The trouble is you either have too many ideas for this single palette, or too few. One way can quickly lead to a layered mishmash of styles, while the other can make your home seem barren and bereft, too Spartan to even be called an actual living space. Either way, you’re going to need to shift your focus to get the most out of this crown jewel of your domicile....
Skateboarding has come a long way from where it started. Early skateboarders would attach wheels to surfboards, or pieces of wood. Then on flat days at the beach, they could surf on dry land. Although skateboarding hails from humble beginnings, it has grown into a global sporting sensation. And part of what makes skateboarding so popular is the ability to adapt. If you’re new to the skateboarding world, it can be pretty intimidating....
Despite the easy terror inherent in most science fiction, rarely do the genres of horror and sci-fi collide on film. When they do, it’s often in laughable pulp comic ways, with Santa Claus fighting the martians, or aliens bringing about zombies per the worst movie of all time, Ed Wood’s Plan 9 from Outer Space. The reason for this is that both science fiction and horror are hard to pull off properly alone, and intensely difficult to do together....
Designer Earl Stewart has created a 3D printed hybrid shoe that merges traditional shoe styling with state-of-the-art 3D printing technologies. The heel of Stewart’s “The Bits Shoe” features a white 3D-printed mesh that continues into a solid white outsole below. This contemporary edge is matched with a classical upper design, where leather pieces are stitched together for an old-meets-new kind of contrast. The traditional leather elements are fashioned with a bit of technology on their own, as each piece is laser cut and perforated prior to stitching....
View in gallery Life isn’t always easy. (If it were… well, that would be just grand.) However, the reality is that as we age, we will all experience good times and bad. We will have joy and sorrow, love, laughter, tears, and heartache. Okay, that sounds like something out of Rocky, rather than from the gridiron. But no matter the sport–from boxing to football–the romance and struggle of competition has given rise to plenty of big moments and memorable quotes that apply to any and all walks of life....
The Tree Church of New Zealand is “framed” by the planting and weaving of Cut Leaf Alder and other trees. The trees are spaced near each other, and as they grow, their trunks and branches are woven to create a living structure. As the structure grew toward its peak, the artist used various other species like Copper Sheen to create wall and canopy coverings. The result shows the iconic shape of a traditional church, with walls and a ceiling that provides shade and privacy from the world around it....
The exterior of the DBS Ultimate edition will be available in three skins– Carbon Black II, Quantum Silver and Silver Fox. It also features carbon fiber wing mirrors, a dark front grille, smoked rear lamps and black tail pipes with carbon accents throughout. Indoors, this Aston includes diamond quit stitching with a red or silver contrast thread within fine alcantara and leather seats. The Aston Martin DBS Ultimate will be available either automatic or manual, hard top or volante convertible....
The Barcelona Artist Studio for Arranz Bravo is approached from a paved stone walkway on its rear side. This enters directly to the large work room for the artist, a room with no windows or other distractions– just paint, easels and imagination. Its pyramid ceiling stretches upward into a central skylight which is used to light the space during the day. It provides Bravo with precisely what he needs to practice his life’s work– “creation, an introspective and solitary experience”....
I’ve been riding and racing dirt bikes for 20 years. So whether you’re wanting to trail ride with your kid, or get them into motocross racing, this guide to the coolest dirt bikes for kids has got you covered. Kids 50cc Dirt Bikes I want to start by saying, there are a ton of “copies” out there. Sure, you might be looking at a brand new dirt bike for your child at say $500, and be thinking that’s a good deal....
For decades after the second World War, these two views on motorcycles seemed to be further deviating, with Americans going ever bigger, louder, and badder with every year. Simultaneously, the energy-efficient European models were shrinking down and acting more like E-bikes than their freedom-focused cousins. It wasn’t until Japanese motorcycles came on the scene with their supreme engineering that the two worlds finally mixed. The land of the rising sun proved that commuter cycles could also be racers and touring bikes, that efficiency could provide as much velocity as liberty, all while staying small and keeping mileage to a minimum....
With money comes the ability to build dream homes. Lavish houses with more rooms than a person or even a family could ever need in their lives. Of course, then come the added extras of swimming pools, garages, movie theaters, and sports courts. You really would never need to leave your house. What to Expect From the Biggest Houses in the World Determining the size of the house could come down to the total square footage of the entire grounds or the house itself....
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The Cervelo P5 is the most aerodynamic triathlon bicycle on the market. Not only is it meticulously engineered to be as light and durable as possible, this luxurious piece of equipment is coated in a finish used primarily to optimize airflow and ultimately shave off time for the athlete in a competition. While many of the components added to the P5 are optional, the aero-bars are integrated into the bike, adding yet another factor that the competition should fear....
Design and Chocolate are truly two of our favorite things, and when you blend the two together for the perfect chocolate gift, we’re pretty much speechless. We decided that we’d scour the chocolate world for the most beautiful chocolate gift packages in existence, coming from some of the world’s most talented designers and chocolatiers. From Indonesia to the Ivory Coast, Bolivia to Brazil, here are 20 of the most beautiful chocolate packaging designs from around the world....
As Dell’s Adamo luxury laptop brand approaches the anniversary of its revelation in January, Dell has officially begun shipping its ultra-light version, the Dell Adamo XPS. The Dell Adamo XPS slides onto your desk at under an inch thick, weighing only 3.2 pounds with the standard battery. The design of the Adamo XPS continues the cool aluminum style of the original Adamo, but adds a gravity-defying fold-out form factor. Under the hood, Dell Adamo XPS is powered by a 1....
To attain a more refined edge, impress your guests, and help keep your liver from going on strike, it’s better to have a glass for your whiskey. Proper glasses help the spirit to breathe. They capture the scent of the alcohol and are shaped so that it slides onto your tongue precisely. They also look far more impressive than a bleary-eyed burnout suckling on a jug of Johnnie Walker; though, aren’t half as much fun....
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Just when you thought models could not possibly get any skinnier… Eizo, a manufacturer of medical imaging equipment, has released a revealing new calendar to promote their wares. The Eizo X-Ray Pin-Up Calendar is at once hilarious and inventive, a most creative way of promoting their brand to their clientele and beyond. Hat’s off to BUTTER, the Berlin-based advertising agency who came up with this little stroke of genius for Eizo....
The Factory Jaffa House was gutted back to its centuries-old skeleton with very precise care. “Gutted” may be too strong a word, as the near-archeological preservation of the original structure is a central element of Pitsou Kedem’s design. It presents a kind of contrast that can’t be built in new properties– the opposing forces of history and contemporary design. A walk through Factory Jaffa House yields the feeling of a stroll through history with modern convenience and visual inspiration....
I’m not kidding. Deep below the streets of London, near the Capham North Underground Station, an old bomb shelter which once held up to 8,000 civilians during the London Blitz has found renewed purpose an environmentally-friendly and sustainable farm, thanks to the efforts of a new startup which goes by the name of Zero Carbon Farms. The two entrepreneurs behind the venture – Richard Ballard and Steven Dring – are childhood friends who grew up on the rural outskirts of Bristol....
