Rare gems

On May 22 to 24, an exhibition of the most luxurious and rare pieces from Swiss jewelry house Bogh-Art took place in Moscow, specifically at the Center for Fine Arts at Volhonke. This is mostly thanks to the efforts of Bogh-Art founder and rare gems specialist Albert Bogossyanom. Take a look at some of the rare pieces on display at the Center.
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Krieytory, marketers and community managers are increasingly working to create a tie detail between the virtual and real life. English designer Christopher McNicholl created “TweetingSeat”, an interactive public bench, which has its own Twitter-account. One camera is mounted in a bird’s eye, which adorns the bench, the second is placed in a tree in front. Thus, in the field of vision of webcams get people who sit on the bench and their pictures and videos are broadcast directly to twitter.

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The 2010 Peugeot SR1 Concept Car

‘Tis true what they say: when you’re down, there is no other way but up. When you’re wrong, there’s no other thing to do but get it right. And that seems to be what Peugeot is clearly demonstrating, if the revelation of the 2010 Peugeot SR1 Concept Car is anything to go by.
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A Russian designer Art Lebedev created this off-beat Povodokus, a dog leash fashioned to look like a handgun. Povodokus has the shape of a pistol, which unwound the cord and fits your hand like a glove. When you press the trigger spring leash unwound or unwound under tension.

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The Lamborghini Pregunta

No, this is not a new version of the Lamborghini Pregunta. This first came out in 1998, and made its illustrious debut on the 1998 Paris Auto Show. But here’s the great news: it is now for sale at only USD2.1 million or 1.6 euros.

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Bottle design for Terra Creta Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Terra Creta Extra Virgin Oil is extracted from premium olives from the orchards in Crete. Such a fine product deserves an equally fine packaging, and this bottle design for the olive oil reflects such excellence. Student Stefan Marjanovic is the creative genius behind this design.
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American designer Peter Bristol, who lives and works in Seattle and is currently a leading industrial designer in the Carbon Design Group, has created an impressive chair Cut.

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Intertwined Stools by Kan & Lau Design

Tired of all those plain, four-legged stools which, while functional, fail to add anything, much less character to a room? Then do something about it, as did the creative minds of Chinese design studio Kan & Lau Design.

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Ask any booklover or “bookworm” and he or she would tell you that there is no better feeling than holding books in the palm of your hands. Well, various designers took that concept quite literally, coming up with bookends that represent both the function of said items, and the passion one finds in books. Here are a few hand-inspired bookends that will definitely give you more incentive to keep on reading. Now, shelves will no longer look boring and plain, what with these “handy” (no pun intended) and unique-looking bookends.
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Your true Italian coffee – Di Alpino

Coffee shops on wheels are quite a novelty. You’d find yourself wanting to try it out in case there’s something special with it that you can’t find in other coffee shops. In Odessa, you can get true Italian coffee from these coffee trucks.
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