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Mario Bros. Inspired Street Fighter Characters

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Tree House by Konrad Wójcik.

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Primeval Symbiosis (Single Pole House) – an ambitious design project ‘based on the structure and functionality of a tree’ by Danish architecture student and interior designer Konrad Wójcik.

The houses are suitable for two to four occupants and the end-goal is to create ‘communities’ of several dwellings in natural landscapes.

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Black Headwear.

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Apple iWatch Concept

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This concept from designer Thomas Bogner combines the look and feel of the Nike FuelBand, adding subtle and well designed apps to a touch screen interface. Something like this is probably not enough to sell your Rolex or Panerai on eBay in favor of a digital take, but you gotta respect the idea and execution. Should be interesting to see what Apple eventually roles out.

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Eurostar Appoints Christopher Jenner as Creative Director

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Interior designer Christopher Jenner has been appointed creative director of rail company Eurostar, stepping into shoes vacated by Philippe Starck who designed the firm’s train interiors, lounges and staff uniforms a decade ago.

Christopher Jenner has been taken on board to work on new and existing design projects for Eurostar, the company that runs the high-speed passenger trains that link the UK to mainland Europe, as it prepares to launch a new fleet of trains.

“This partnership gives me the opportunity to bring my design skills to a wide range of customer touch points,” said Jenner. “Travel plays such an important part in our lives, and this collaboration with Eurostar will allow me to further elevate the customer experience.”

Starck was previously tasked with redesigning the train interiors, terminals, check-in lounges, signage, staff uniforms, cutlery and food for the company in 2001 and continued to work with the firm as a consultant until 2005.

Jenner designed a conceptual Eurostar cabin in February 2012, which featured individual seats covered in quilted yellow fabric, plus a combination of hardwood and carbon-fibre surfaces.

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’47 BRAND: Vintage Inspired Sports Apparel

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The people of ’47 brand have a terrific thing that’s been going on for over 65 years, when it was originally founded in 1947 by twin brothers and Italian immigrants, Arthur and Henry D’Angelo. Their products are high quality and often vintage inspired, feeling and looking like it’s something your Grandfather might have passed down to you.

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How Steve Jobs hired Norman Foster: “Hi Norman. I need some help”

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Architect Norman Foster has revealed how late Apple CEO Steve Jobs called him “out of the blue” in 2009 to invite him to design the Apple Campus 2 with the words “Hi Norman, I need some help.”

“For me this project started in the summer of 2009,” says Foster in a movie published this week by Cupertino City Council. “Out of the blue a telephone call. It’s Steve: ‘Hi Norman, I need some help.’ I was out there three weeks later.”

The movie documents a planning meeting held in the city on 1 October, at which representatives of Apple, Foster + Partners and others presented details of the $5 billion project to create a new home for Apple in Cupertino. The building was granted planning permission last week.

Foster says in the movie: “One of the most memorable things and perhaps vital to the project was Steve saying, ‘Don’t think of me as your client. Think of me as one of your team’.”

The architect adds: “The first point of reference I think for Steve was the campus at Stanford, his home territory. And also the landscape he grew up with; the fruitbowl of America.”

Elsewhere in the movie, members of the project team give details of the ring-shaped, 280 million square-foot building, which will have one of the largest photovoltaic solar arrays in the world and feature a parking garage for electric cars with over 100 charging stations.

“We have a building that is pushing social behaviour in the way people work,” adds Stephen Behling, an architect at Foster + Partners, while Dan Whisenhunt, Apple’s senior director of real estate & facilities, says the building will be “one of the most environmentally sustainable projects on this scale in the world, creating a new home for 13,000 employees.”

Whisenhunt adds that Apple would “like to keep engineering and creative groups together on our new site,” referring to the company’s recent moves to integrate the previously separate design and technology departments.

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“When Apple Campus 2 is finished 80% of the site will be green space” says Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environmental initiatives. “We’re maximising the natural assets of the area; this area has a great climate so 75% of the year we won’t need air conditioning or heating, we’ll have natural ventilation.”

She adds: “AC2 will run on 100% renewable energy, there will be solar power, it will be one of the largest solar arrays in the world for a corporate campus. Our goal is to build a campus that has no net increase in greenhouse gas emissions.”

“This building allows us to put 13,000 engineering and creative types in one location under one roof thus creating the idea factory that will create future generations of Apple products food years to come,” adds Whisenhunt. “The parking station will be fitted with over 100 vehicle charging parking stations, there are provisions to increase that as our employees purchase more electric cars.

Construction will start soon and will take 32 months. Apple staff will be able to move into the building in 2016.

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The Hue: Night Grooves (Mix No.3)

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Track List:

1. Lebanese Blonde- Thievery Corporation
2. Strawberry Skies- Games feat. Laurel Halo
3. It’s Only Love Doing It’s Thing- Joseph Terruel
4. The Mysterious Ashley Bickerton- Gray
5. Is This How You Feel (CLASSIXX remix)- The Preatures
6. Do You Believe (Cosmic Kids remix)- Poolside
7. You’re Never Gonna Reach Me (Hot Toddy remix)- Crazy P
8. No More Music- NY*AK
9. Mingus Kyle Monday blues- Section 31 remix
10. Can You Feel It?- Mr. FIngers
11. Feeling You Feeling Me (Houze Arrest remix)- Alicia Keys
12. Superficial- Bougie Soliterre
13. Flying Funk (02 Version)- Fish Go Deep
14. Higher Ground (Original Mix)- Toni Lionni
15. Sweet Sensation- Acumen
16. Coração pt.2- Ian Pooley

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Brett Beyer Photographs Jean Georges Complext Kitchen From Above

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New York Times recently published this great photo of the kitchen of Jean Georges, one of the top French chefs in the world, which was taken by Brett Beyer. The stitched together photo is a fantastic look at the fervent pace a kitchen like Georges must maintain, and it’s quite interesting to see the inner workings of his Columbus Circle restaurant. It’s also pretty incredible that Brett was able to get a camera/cameras above the kitchen, you wouldn’t expect there to be a whole lot of room.

Be sure to see more of Brett’s work, including more awesome overhead shots like this, by clicking here.

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Fantasy Artwork by Calum5

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Calum Andrews (Calum5) is a great example of how life affects a person’s creative direction. His works of art can be called both beautiful and horrifying.

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Nokia Lumia 1020: Paul Trillo’s ‘NY 41×41’ Infinite Zoom Technique

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This summer our Managing Editor Ray put a Nokia Lumia 928 to good use, capturing a nighttime bike race in Brooklyn. More recently, NYC-based filmmaker Paul Trillo got his hands on a Lumia 1020—that’s the 41-megapixel bad boy—and also shot New York at night, with a different goal in mind.

To exploit the 1020’s insane megapixel count, Trillo combined careful planning with some software kung fu to create a sort of “infinite zoom” effect, by stitching together shots of Broadway (spanning 41 blocks, or roughly two miles) with the same one-point perspective. The finished vid is called NY 41×41:

“What’s useful about having all that extra [megapixel count] wiggle room, is it allows you to re-crop your photos,” Trillo told NoFilmSchool. “Lose the extra head room, rotate and level out your horizon line.”

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WHAT ELSE? Waris Ahluwalia

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WHAT ELSE? is a new series for Highsnobiety by writer/director Paul Black. What’s it all about? Call it the “What Else Factor,” a person with something else besides the thing(s) he or she is usually known for. What else is on the cards? What else should we know? The style of each piece is spontaneous and intuitively responsive to the Voice of its subject at the time of the interview. First up, Waris Ahluwalia.

Everything you might already know about Waris Ahluwalia is easy to find. He’s a tangible great Face in the vast chaotic conforming-non-conformist eclectic of Now. His friends are some of the most visible Voices across contemporary culture. He’s on Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed List. He was immortalized on the walls of the National Portrait Gallery in London. He was in Karl Lagerfeld’s Little Black Jacket show (and book). He’s an Agony Aunt in his online column “Love & Waris” for Style.com. He’s an actor in a few Wes Anderson films. He played opposite Tilda Swinton in I Am Love and Denzel Washington in Spike Lee’s heist caper Inside Man.

 

So what else?

A funny question. Ironic. Worthy. As I know him, he also happens to be a regular guy with regular impulses. Totally not perfect but super charming, very sweet and smart as a whip. He’s a friendly New Yorker who says hey to all those who reflect back the ceaseless twinkle in his eye. He’s a great cook. He’s passionate about exquisite tea. He also happens to design gorgeous, tactile, soulful, handmade, well-made and totally unique jewelry pieces under the auspice of his label House of Waris. The goods aren’t cheap and they shouldn’t be. Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten. That’s Waris in a nutshell – timeless and refined. He’s classy, sharp and funny. He plays on the edges and keeps in step with the Establishment.

Waris is on every publicist’s VIP list and he’s not ashamed of it. He thinks long and hard when he speaks of fame. He sees it as part of the consumption puzzle. How one handles it makes all the difference. He’s busy but doesn’t spread himself thin. He chooses his gigs carefully and he really shows up. He believes in Slow Fashion. His timeline is Forever. He actively brings the Old World to the New Wave, in his creations, his attitude, manner, dress, chivalry, loyalty and sense of mindful dignity.

He knows the value of his fame. He’s here to stay. He doesn’t do “Limted Editions” of 1000s or ditch his friends for fancy. He speaks passionately about Considered Consumerism, because he believes in using resources to embrace sustainability, on many levels, both deep and shallow. He walks the walk and lives by a sound mantra: don’t judge, be honest, take your time, look good, be nice, have fun, and hell yes, shop!

You might consider snapping up a piece from Waris’s highly anticipated collection for Forevermark De Beers, out nowish.

WHAT ELSE? | by Paul Black – lifelong perpetual traveler of mixed(-up) nationality, award-winning writer/director (and sometimes producer) of film and television, devoted father, serious amateur photographer, opinionated Sartorialist, meditator, fan of eccentric visionaries with something else to say. www.paulblackfilms.com

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Snow Monkey

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Snow monkeys, also known as Japanese macaques, are type of monkeys which inhabit three out of four main islands of Japan. They are adapted equally well to the warm subtropical lowlands and to the cold subalpine regions. Snow monkeys are not listed as endangered species although they are not as numerous as they were in the past. Main threats for their survival are habitat loss, deforestation and killing (farmers consider them as pests, because snow monkeys often eat and destroy crops).

Interesting Snow monkey Facts:

  • Snow monkeys vary in size depending on the region they inhabit: animals in the southern parts are smaller compared to the animals living in the colder, northern regions of Japan. On average, snow monkeys weigh between 25 and 40 pounds and reach 20 to 23 inches in length.
  • Body of the snow monkey is covered with fur, whose color varies from brown to white.
  • Fur covers all parts of their body except faces and rear areas. Red color of the face is a positive sign that animal has reached adulthood.
  • Snow monkeys are omnivores (eat both meat and vegetation). Their diet consists of barks, twigs, fruit, insects, eggs and small mammals.
  • Snow monkeys live in large groups called troops. Troops can be huge, composed of several hundreds of animals.
  • Each troop has a male and female leader. Males establish their dominancy by proving their physical strength and ability to find food for all members of the group. Leader can hold his position for couple of decades. Females establish dominancy by inheriting the ruling position from their mothers or other relatives. This system is called matrilineality.
  • Snow monkeys are known as the one of the cleverest species of monkeys. They learn easily and share new skills and hunting (or eating) techniques with other members of the troop and with their offspring.
  • It has been known that snow monkeys wash sweet potato in the water. Some troops use salty water for this purpose because they prefer salty taste of the food.
  • When snow monkey collect grains, they need to separate them from the dirt and sand. For this purpose, monkeys put the mixture of grains and dirt in the water and wait for sand and dirt to sink down, and the grains to appear on the surface of the water. As soon as grains appear, they can easily collect them and eat.
  • Snow monkeys are playful creatures. They often made snowballs and roll them on the ground during the winter. Adult animals also participate in this type of game.
  • Bonds between members are very tight. During the leisure time, snow monkeys groom each other to remove fleas and insects from the fur. Grooming nourishes the social bonds between animals.
  • During the winter time, snow monkeys gather and hold each other tightly to prevent heat loss.
  • Snow monkeys produce different types of sounds used for communication. Scientists noticed that type of sound depends on the location that monkeys inhabit, such as different dialects in human language.
  • Snow monkeys reach sexual maturity at the age of four years. Female’s rear end turns red as a sign that she is ready for mating. She gives birth to a single baby after 170 to 180 days of pregnancy.
  • Snow monkeys can live up to 30 years in captivity.

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Food for thought.

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Dover Street Market London Gets a Makeover

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London’s trendsetting Dover Street Market has received an extensive makeover both outside and in. Both the entryway and outdoor columns have been updated by founder Rei Kawakubo herself – featuring manga-style artwork by legendary Akiraartist Katsuhiro Otomo – while the interior includes dedicated spaces for the likes of Nike‘s Free Hyperfeel,Aitor Throup, Purified, UNDERCOVER, Jil Sander and sacai, as well as a new COMME des GARCONSPocket Shop on the fourth floor and a “Beyond Glamour” display by British style icon Michael Costiff.

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17-18 Dover St.
London W1S 4LT
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Conference of Cool.

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Chad Hugo, Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams.

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Lamborghini Veneno Roadster

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The ultra-exclusive and absolutely insane Lamborghini Veneno goes completely roofless with the debut of their new Roadster variant. The hypercar will have a 750 hp, 6.5L V12 that accelerates the car from 0-62 in 2.9 seconds and will hit a top speed of 221 miles per hour. It will also have an ISR semi-auto, permanent all-wheel-drive, air-slicing aerodynamics, and even a carbon-fiber ring surrounding the wheel rim that helps to bring cool air to the carbon-ceramic brakes. Expect to pay a king’s ransom for a Veneno of your own, only nine will be built next year and will go for 3.3 million Euros.

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The Art of the Samauri

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