Category: SHELTER
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Bvlgari Lights a Diya: What a Roman Jeweler Is Doing in Jaipur
The house of the serpent has staged its first-ever global Diwali, and it chose clay over gold to start the conversation. Luxury houses usually celebrate Diwali with a limited-edition box and a discreet greeting card. Bvlgari decided to light the lamp, quite literally, with an art installation and a hero film. Light, Clay and Gold…
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Roll the Dice: Why Wine, Bourbon and Rimowa Are All Selling You a Game Night
Two-player games, two-figure price tags, and one very expensive dartboard: luxury has re-discovered the table. Hospitality brands have always sold what goes in the glass. This autumn they are selling what sits next to it: a board, a pair of dice, and a reason to put your phone face down. Meet the Boards Silver Oak,…
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Press Pause: Six Reasons Luxury Has Fallen Back in Love with the Analog
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in Art, Beauty, Cigars & Spirits, Design, Fashion, Gifts, Gourmet, Hi Tech, Holiday, LUST, Pets, SHELTER, Sport & Health, Watches|JewelryIn a world that can generate anything in seconds, the rarest luxury is something that cannot be rushed. In our piece on the Rimowa x Faber-Castell case we said luxury loves the analog. Here is the evidence. By “analog” we mean objects that work through hands, materials and mechanisms rather than screens: turntables, pens, film…
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The Garage Gets a Membership Card: Porsche Design Builds Clubhouses for Car Collectors
When a parking space becomes a studio, a club and a social calendar, you are no longer storing a car. You are joining a lifestyle. There was a time when the height of car-collecting luxury was a heated garage and a good cover. That time has been politely escorted out by a concept with a…
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A $3,100 Case for Colored Pencils: Why Rimowa Is Packing Hobbies, Not Just Holidays
The luggage maker that defined the airport has found a new destination: the studio desk. There are luxury items that carry your passport, and now there is one that carries your pencils. It is pencil-shaped nostalgia with a very adult price tag, and it is more strategic than it looks. Rimowa, the German luggage maker…
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Premium Cruising Has Become a Long-Range Planning Sport
Penguins, truffles, celebrity chefs and a 75-night lap of a continent: the luxury cruise calendar now runs further ahead than most people’s five-year plans. If you want to board a premium ship in autumn 2028, congratulations: you are already late. This week’s announcements show an industry that has stopped selling holidays and started selling itineraries…