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Jaquet Droz’s Opens its First Parisian Shop on Rue de la Paix 

By Giuliana Guillen • Oct 4th, 2010 • Category: Design, New & Noteworthy

Paris houses the world’s most lavish fashions and this fall, the well-renowned Parisian street, Rue de la Paix, adds yet another distinguished name to their selective line of fine shops. In September, Jaquet Droz inaugurated its first Parisian boutique at 8 Rue de la Paix. The famous Swiss watchmakers opened the first Jaquet Droz workshop [...]



Porsche Design Makes Limited Production Advent Calendar for $1,000,000

By Asa Drake • Oct 1st, 2010 • Category: Design, New & Noteworthy

The creative forces behind Porsche Design understand that the holidays are all about anticipation. And while others may be busy hanging stockings on the fireplace or baking cookies for good old Saint Nick, Porsche had something better in mind for their selective clientele. This Christmas the renowned car manufacture offers five Advent calendars of unsurpassed [...]



Fir Italia’s Playone Shower Head Available for €7,113

By Asa Drake • Sep 28th, 2010 • Category: Design, New & Noteworthy

For over half a century, Fir Italia’s bathroom and kitchen fixtures have had the advantage of continuous innovation and redesign. The company can transform the standard kitchen faucet into a work of art, blending chrome with glamorous hues and crystal accents. Their products may best be described as possessing a minimalist form with ritzy accents, [...]



Joseph Walsh’s $80K Enigum Bed For Sale at Brooklyn Gallery

By Asa Drake • Sep 27th, 2010 • Category: Design, New & Noteworthy

As part of their exhibit Material Poetry, Brooklyn’s Causey Contemporary will have Joseph Walsh’s “Enginum Bed” on display and available for purchase. The show will run from October 8th to November 18th, 2010 and will feature some of the most creative new wave designs from Ireland with works by Liam Flynn, Joe Hogan, and Frances [...]



$48,000 High-Tech Surface Table Co-designed by Formula One Racer

By Giuliana Guillen • Sep 24th, 2010 • Category: Design, New & Noteworthy

This award-winning design is sure to turn heads. During the 2007 Milan Exhibition of Design, the British-based design firm, Established & Sons, launched its “Collaborations” program with a plan focused on developing partnerships between designers and artists. In 2008, an alliance between furniture designer Terence Woodgate and Formula One race car designer John Barnard produced [...]



Writing with Style: Montblanc Releases the John Lennon Edition Writing Instrument

By Asa Drake • Sep 14th, 2010 • Category: Design, New & Noteworthy

Lutz Bethge, CEO of Montblanc International, tells me, “I still remember my first record ‘All You Need Is Love.’” John Lennon created the music of a generation, and even today, Bethge hears his children listening to the artist’s iconic music. It was in this spirit that Montblanc celebrated its latest limited edition pen last Sunday. [...]



Established and Sons Offers the Iconic “Aqua Table” for £19,500

By Michelle Grosberg • Jun 7th, 2010 • Category: Design, New & Noteworthy

Equally unique and modern in appearance, the Aqua Table is one of the most sought after products in the Established and Sons furniture collection. Created by world-renowned designer, Zaha Hadid, the limited-edition Aqua Table has a retail price of £19,500.



Poggenpohl Presents New +ARTESIO Design

By Alex Neely • May 26th, 2010 • Category: Design, New & Noteworthy

At the “Eurocucina” Furniture Exhibition in Milan, renowned premium-kitchen manufacturer Poggenpohl presented the +ARTESIO.