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Polestar’s new electric roadster comes with a drone deployable while in motion

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An electric roadster concept, Polestar O2 takes the defining characteristics of Polestar and combines them in one package. Polestar‘s new O2 electric roadster features the same contextualised, intuitive Android Automotive operating system with Google built in. Sustainable, performance-enhancing materials play a larger role than ever, with both the flax-fibre composites of Bcomp and labelled aluminium … Read more

What the New World should be in the eyes of the designers of the future

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    Pininfarina has announced the winners of the global Design Competition “Pininfarina 90+1: New Dreams for a New World”. Initiated in October 2020 to celebrate the Company’s 90th anniversary, the competition invited students of 15 prestigious international schools to rethink what human experiences will be like in the New Normal. Students were asked to … Read more

World Pastry Stars: Belgian pastry-chocolate maker Pierre Marcolini named Best Pastry Chef in the World 2020

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  Belgian Pierre Marcolini awarded prize for “Best Pastry Chef in the World” on the virtual stage of the ‘World Pastry Stars 2020’. This year the virtual awards ceremony hosted by Iginio Massari, in the studio with Francesco Briglia, Editor in Chief of magazine ‘Italian Gourmet’ – connected via live stream with four corners of … Read more

Mylo unleather is everything you love about leather without everything you (and the planet) don’t

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    Kering, adidas, lululemon, and Stella McCartney are ushering in a more sustainable future for fashion via biotechnology. The future of sustainable materials Made from infinitely renewable mycelium, Bolt Threads’ Mylo is an innovative material that looks and feels like leather. Bolt Threads, the biotechnology company creating the next generation of advanced materials, announced … Read more

Six issues UHNWIs and their advisors should be focusing on when looking to generate wealth

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        For investors and entrepreneurs, there are many considerations that need to be taken into account, when looking to generate wealth in 2020 (and beyond). Knight Frank Wealth Report 2020 has picked six issues, including the relationship between geopolitical narratives and actual market data; the bipolar global economy, split by economic ecosystems … Read more

What will the luxury “must have” requirements be 10 years into the future?

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  From digital detox to trips into space, Americans’ notions of luxury are ever-evolving, says new Future of Luxury Report for the New Decade. Not long ago, electric lighting was considered a luxury. For that matter, so were mobile phones. But, notions of luxury often change with technological advancements and cultural shifts. With the start … Read more