Luxury brands continue to grow presence on Instagram

59 Percent of Top Brands Now Use Instagram, Reaching 90 Million Active Users  The world’s top brands continue to grow their presence on photo-sharing site Instagram, adding 1.6 million followers in the past three months and increasing engagement by 35 percent, according to Simply Measured’s Instagram study that evaluates brands and verticals in the Interbrand … Read more

Swarovski crystals to play a supporting role on the Oscars stage

100,000 Swarovski crystals will be part of the spectacular set at The Oscars 2013 – 85th Academy Awards, the sixth time Swarovski crystals have been a key ingredient in The Oscars stage design. This year, Tony Award-winning Production Designer Derek McLane has incorporated over 1,500 pounds of Swarovski crystal into the stage and auditorium design. … Read more

The record for the world’s tallest tower to be broken yet again by the Shard team

Saudia Arabia’s Kingdom Tower will be the tallest in the world The Shard team intends to broke the record for the world’s tallest tower with a Saudi Shard version that will stand 1km tall and will will be four times bigger than Shard, currently western Europe’s tallest building. London-based Mace, the British company that built … Read more

Bentley releases details of the most powerful four-door model ever

Bentley released details of the Flying Spur ahead of official 2013 Geneva Motor Show unveiling. The new Flying Spur brings more comfort and refinement, being the fastest, most powerful four-door Bentley model ever. The new Bentley model will make its official global debut at the Geneva Motor Show on March 5. Powering the new Flying … Read more

Tod’s No_Code

Tod’s No_Code spring-summer 2013 campaign London Calling is the Spring/Summer 2013 Tod’s No_Code Campaign, a capsule collection inspired by visionary journalist and magazine editor Jefferson Hack, co-founder of Dazed & Confused publication. Shot by Ben Toms and styled by Robbie Spencer, the cast of the campaign is “a group of six London-based creatives from the … Read more

Porsche 911 Carrera S named Robb Report car of the year

Luxury lifestyle authority Robb Report decorated seventh-generation Porsche 911 Carrera S with the title “2013 Robb Report Car of the Year“. The 911 bested 12 other competitors. Other contenders included the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse, Ferrari FF, Audi S8, Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG and BMW M5. The 20th-annual Robb Report Car of the Year … Read more