International hotel chain Starwood has announced the reopening of a landmark Florence hotel, complete with a suite from top designer label Bottega Veneta.



The St Regis Florence, originally the Grand Hotel Florence, has been treated to a ten-month restoration which has seen significant interior changes to the 18th century palace, ranked among the city’s…

UK-based bicycle manufacturer, 14 Bike Co., collaborated with Samsung to create a top-range bike with a holder designed to accommodate the Galaxy Tab.



The detachable Tab holder positioned in the triangular frame is made from quality Carbon fibre featuring the same Carbon specification used on F1 cars.



Accessible from the side, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 holder allows…

Argentinean entrepreneur Alan Faena - the visionary behind the Faena Arts District - has once again put Buenos Aires on the world map, launching a cultural and artistic mega-project that's a far cry from a traditional…

The 52 Types deck of playing cards was created as a quick reference tool for designers.

Each card is designed with its own font. Ace through jack shows the majority of each font’s family while ten through two was given a more radial design. The cards were designed to still be used as a traditional deck of cards while doubling as a cherished item by designers. …

Comedian and cabaret artist Ursus Wehrli must be the tidiest artist I have ever come across. He is the author of Tidying Up Art, a visionary manifesto that yearns toward a more rational, more organized and cleaner form of modern art. 

His upcoming book, The Art of Clean Up, extends this principle into the physical world, with extremely (though oddly) satisfying results. Scroll…

Louis Vuitton is ready to open its first Island Maison at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore on 18th September this year. Designed by internationally acclaimed architect Peter Marino, this new luxury shopping paradise will sit directly on water, with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the bay.

It will not be just a luxury house of…

One of the numerous ways Alice Waters is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Chez Panisse is by launching a T-shirt collection. The ground-breaking chef is partnering with…

Korean Air inaugurated its new A380 “superjumbo” on a route between New York City and Seoul.

The airline, which is the seventh in the world to fly the enormous Airbus aircraft, waved off the first A380 flight from New York across the Pacific Ocean on August 9, launching what it describes as a “new age of air travel.”…

Taking 1st Place at the Imagina Awards for Best Design and Communication, the Aeon Project is a thoughtful & open-minded exploration into the merging of mobility & 3D applications. Aeon not only incorporates the navigation & general controls you’d expect from HUD, but also becomes an immersive, interactive learning experience through selectable applications, allowing the user to learn about surrounding objects with the swipe of finger,…

Jaguar Light is an exploration of a new design language for the brand, centering around the idea of lightness. A sense of visual reduction and economical use of materials. Inspired by decorative and structural properties of aluminum foam and the honeycomb, the resulting structure is a single sculpted foam where both the exterior and…

A duo formed by Parisian designers Simon Pillard and Philippe Rosetti created their own LEGO kitchen. They first bought a simple kitchen island at IKEA and then they spent a few weeks covering it with more than 20.000 LEGO brick stones.…

Starting tomorrow through Oct. 3, the wedding gown Sarah Burton designed for Kate Middleton will  be on display to the public at Buckingham Palace as part of “The Royal Wedding Dress: A Story of Great British Design." In addition to the gown, Middleton's handcrafted Alexander McQueen bridal shoes (size 8, with three-inch heels), the diamond…

In a world taken over by electronic games and virtual entertainment, the Missing Pieces table stands as a reminder of the days of patience, tangibility, and interpersonal synergy. The 4800 jigsaw puzzle pieces that make up this table are from a compilation of the Arc de Triomphe, Winnie the Pooh, the Taj Mahal, and a night sky, and serve as familiar fragments that invite us to play and enjoy…

For the New Year, Gauthier offered to all its clients a glass…

What makes this product beautifully appealing is that the design isn't about a fancy bottle, or a high tech logo or graphics, it's about the simplicity of the packaging that allows the transluscent colours to showcase the product.

This product looks…

STOP USING THE WATER WHILE USING ME, is designed by Korefe

who wanted to develop a brand for a high-quality range of cosmetics that meets the increasing requirements of an ecologically aware society and sets new…