Category: Design
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Elvis Presley’s private jets under the hammer
Elvis’ private jets go up for auction. Elvis Presley’s private planes, the “Lisa Marie” and “Hound Dog II, have been on display at Graceland for the past thirty years. For the very first time, collectors and aviation enthusiasts can bid through an exclusive sealed bid auction for the epitome of Graceland elegance and jet- setting…
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Victoria and Albert Museum’s ‘What is Luxury?’ explores the meaning and the history of luxury
What is Luxury? (25 April – 27 September 2015, a V&A and Crafts Council Exhibition) will interrogate ideas of luxury today. Victoria and Albert Museum asks ‘What is Luxury?‘ and how it relates to our everyday lives in a new exhibition challenging our definitions of what luxury means. “As its title suggests, the exhibition questions…
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Limited edition Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville Skis
SkiLogik Launches Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville Skis. Recognized by the unique artwork on each pair that is handcrafted from wood veneer inlays, Colorado-based SkiLogik, the manufacturer of innovative, handcrafted, high-performance skis, has been praised equally for its performance innovations as well as its social responsibility and environmentalism. For 2015, SkiLogik announced the debut of the newest…
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Beverly Hills’ Most Expensive House sold to Swedish Billionaire and Game Developer
A Beverly Hills mansion that has been widely publicized with much celebrity and international buyer interest, triggering a bidding war, has been sold to Swedish billionaire Markus Persson for $70 million. This is the highest price ever paid for a home in Beverly Hills and it closed in a lightning-fast six days. Persson’s purchase included…
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Missoni flagship pop up store and Tree at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea
Four Seasons Maui Missoni exclusives. Missoni Spends the Holidays with Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea This holiday season, Missoni fashion house is celebrating at Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea with a one-of-a-kind Missoni Christmas tree and an exclusive pop up shop, now through January 3rd, 2015. The acclaimed fashion house, founded in 1953 by…
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If women built cities, what would our urban landscape look like?
The number of women in UK architecture firms is falling, and many urbanists are worried by the ‘very, very male-dominated’ worlds of planning and construction. So how would cities differ if women designed them?