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  • Fabergé releases its first jewelry collection since 1917

    Fabergé, the Russian jeweler known for its jewel-encrusted Easter eggs, selected Parisian artist-jeweler Frederic Zaavy to create an initial collection of 100 items at his studio in Paris. The collection uses hundreds or thousands of tiny gems on each piece to create mosaic effects on rings, brooches, earrings and necklaces. The collection ranges from $58,000 to $10 million. Featured here is one ... Read More
  • Salvatore Ferragamo's new pink collection aimed at Asia's rich

    The recession has had its affect worldwide but the impact is much slower in Asian countries, so this is a calling for all those wealthy Asians to come forward for a good cause. Italian luxury goods group Salvatore Ferragamo has designed a limited collection targeted at the rich Asians, to help raise funds for breast cancer groups. The "Pink Collection" includes a pink, crystal-embellished edition ... Read More
  • Crystallized Jesus certifies Infinite Hope

    There have been many art works inspired by and dedicated to the Messiah we know as Jesus, but there’s one that stands out among the crowd. "Infinite Hope" by Quinn Gregory is a sculpture exactly the size of Jesus, (5’3") primarily made of wood, foam and crystals. The sculpture took 4 ½ months to take shape of 5’3" skeleton in copper and then painting the same in metallic paint to give a met... Read More
  • Celsius X VI II and the Mysterious Mechanical Cellphone

    On March 18, at the Baselworld watch show in Switzerland, a vaporous French company called Celsius X-VI-II will unveil the Papillon, a $300,000 mobile phone that is packed with the most advanced micro-mechanics of any gadget ever created. Forget digital. The phone of the future will be mechanical. As flat, touchscreen slabs like the iPhone make our lives more virtual, a half-dozen guys from the lu... Read More
   
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  • Jacky Menhennet: I can’t even draw a straight line

    “IF YOU WERE to ask me to sketch something for you I couldn’t - I can’t even draw a straight line.” The Crystal Diva is describing how her intricate creations come into being. “I sit down and the stones tell me where to go,” she adds... ...
  • MINI Cooper covered in 1 million Swarovski crystals

    A million crystals. That's what this MINI Cooper is glittering from, one million Swarovski crystals of 40 different colours. The creation is by Ken and Annie Burkitt of Ontario, Canada and it depicts 10 images of iconic American institutions, things like ...
  • Music we're listening to...

    While we're not surfing the web, publishing this site or pushing the edge with our designs, these are the tracks that keep up "juiced up". Carbon Based Lifeforms - MOS 6581: {youtube}b4hpTK8a3uU{/youtube} Ulrich Schnauss - Monday Paracetamol: ...
  • Illegal

    Daniel and Jessica are a happily married couple on the verge of realizing the American dream - Jessica is pregnant and Daniel finally gets the money to open a small diner. But when they hire Carlos, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, they find that they ar...

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