Category: Design
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2012 LA Design Challenge: the ultimate law enforcement patrol vehicle for the year 2025
Automotive Design Studios Envision Law Enforcement’s Road Ahead LA’s annual Design Challenge, which took place during the LA Auto Show Press Days (the largest gathering of design professionals in North America), explores each year new ideas in automotive design. This year’s highly competitive field of major auto manufacturer design studios have created the…
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Hermès scarves metamorphosed in stamps
Hermès French luxury house joins Chanel, Givenchy, Christian Lacroix, Ungaro, Lanvin and Adeline André in creating a heart stamp for La Poste, France’s national postal service. The heart edition of stamps is issued each year in France to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Zoé Pauwels‘ design “De tout coeur” with images of swans, hearts, shooting stars and…
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Mall of the World: Dubai to fund world’s biggest mall and new mega projects
After the recent announcement that Dubai plans to build an US$2.7bn complex of five theme parks, Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, unveiled plans to build “Mall of the World” – world’s biggest mall. The “new city within Dubai” will be named Mohammed Bin Rashid City after the ruler of the Gulf desert…
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Veuve Clicquot billiard fusiontable
The Belgian design brand Fusiontables teamed up with French champagne house Veuve Clicquot to design a dining table that can be transformed into a billiard table. It is the type of dining/pool table that will adapt to any interior design environment. An excellent example of what’s best and what’s next in design, the edition is…
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IWC launches Beijing flagship with Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia watch dedicated to Beijing
Swiss watch brand IWC Schaffhausen launches Beijing flagship Swiss watch brand IWC Schaffhausen launched its Flagship Boutique in Beijing, China. The unveiling ceremony in the Parkview Green Mall was followed by the premiere of an IWC Portuguese Sidérale Scafusia dedicated to Beijing. “Our new Flagship Boutique, now the second in Asia, takes IWC’s watchmaking heritage…
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Noir et Blanc & Couleur: Comme des Garçons and Hermès carrés
Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo teams up with Hermès for a range of silk scarves. The Japanese fashion designer and French luxury house will launch two limited-edition collections of the French brand’s carrés, which will hit stores in February 2013. “I have always had an immense respect for Hermès’ tradition and artisanal know-how,” Kawakubo…