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- Guangzhou Opera House by Zaha Hadid to Be Opened Soon
- Thomas Pink to Unveil a Book on Englishmen in New york
- Prince William and Kate Middleton Marriage to Cost Britain a Lot
- Loopt Announces Push Mail Based Promotional Coupons
- Living Solutions Inspired by Walt Disney’s TRON Movie Look Out of this World
- Couch Sleeper by Anne Lorenz Puts Your Work to Rest
- BMW i8 Plug in Hybrid to Star in the New Mission Impossible Film
| Guangzhou Opera House by Zaha Hadid to Be Opened Soon Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:31 PM PST
Guangzhou, also known as Canton is located very close to Hong Kong. It has come to be one of the most important cities in the Far East and it is the country’s chief port and transportation centre. It is also known for its cultural activities and institutions. Guangzhou Opera House is being built by Zaha Hadid and it is nearing completion. In fact, the Guangzhou Opera House could be opened as early as early 2011. The structure is made of glass, concrete and steel and aims to accentuate the urban architectural realm as it sits close to the riverside and dock. It is projected to be one of Asia’s major cultural centres and an architectural masterpiece. The structure also comes with an 1,800-seat grand theatre which would host events and performances. This could just be the postmodern way of going to the opera. When the building is lit up, it sure shall be a beautiful sight to behold. The opera house almost has a futuristic feel to it and it could be one of its major attractions. The opera house shall host [performances by some of the most eminent artists in the world. Via: design Boom
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| Thomas Pink to Unveil a Book on Englishmen in New york Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:28 PM PST
Thomas Pink surely has an ‘attractive’ surname and most of his designs are quite attractive too. This time around, the LVMH owned designer is planning to bring the ‘Englishman’ to New York. In a chic book called An Englishman In New York, the book features many English dandies like Barneys’ Simon Doonan and Sting who are not only British, but also New Yorkers. Thomas Pink is a New Yorker who is an Englishman himself. The book contains photographs of various dandies from Britain including a cross-section of British born figures. The list includes many noted English personalities and it celebrates the essence of being English in a country that rebelled against English values and in a country that even formed its own dialect of English. The idea was to launch a book that is quintessentially English, but also New York-ish at the same time. The glossy book could just be the right place for dandy-wannabes to pick up some style hints which they may not find in usual fashion magazines. If you always wanted to feel like an Englishman, go ahead and get this book!
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| Prince William and Kate Middleton Marriage to Cost Britain a Lot Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:26 PM PST
The British sure know how to be thrifty, and it is something that was recently learned after the country suffered major disruption of its economy thanks to the recession. However, certain British people do not seem to think a lot about the economic state, and especially where the tax payer’s money goes. Prince William and Kate Middleton are surely going to get married and are the cynosure of the English and the world’s eyes, but it is proving to be a really expensive affair, especially for the Met. The cost of the event is expected to be more than 20 Million Pounds and one of the reasons for it is that the police officers would go double time. When thousands of police officers go double time that would mean that a lot of money is spent unnecessarily! In fact, the royals could have just chosen a different date, instead of wasting so much of money when the Britain has already faced a lot of hardships due to the economic crises. The Met has actually sent a ‘begging letter’ to the Home Office describing its condition. I would say, the royals just had to calculate a bit before fixing their Royal Wedding. Via: Daily Mail
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| Loopt Announces Push Mail Based Promotional Coupons Posted: 07 Mar 2011 09:02 AM PST
Those who are into advertising would be glad to learn that a new way of reaching the target customer has finally arrived. The location-based app Loopt has announced that partners would be sending coupons to those who are in the vicinity of a store. TiVos, Xbox Kinects, Southwest tickets are some of the coupons that would be given away through these promotions. K-Mart, HP, JetBlue, SC Johnson, and others would be participating in these offers. Moreover, the idea is not to give away coupons to everyone who walks by a store, it would be done randomly, and these coupons need to be redeemed in a specific period of time. This would lead to people actually making use of the new ad strategy. Moreover, these coupons would not reach you through SMS but would instead be sent through push mail service offered by iPhone and Android phones. It looks like an interesting move, but I am sure at the end of the day jaded customers would just delete or even ignore when a message pops up and continue to walk ahead of the store ignoring its existence even. Via: Business Insider
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| Living Solutions Inspired by Walt Disney’s TRON Movie Look Out of this World Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:48 AM PST
‘TRON designs Corian@’ is an exhibition that showcases living solutions which are inspired by Walt Disney’s movie ‘TRON:Legacy. The project is called ‘Safe House’ and the organizers have collaborated with a number of designers in order to create great solutions that would help you to manage your bathroom/wellness, living, bedroom, outdoor, home theatre area and kitchen/dining. Italian studio Aquilialberg has teamed up with Ernestomeda and created some cool designs for the kitchen. Ilaria Mareli has designed the bedroom space which looks almost out of this world. The Jacuzzi strangely reminds you of TRON movie and you would want to go back to a period of sci-fi wonder immediately. Furnishing company Lago has designed the living space and it makes you want to bring guests home. Much of these designs could perhaps be requested or made to order if you can contact them. If you are close by, you could even attend the exhibition and see the great pieces of furniture and installations for yourself. There couldn’t be anything better than living in a well furnished apartment. So go ahead, and treat yourself to these goodies!       Via: Design Boom
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| Couch Sleeper by Anne Lorenz Puts Your Work to Rest Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:05 AM PST
All that one could ever wish for is a job that requires you to stay at home, all the 5 days of the week. You would cut down on your fuel, the joy of having to report on time, stand the annoying co-workers and the whole package that comes with working in an office. Thus, the bliss of working at home, and from home is a luxury that not many can afford.
Now, if you are one of those lucky ones, you could get luckier with this chic and well designed Couch Sleeper by Anne Lorenz. The couch allows you to sit in a comfortable position with your laptop and without moving an inch, you could just crawl back into your blanket. On a cold day, you may want to work from inside the blanket too, and that should be easy as well, when it comes to using this bed.
It is not clear how much it might cost, but it sure shouldn't be an excuse for you to not buy something that looks so comfortable. Of course, your productivity will surely go down as you would either play with yourself in the bed or immediately fall asleep. Nevertheless, it could be a good idea to have this in your ‘home office’ if you like working from your bed.
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| BMW i8 Plug in Hybrid to Star in the New Mission Impossible Film Posted: 07 Mar 2011 07:43 AM PST
Films can be an ideal platform for the promotion of a new product. Popular franchise like the Bond movies or Terminator or the Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise as the agent Ethan Hunt are perfect for new, stylish and powerful cars. The latest instalment of Mission Impossible, called The Ghost Protocol will have a new star in the form of BMW's chic new i8 plug-in hybrid. Hybrids have been on the roads for some time now and the celebs like to be seen in them. Some of the luxury brands including Rolls Royce are making serious efforts to go electric and are at various stages of development. The new hybrid from BMW will serve as Tom Cruise's car in film The Ghost Protocol. The powerful car can go from 0 to 60 mph in five seconds. The car is powered by a 328 horsepower diesel-electric drive train. It can hit a top speed of 155 mph and is rather fuel efficient at 62.5 miles per gallon. In the action thriller genre films cars play a vital role and it is a positive development that a popular franchise will be promoting an eco-friendly car. The film will definitely dispel the misconception about electric or hybrid cars not being as powerful as the traditional ones. But for such cars to become really popular with the general public it will have to be made affordable. With prices upwards of $160,000 it is still of use for selected few. Hopefully with high volume projections the prices per unit can be brought down to reasonable levels.
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