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Alexander McQueen RTW Fall 2010 by Christopher Moore "Each piece is unique, as was he.” Those simple words, at the end of the show notes for the final collection by the late Lee Alexander McQueen, captured the sentiment of a singular talent extinguished too soon. Alexander McQueen Iconic Moments watch ...

How Many Billboards? is a large-scale urban exhibition debuts 21 newly commissioned works by leading contemporary artists, presented simultaneously on billboards in Los Angeles in February and March 2010. The philosophical proposition of the exhibition is simple: art should occupy a visible position in the cacophony of mediated images in the city, and it should do so without merely adding ...

THE ESSENCE OF THINGS Design and the Art of Reduction Exhibition at VITRA Design Museum 20.3. - ...

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VoxOx has a new program that makes the world just a bit smaller: a Universal Translator that translates in several dozen languages in real-time on your computer. The new VoxOx program instantly translates conversations over IM, SMS, email and social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, sending and receiving messages in your native language. ...

Fashion photography with a touch of humor and satire, by Josh Olins. source- ...

Chiquita's latest ad campaign imbues its audience with an instant sense of wonder. Using playful illustrations on stickers juxtaposed to the iconic Chiquita stickers, the product and brand become more engaging to the consumer. Read more ...

We are seeing more and more stores and services dedicated solely to the fine things in life for men. Murdock London is a group of Barber & Grooming Stores that combines men’s barbering services with a retail offering rooted in high-end male grooming. Traditional ideas about men and retail, brought up to date with a modern attitude. ...

The Michel Berger Hotel is a boutique hotel / Bar restaurant in Berlin. Designing from the creative minds of a group of friends, they worked on the idea of a fun, trendy and rebellious budget hotel. Their vision was to create a hotel that is “as creative as an ad agency”. Enjoy the playful website. ...

In 2008 H&M wins the battle for it's Champs-Élysées store against an appeal by the Champs-Élysées committee. The oldest standing committee in Paris has raised the alarm over skyrocketing commercial rents that are driving out small businesses on the world-famous avenue. Over the past two decades, cinemas, small shops, cafés and restaurants have been replaced by a string of mega-shops ...

Internationally, news organisations already have professionalised their approach towards user content and social media. For CNN the deep integration of social media marked an important step in improving their reporting and get closer to their sources – as seen recently with the coverage of the Haiti earthquake. "This isn't just a kind of fad from someone who's an enthusiast of ...

Augmented reality or (AR) is a field of computer research which deals with the combination of real-world and computer-generated data (virtual reality), where computer graphics objects are blended into real footage in real time. AR represents a brand new media type and a new type of user interfaces. The magazine Esquire launched in November 09 its first augmented reality issue. ...

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See Video NEW YORK FASHION SHOW A/W 2010 Pier 59 at Chelsea Piers was transformed into an outdoor performance space that resembled the set of a Robert Wilson play or a Kraftwerk concert: rows of stacked, squared-off scaffolding, stretching high into the cold and snowy night air – could Moncler have asked for more fitting weather conditions to underline its ...

On Februar 23 at London Fashion Week, Burberry's fashion show will be streamed simultaneously directly to invitation-only, custom screening sites watched by people fully-equipped with 3D goggles. Burberry’s chief creative officer, Christopher Bailey said it will "enable people to experience the energy and atmosphere of this event from around the world. 3D technology will bring our global audience into the ...

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www.chinadaily.com China has replaced the US to become the world’s second largest luxury goods consumer, only second to Japan, according to a report by World Luxury Association. The report also said Chinese people consume about 27.5 percent of the world’s luxury products. But Hurun, a research company that has mapped China's wealthy elite for the last 11 years, analysing the ...

See interview Creating video content for personal computer or television is so yesterday - says Adobe's chief technology officer Kevin Lynch who oversees experience design and core technology across business units. "If you look at the design of video content, mostly it's secondary that people thingking of smart phones. I think that's going to ...

Mit dem Bus fuhren wir weiter nach Allapuzha und machten dort unsere ganz kleine private Back Watertour fuer 2Std. Es zog uns einfach immer weiter suedlich. In Kovalam fanden wir unser erstes kleines Paradies. Von dort aus machte wir einen 7Std Ausflug ans Cape Comorin dem suedlichsten Zipfel Indienswo sich 3 Meere treffen. Auch besuchten wir den Zoo in Trivandrum. ...

This unique deluxe volume Racing Style from Assouline with photos from the Goodwood Revival is packaged in a genuine rubber slipcase to add the feel, touch, and smell of an authentic racetrack. More on this exclusive limited Special Edition The author Koto Bolofo is a Paris based photographer with South African roots working for such prestigious publications as Italian Vogue ...

Inspired by a common passion for unique experiences, Design Hotels™ has joined forces with the leading online film website for lovers of independent and classic film to create Hotel Cinematheque. TheAuteurs.com, a new Silicon Valley-based site that delivers video-on-demand for film buffs—from obscure international releases to up-and-coming flicks found only on the festival circuit—at $5 a pop, writes Wired Magazine. ...

Sensai Select Spa French, Tokyo based designer Gwenael Nicolas of Curiosity has built a modern poetic spa in Interlaken, Switzerland. Walking between the silk panels hanging in layers from the ceiling, "the eye loses focus, space vanishes and the mind is liberated", raves Nicolas. more sensations Kanebo Sensai Select Spa, Hotel Victoria-Jungfrau, ...