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October 17, 2020
2617

Beckham’s Golden Balls

Not only is David Beckham a great footballer, one of the sexiest men alive, married to a style icon Posh Spice but he also a avid watch collector. He’s a brand ambassador for Breitling and Bentley watches, but he also owns this beauty a Jacob & Co Global 3 watch, which is also a favourite brand of Victoria’s. This...
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Fashion Style Timepieces
October 15, 2020
1956

Can’t believe its not butter…Melbourne Loft

Nestled in West Melbourne is this stunning minimalist Loft that used be a Butter Factory. Designed by Melbourne architects Adrian Amore Architects it has curves to die for and a staircase that wouldn’t look out of place in a museum. Coupled with its monochromatic palette and minimal décor, butter would melt in its mouth. While looking super cool its also functional with two bedroooms,...
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Architecture Australia Melbourne
October 14, 2020
2720

Rolex: The Impossible Collection

So you thought that you everything about Rolex’s, well think again. The world most famous brand of wristwatch now has and equally exquisite limited edition book The Impossible Collection, published by Assouline ($1160 AUD), which will give you a deeper insight it this icon. Starting from its founder Hans Wilsdorf in 1905 and his mission to produce...
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Culture Timepieces
October 13, 2020
2771

Greek Gods and Graffiti

Greek gods and graffiti, now you don’t usually hear those two words in the same sentence, but that’s what you associate Spanish artists Pichi and Avo aka Pichiavo with. The duo Pichiavo started in 2007 after fleeing from the self-centeredness of graffiti and now ‘adopts a style and focus which is both beautiful and performative, firm in its discussion...
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Art Culture
October 12, 2020
1842

Bond, James Bollinger 007

Now what better way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the partnership between Champagne maker Bollinger and the James Bond franchise than to release a limited edition of the bubbly, yes please! Bollinger first made its appearance in the eleventh Bond movie Moonraker in 1979 starring Roger Moore. Coming in a cool pewter space shuttle...
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International liquor
October 10, 2020
2429

Overcome your smartphone addiction

Who would have thought that of all the addictions in the world the smartphone would be one, we’re not talking about the connectivity to the rest of the world but the movements our hands make when using them from swiping, scrolling, pinching etc. Now to help you recover from the withdrawal symptoms designer Klemens Schillinger has created...
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Design
October 9, 2020
1950

Dive in style with Panerai

Wow, now this a beauty. We haven’t featured a Panerai watch on TheNews before, but what a great one to start off with the Submersible Bronzo. This watch could be easily be worn to the opera let alone diving. Now lets get into some specs it’s got a 47mm solid bronze case, natural leather band...
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Design Style Timepieces
October 8, 2020
2197

1969 Holden Hurricane, Melbourne

Everything old is new again! How true that is especially with this restored 1969 Holden Hurricane, Melbourne. Painstakingly restored by factory workers (who volunteered) this was originally a concept car. But it’s amazing how many of its features were ahead of its time that we take as normal for today. It had  automatic air-conditioning, a rear...
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Australia Auto Melbourne Victoria
October 6, 2020
2068

The Joshua Tree House

No it’s no the new album cover for U2’s 1987 The Joshua Tree, it’s a house made of shipping contains in the Californian desert. With it’s shape representing the famed tree, it was designed by James Whitaker of Whitaker Studios for a studio producer and his wife. While we could whittle out all its specs and...
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Architecture
October 4, 2020
2119

Time for a break have a sushi Kit Kat

Now who said Kit Kats can’t be healthy, well they can with the opening of a new specialty store in Ginza, Tokyo. They come in three different flavours,  tuna, sea urchin and egg. But there’s a catch (no pun intended) they’re only available to customers who spend over  ¥3,000 JPY ($34 Aussie dollars). But they’re not all...
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Food International
October 3, 2020
1944

Crete Ring House, ouáou! (wow in Greek)

Yasou! Nestled away on a Greek hillside in Agia Galini, Crete is this concept three-building compound by decaACHITECTURE. Started in 2012-13, the main house (the ring) has been completed and rest is yet to come. At quick glance it’s not your typical Greek house but exudes the best of Greek architecture. It is 165 nautical miles from the Sahara...
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Architecture Design Style
October 2, 2020
2390

CODE-X

Now I don’t think you’d be seeing this anytime soon on the Sydney Harbour, not unless they’re filming the new James Bond film. The CODE X yacht concept made in Switzerland is a 47 foot catamaran with a whopping 710hp (twin F1 engines) with all the mod cons, LED touchscreens, solar/hybrid power, a GPS virtual...
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Design International Yachts
September 29, 2020
2301

Yellow Treehouse Restaurant

Remember when you were young and always wanted a tree house, well you can still live that dream, with this awe inspiring yellow pod, The Yellow Treehouse Restaurant in New Zealand. Constructed on a 40 metre high redwood tree and is 10 above the ground, it was part of a Yellow Pages marketing campaign. The 10...
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Architecture Restaurants
September 28, 2020
2973

Louis Vuitton x Off-White x Air Jordan 1

New York based artist richierange, Ceeze and RelevantCustoms have collaborated to produce these “Off-Louis” special edition Louis Vuitton Air Jordan 1 Sneakers. These shoes were to celebrate Virgil Abloh as menswear designer at LV and bare similar traits to the one’s he did. Virgil is also founder and CEO of Milan-based Off-White.
Culture Fashion Sport Style
September 27, 2020
3233

Monopoly Luxury Edition Board Game

Now you can ‘Go Straight To Jail’ in style with this luxury edition of the world famous board game Monopoly.  Forget those old plastic tokens, houses and hotels they are now plated die-cast and they sit nicely on a gorgeous wood cabinet with burled veneer panels and decorative metal plaque board. This new high-end version...
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Culture Style
September 25, 2020
2517

New Chocolate flavour ‘Ruby’!

Well it’s only taken 80’s years but Milk, Dark & White chocolate (which was the last one, introduced by Nestle) now have a new friend ‘Ruby’. Discovered by Swiss cocoa company Barry Callebaut the ruby chocolate is naturally pink. The flavour described as “a tension between berry-fruitiness and luscious smoothness” the company says, and has been 13...
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Food
September 24, 2020
1933

Lamborghini Disintergation X

Ever wanted to know what a Lamborghini looks like when it’s blown up? Well Lamborghini Disintegrating X is pretty much it. This amazing print is by renowned Swiss photographer Fabian Oefner and took nearly two years complete. The 1972 Lamborghini Miura SV looks like its exploded but its 1,500 separate images. put together to create this incredible...
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