 |
| Michael Jackson, Text Portrait by Ben Heine. |
  |
| The XR3, its back, so Cool! The XR3, a three-wheeled plug-in hybrid that achieves 125 mpg on diesel power alone, 225 mpg on combined diesel and electric power. It can carry two-passenger in this three-wheeled hybrid. It is designed to be as light as possible. At just 1480 pounds, this high-performance design combines fast acceleration, and featuring its hybrid system allows for 200 mpg. The choice of operating mode �C diesel-only, battery-electric-only, or hybrid - is operator selectable by flipping a pair of switches. When operating on just the 23 hp diesel engine, the trike achieve 125 mpg. The li-ion battery pack is good for 40 miles. According to latest info: "The vehicle will arrive at our prototype facilities on the outskirts of Cleveland in a few weeks, and then it'll go out to the Center for Automotive Research where they'll run tests, computer-model the results, and do various changes to optimize the power train so we can freeze the design for production. " |
  Via ubergizmo, autobloggreen |
 |
| If you need a bulletproof bomber jacket when you walking at the night street? These stylish clothing are Bullet Proof, by Anxo(James Bond would love this store). These stylish pieces of clothing offer protection to both men and women, the bulletproof line including jacket, vest and even shirt. The clothing has been tested against ll and llA (which are equivalent to a .9MM or .357 Magnum). They look cool! VIA LIKECOOL |
  | |
| Car | Other | |
| The Mini Cooper painting designs by Portland-based artist Matt W Moore. Click 2 enlarge! | |
 Via TCH |
  |
| Gear | Pic |
| By Adrien Donot, a graphic designer living in Les Mureaux, France, his flickr. |
              |
Technology may have least to do with art, but Edelweiss PC by Million-Dollar-PC is a technically artistic PC casemod that other than presenting functional value also offers a unique design, which is quite different from regular custom made cases that we came across in the past. The Edelweiss PC has got all the wires and cables tucked up neatly within the confines of smoked glass case, so there’s no clutter around the machine, while on the other hand, the other components and the cooling system is left outside for us to see. Check out more images after the jump.
  | |
| Gear | Concept | |
| The elevating wheelchair by Australia based designer Jake Eadie. It can be switch between two modes: Sitting and standing, the electric wheelchair design is a clear-cut ��challenge to the able-bodied people��s perceptions of wheelchair users.�� It is not only a wheelchair concept for the physically disabled, you may see this vehicle concept in the future. | |
   |
 | |
| What's it? Car or Motorcycle? It is Laverda motorcycle sidecar, a supercar sidecar, including gulfwing doors. This Motorcycle Sidecars by François Knorreck of Italy. It took the man ten-year period(10,000 hours of work) and at a cost of 15,000 euros to complete his work �C the Snaefell. Now this 1000cc Laverda motorcycle has three exhausts, and the other half uses bits from a Volkswagen Golf GTI, Audi 80 and a Citroen Xantia car. It looks amzing! www.likecool.com/ |
Several series photographs with mannequins and plays of lights, for a new collection. A beautiful use and application of the light-painting by the photographer Atton Conrad. More images in the continuation.
After Native Project, a new very awaited product: play DJ Hero conceived by the Activision company. It is about a new derivative of famous Guitar Hero with this time, an accessory in the platinum shape which will be available on the consoles Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii.
Announced just moments ago, the highly sought after collaboration between KAWS and Japanese illustrator Hajime Sorayama, NO FUTURE COMPANION, is now available at KAWSONE.com. The talented pair have been working with MEDICOM TOY CO. for three years on this project. In black metallic chrome, the designers put each of their “signatures” on this figure, from the iconic KAWS “X” to Sorayama’s metallic silver color and robot aesthetic. Retails for US$ 980, the popular figure is imited to 500 units only.
> Hajime Sorayama
> MEDICOM TOY CO.
Michael Jackson, 1958 - 2009.
June 25th 2009 Michael Jackson Passes Away From Cardiac Arrest R.I.P.
Earlier this year we reported on two ultra-exclusive $3 million Bugatti Veyron Pur Sangs, the world's most expensive production vehicle of which only five were built, being put up for sale. The first of the special edition cars with exposed carbon fiber and aluminum bodywork, which sold out within 24 hours of their original announcement, was offered up in Abu Dhabi. The next one surfaced a couple of weeks later in Frankfurt, Germany where the car was originally unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Now a third Pur Sang has been listed for sale via global online luxury marketplace JamesList in Munich.
With the other two Pur Sangs already on the block as previously noted, only two of the cars seemingly remain in private hands. Also back in April we noted that 18 Veyrons were on offer via JamesList; that number has now swelled to 23, or nearly one-fifth of all Veyrons built to date. The cheapest is a 2005 model with 29,000 miles on it offered at €789,000 or about $1.09 million. Obviously the pitiful economy means many people are having to try and unload these agonizingly expensive automotive status symbols.
http://www.luxist.com/
A couple years ago, the world marveled at the rate at which the ranks of millionaires swelled. Now we are watching them shrink. A new survey by Capgemini and Merrill Lynch & Co. shows that the amount of millionaires shrank at the fastest rate on record in 2008. The number of millionaires sank by 15 percent to 8.6 million basically undoing the gains of the last two years. Millionaires saw their assets diminish by 20 percent down to $32.8 trillion.
The survey also shows that we won't have to wait to long to see the financial wealth of Asia-Pacific millionaires eclipse that of North American millionaires. By 2013, as the value of millionaires' assets globally are rising again, China and other nations will be ruling the roost. Currently the U.S. is home to the most millionaires and last year China moved into the fourth slot behind the U.S., Japan and Germany. The U.S. also lost more millionaires last year, the number fell by 19 percent. Dan Sontag, president of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management says that 55 millionaires are being created in China every day.
What's particularly interesting is that almost 30 percent of wealthy clients surveyed either took assets out or left their wealth management firms entirely in 2008 and 46 percent report that they confidence in their advisers. These types of numbers seem to indicate that a profound shift in the wealth management business might be required. In a press release Bertrand Lavayssiere, Managing Director Global Financial Services, Capgemini says that the research shows that "while client satisfaction remains a top priority, many wealth management firms and advisors may not fully understand what drives clients to leave or stay." He calls for firms to look at their capabilities to "ensure simplicity and transparency" in their business.
Happy Fathers Day!!!!
One of the very first models of the Spyker D8 Peking-to-Paris, the world's most expensive SUV, is being offered for sale via global online luxury marketplace JamesList for about $300,000. Made by the Dutch supercar company, the Peking-to-Paris was originally styled the D12 and and featured a V12 engine in concept form, but will be fitted with a V8 for production. The vehicle is being offered for delivery shortly after the Frankfurt Motor Show in September where the production version will make its long-awaited debut. The custom-built four-wheel drive four-door is styled a "Super Sport Utility Vehicle" or SSUV, with supercar performance. The Peking-to-Paris model commemorates Spyker's participation in the 1907 cross-country race of that name. The incredibly luxurious interior is completely fitted out in glove-soft leather.
Parisian accessory label, HOON, just collaborated for the first time with the young French audio firm, The Perfect Unison, in creating a line of luxury headphones. A balanced mix of high technology and stylish design, these python skin covered headphones are made-to-measure and packed with the newest innovation in acoustic, then packaged in traditional French craftsmanship.
The natural flex of the headphones are provided by nine layers of birch wood, then covered with python skin on the exterior side and supple goat skin on the inside closest to the head for maximum comfort. Ear pieces are crafted from polished carbon fiber that is varnished strictly by hand. These stylish headphones in white and purple will be available at Colette on June 23rd.
colette
213 rue Saint-Honoré | Map
75001 Paris, France
Release Date: June 23rd (Tuesday)