Category: SHELTER
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Climate change hitting the Perigord black truffle
Climate change threatens French truffle, say scientists A century ago, French trufflers notched up a harvest that, according to legend, reached 1,000 tonnes in a year, while in 1960s, truffle harvest accounted 200-300 tonnes annually. In recent years, scientists say that global warming and the summer’s weather is affecting the truffles and their native habitat…
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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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A ladies trio on the 2012 Watch Of The Year’s podium
Watch Of The Year 2012 awards went to ladies luxury timepieces An unprecedented situation at the 19th edition of the «Prix de la Montre de l’année» organised every year by the magazine Montres Passion. The 2012 edition broke new ground: all of the prize-winners were ladies’ models. Breguet also distinguished itself by winning three awards.…
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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…