Spirit of Ecstasy Challenge invites emerging designers to create unique works, inspired by Rolls-Royce

  Atop Spectre’s bonnet, the redesigned Spirit of Ecstasy braces the wind with a lower stance. Muse, the Rolls-Royce Art Programme commences inaugural Spirit of Ecstasy Challenge Muse, the Rolls-Royce Art Programme, announced this week the commencement of the inaugural Spirit of Ecstasy Challenge. As a biennial initiative, the Spirit of Ecstasy Challenge invites emerging design visionaries … Read more

First Electric Rolls-Royce Fulfils the 1900 Prophecy of the Marque’s Founder, Charles Rolls

    Rolls-Royce CEO, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, announces Spectre – Rolls-Royce’s first fully electric car. By 2030 all Rolls-Royce products will be fully electric. Rolls-Royce’s first fully electric ride is named Spectre. Over the past decade, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars’ officials have been repeatedly asked, ‘When will Rolls-Royce go electric?’ and ‘When the luxury automotive company will … Read more

Limited edition luxury notebooks: The world’s thinnest laptop

HP upscale Spectre 13.3 laptop

HP raised the bar for the premium PC experience with the debut of the new HP Spectre, the world’s thinnest laptop

HP launched an upscale Spectre 13.3 laptop at the New York Times International Luxury Conference. The company says that HP Spectre is the best laptop HP ever made. The 10,4 mm thick premium device produced in limited edition 18-karat gold and diamond version is the world’s thinnest laptop. CNC machined aluminum chassis as thin as an AAA-battery at just 10.4 mm features a carbon fiber bottom and weights 1,1 kg.

The HP Spectre and new premium portfolio were showcased alongside the results of the company’s collaboration with world-renowned designers Tord Boontje and Jess Hannah. The collaboration features exclusive, limited edition luxury notebooks at the intersection of high-end art and leading technology.

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“The HP Spectre is the thinnest notebook in the world, and unlike the majority of other super thin PCs on the market, this laptop doesn’t compromise power or features,” said Kevin Frost, vice president and general manager, consumer personal systems, HP Inc. “A beautiful Full HD edge-to-edge display, Intel Core i processors coupled with Bang & Olufsen sound and a sexy and thin design, HP amazing engineers set a new standard with the all new Spectre.”

The high gloss copper accents reflect a hand-polished, jewelry-like finish and an innovative hidden piston hinge creates the illusion of a hinge-less design.

Full HD IPS 5 edge-to-edge display featuring Corning Gorilla delivers a superb viewing experience for editing photos, perfecting a presentation, or watching a movie.

6th generation Intel Core i5 and i7 processors2 and a lightning fast PCIe SSD with storage up to 512 GB7 with up to 8 GB of memory for maximum performance. Integration of Intel hyperbaric cooling system keeps the machine running cool even with powerful processors in a small package.

Stereo speakers by Bang & Olufsen with HP Audio Boost technology, a combination of hardware and software to give customers the depth they want.

Three full function USB Type-CTM connectors, including two of which support ThunderboltTM, to provide a fast, versatile I/O connection.

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The sale of James Bond’s £2.4 million Aston Martin to provide vital funds to Médecins SansFrontières

007’s Aston Martin DB10 sold for £2.4 million benefiting MSF. The DB10 is one of the rarest cars ever created. Only 10 were made and only one was made available for sale. The highly coveted and incredibly rare Aston Martin DB10 made for the latest James bond film, Spectre, went under the auctioneer’s gavel at … Read more

Strictly limited: DB9 GT Bond Edition

Aston Martin launching limited DB9 GT Bond Edition. Aston Martin and James Bond are intrinsically linked. Aston Martin celebrates the British luxury brand’s more than 50 -year association with the famous James Bond film franchise with a new limited edition. Limited to 150 examples worldwide, the model designed for “Spectre” is based on the recently … Read more

Daniel Craig’s James Bond rocks the sensible-dad look – stylewatch

From the on-trend leather holster to the poloneck to the stance, the new soft poster for Spectre is a lesson in sensible, practical utility-chic. Nice peepers, too