Archive for October, 2007

Brothers and Their Baggage in Darjeeling

The trip began in Jodhpur and ended in Udaipur . They haven’t seen each other for over a year since the death of their father in a car accident. As they travel through India, they carry their dead father’s luggage (a set of Louis Vuitton luggage Marc Jacobs designed especially for the movie).

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Posted by Joelle in Film, New York

Caserta Palazzo Reale

Most commonly known as the Reggia di Caserta, this Unesco-listed pad is considered one of the greatest and last-achievements of Italian Baroque architecture. It also where Tom Cruise shot scenes for Mission Impossible 3 and where George Lucas filmed the interior shots of Queen Amidala’s royal residence in Star Wars Episode 1.

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Posted by Joelle in Naples, Travel

Damien Hirst’s Diamond Skull goes on Show at Russia’s Hermitage

The piece is not exactly the stuff of public art, but Hirst says he hopes that an institution like the British Museum might put it on display for a while before it disappears into a vault, never to be seen again.

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Posted by Joelle in Art

Loftcube, Technomads Home Solution

German architect Werner Aisslinger, picked urban rooftops to be the the real estate of choice for the transportable 40 sq. meter Loftcube.

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Posted by Joelle in Design, Trends

Sotherby’s 15 Million Dollar Diamond

World famous auction house Sotheby’s will offer a magnificent 84.37 carat, brilliant-cut, D (finest white) flawless, diamond for auction during its Magnificent Jewels in Geneva on November 14 at the prestigious hotel Beau- Rivage.

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Posted by Joelle in Luxury