10th Anniversary. In an embrace of fashion and technology, renowned Italian designer Barnaba Fornasetti and Huawei unveiled a special edition watch designed for guests of the Vogue China tenth anniversary celebrations. The Fornasetti-designed watch allows users to stay connected wherever they … Read more

Vertu’s highest ever technical performance handmade smartphone

A new luxury smartphone aims to offer the ultimate expression of bespoke technology. British ultra high-end mobile phone manufacturer, Vertu, launched the next generation of its pinnacle high- performance smartphone – New Signature Touch. Available from 16th October 2015, the new device incorporates Vertu’s renowned full services offering; Dedicated Concierge, Vertu LIFE and Vertu CERTAINTY. … Read more

Moleskine Kiss the Past Hello: Only Coke red, black and white

The Moleskine team invited designers from the “Mash-Up” project to use the notebook cover as their canvas to create a new Limited Edition Collection: Coca-Cola bottle’s 100th Anniversary on Moleskine.

Coca-Cola bottle's 100th Anniversary on Moleskine

Moleskine joins artists, designers and illustrators from around the world to participate in the Coca-Cola “Mash- Up” project for the 100th Anniversary of the iconic Coca-Cola contour glass bottle. The result is five representations of the iconic bottle on the front of the legendary notebook.

In addition to the Collection, Moleskine also invited German director/producer Tilman Singer to provide a short film exploring the notebook and iconic bottle.

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American designer David Schwen created a photographic representation of eight bottles arranged in a pinwheel formation, dripping with fresh Coca-Cola Red paint. This image is stark on a white, hardcover canvas notebook. Available only through Moleskine Stores online and at Moleskine Retail Stores worldwide, it is printed in a limited run of 5,000.

The other covers are different illustrations of the bottle. Designers are Matt Allen, Chris Weston (for people design), Hitomi Watanabe and Iku Oyamada (HI(NY) design) and a team for Ogilvy & Mather Paris.

All Coca-Cola 200 mashup posters can be found on Instagram.

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The Iconic Cuban Cigar: A History

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New AudioQuest NightHawk to advance the state of headphone art

Liquid Wood earcups, 3D-printed biomimetic grilles, biocellulose driver in the new AudioQuest NightHawk headphones. In the increasingly crowded high-performance headphone market, NightHawk aims to redefine sustainability, construction quality, and sound quality with a number of alternatives to typical headphone design. “We reevaluated and reimagined every aspect of headphone design to create a product that might serve … Read more

Elton John Music is Love for Lalique

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