Category: SHELTER
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How travelers view key tourist cities around the world
Global travelers praise Tokyo city for its hospitality, cleanliness and outstanding public transit system, while New York City ranks #1 for nightlife and restaurants, revealed the second annual edition of TripAdvisor’s Cities Survey. Ranking first for city with the best overall experience was Tokyo. The city also claimed top spots for helpfulness of locals,…
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For woman’s indulgence: Savelli and Gemfields smartphones
Savelli, the manufacturer of the first luxury smartphone created specially for women, and Gemfields, the world’s largest coloured gemstone producer, joined forces to create two limited edition emerald adorned smartphones: Savelli’s Emerald Insane and Savelli’s Emerald Night Mobile Phones. Like all Savelli products, the new gadget is created merging luxury and technology. Limited to 19…
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Michael Schmidt wins Prix Pictet for sprawling global food series
German-born photographer beat Adam Bartos and other big names for an epic look inside factory farms, slaughterhouses and supermarkets• Farm to table: Michael Schmidt exposes the reality of what we eat – in pictures• Why our guilt about consumption is all-consuming – Slavoj Žižek on the theme of this year’s Prix Pictet
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Building a better tomorow with hemp. New uses for the old hemp plant
The human beings could not find a more loyal companion in the plant world than hemp. The vicissitudes of the old hard times were alleviated with hemp. Plastic & building materials, clothing & fabrics, fuel, nutrition, animal bedding, animal feed, soap, paper & cardboard products. Of course, in all these areas hemp is an important…
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Silver at the Chelsea Flower Show. Gucci’s first foray into gardening
A garden entry from Gucci. Silver at the Chelsea Flower Show Gucci’s Flora print originally conceived by Rodolfo Gucci in 1966 as an homage to Princess Grace of Monaco was transformed into a real flower garden at the Chelsea Flower Show London, which runs May 20 to May 24. The garden entry conceived by Garden designer…
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Faking a fortune: why Damien Hirst’s paintings are poor imitations of art
A Florida pastor has been jailed for trying to sell fake paintings by the British artist. But why does the art world give Hirst’s talentless artworks any financial value at all?