What is it like to live on Britain’s most expensive street?

London’s Kensington Palace Gardens is the most expensive address in the UK. Its vast mansions are a symbol of the growing gulf between ordinary people and the super-rich. Our reporter tries to meet the locals

Prada Made-To-Order Pumps

Prada is challenging its fans to design their own Prada shoes. A new service is enabling customers to create a customised model based on the Made To Order Décolleté collection. Nine shoe styles and five different heel heights are available in a diverse palette of shades, textures, and materials (suede, satin, kid, patent or saffiano-leather printed … Read more

Airbag for cyclists

  In a serious bicycle accident head injuries can occur even with approved cycle helmets that have passed the legal requirements. Take a look at an airbag cycle helmet that is an exception to this. It has achieved astonishing results in tests, which have shown that it provides an extremely high level of protection. Hövding … Read more

Sustainable design: Eco-friendly “Petite Floret” Faux Leather

Hybrid, Digital Printing – Vibrant & Eco-Friendly. EnviroLeather by LDI announces “Petite Floret” – a nature-inspired design pattern by interior product designers Tara Rae Hill and Martiele Sineath – using EnviroLeather’s breakthrough, eco- friendly, hybrid digital printing technology. The EnviroLeather sustainable upholstery printing process allows for a vibrancy and variety in color that have been … Read more

The world’s most detailed globe. The $13,000 Diplomat Globe.

  A handcrafted masterpiece, this extraordinary globe features lavish attention to both form and function. The floor- standing globe becomes a focal point of any library or captain’s quarters, grandly cradled in a handcrafted mahogany frame that has been rubbed to a lustrous walnut finish and rolls smoothly on four casters. Distinctive details include touch-on … Read more

The Tranquility Pod with biofeedback system induces sleep by reading your heartbeat

A $30,000 giant fiberglass waterbed vibrating with music. This giant fiberglass waterbed invites you to float atop a six-foot-wide octagonal furniture piece called “The Tranquility Pod”. This $30,000 waterbed that gently vibrates with music uses pleasant sound, vibration, and soothing light to transport the body, mind, and spirit to a tranquil state of relaxation and … Read more