MG Leonard book titled Tale of a Toothbrush, which follows the journey of a single plastic toothbrush is a must read.
Sunday, August 11, 2019
Diamond Jewelry: 700 Years Of Glory And Glamour
A richly illustrated social history of diamond jewelry. Collector's Edition.
Useful link:
https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/diamond-jewelry-700-years-of-glory-and-glamour-hardcover
Useful link:
https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/diamond-jewelry-700-years-of-glory-and-glamour-hardcover
Hot Carbon: Carbon-14 And A Revolution In Science
Hot Carbon: Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science by John Marra is a must read.
Random Thoughts
Shaun Tomson is a South African surfer who was the 1977 surfing world champion. Tomson absolutely ripped at Pipeline, giving Gerry Lopez and Rory Russell a run for their money. He is a very quiet, humble man who would charge the biggest, gnarliest waves and make it look easy. He helped make professional surfing a reality, whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is an exercise to the reader. Tomson assembled a code of collective wisdom to help surfers make it through the humdrum of life.
. I will never turn my back on the ocean.
. I will paddle around the impact zone.
. I will take the drop with commitment.
. I will never fight a rip tide.
. I will watch out for other surfers.
. There will always be another wave.
. I will always ride into shore.
. I will honor the sport of kings.
. I will pass along my stroke.
. I will catch a wave every day.
All surfers are connected by one ocean. Every one of Shaun's gems has a corollary that can be applied to life in general.
My Race Horse App
Horse racing is called the sport of kings for a reason. The high costs associated with buying, training and racing thoroughbreds limits the sport to a very select few who have both the will and financial means to take on those burdens. But a new, first-of-its-kind mobile app called MyRaceHorse is aiming to open horse ownership up to everyone with the time, money and a smartphone.
Lange 1 Daymatic 25th Anniversary
At the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva in January, the revered German watchmaker A. Lange & Söhne introduced a special 25th anniversary collection comprising 10 models, each highlighting a milestone in the Lange 1 family of timepieces.
Last week, at Classic Days Schloss Dyck in Düsseldorf, Germany’s biggest classic car event, the brand unveiled the eighth model in the collection, the Lange 1 Daymatic “25th Anniversary,” whose 39.5 mm white gold case, argenté-colored, recessed dial and blued steel hands reinterpret the original Lange 1 Daymatic, introduced in 2010 (itself a self-winding mirror-image version of the very first Lange 1, a 1994 manual-wind timepiece that has spawned numerous iterations).
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Big Pilot's Watch Edition Right Hander
IWC Schaffhausen has, for the first time in its history, produced a model designed with southpaws in mind: the Big Pilot’s Watch Edition “Right-Hander,” a 46.2 mm style featuring a conical-shaped crown on the left side of the case, at 9 o’clock. Take a look.
Darjeeling Tea And Climate Change
It's not all gloom and doom for tea lovers. Latest molecular tools and techniques will become the solution provider.
Useful link:
https://qz.com/india/1684339/indian-scientists-work-on-climate-change-resilient-darjeeling-tea
Useful link:
https://qz.com/india/1684339/indian-scientists-work-on-climate-change-resilient-darjeeling-tea
Ben Thomas' Vivid Snapshots
I had to look thrice. Stunningly colorful and realistic. Take a look.
Useful links:
http://benthomas.co
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/ben-thomas-chroma-series/index.html
Useful links:
http://benthomas.co
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/ben-thomas-chroma-series/index.html
Re:Frame-You Have Got Style
Explore the connection between style and identity.
Useful links:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/fierce-pride-and-passion-rhinestone-fashion-180972778
https://americanart.si.edu/videos/reframe
Useful links:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/fierce-pride-and-passion-rhinestone-fashion-180972778
https://americanart.si.edu/videos/reframe
The Enduring Design Legacy Of Chanel, Dali And Verdura
There is no one like Verdura.
Useful link:
http://www.thejewelleryeditor.com/jewellery/vintage/article/enduring-design-legacy-chanel-dali-and-verdura
Useful link:
http://www.thejewelleryeditor.com/jewellery/vintage/article/enduring-design-legacy-chanel-dali-and-verdura
Summit Series
Get to know Summit Series, an exclusive event series launched in 2008 that has since evolved into an ambitious real estate development in the posh ski resort area of Eden, Utah. This unorthodox residential clubhouse is located within walking distance of newly established homes housing the global elite. It is one of several ways the invite-only group intends to facilitate high-powered connections.
Friday, August 09, 2019
LVMH Announces Inaugural Dubai Watch Exhibition For 2020
A new trend is on the rise: individual watch summits. I hope it works.
Useful links:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertanaas/2019/06/14/lvmh-announces-dubai-watch-exhibition-watch-summits-may-well-be-the-next-unveiling-trend/#1ec9fbd52f73
https://www.lvmh.com
Useful links:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertanaas/2019/06/14/lvmh-announces-dubai-watch-exhibition-watch-summits-may-well-be-the-next-unveiling-trend/#1ec9fbd52f73
https://www.lvmh.com
Who Gives A Crap
Get to know Simon Griffiths, Jehan Ratnatunga, and Danny Alexander. Half of the companies profits is donated to help build toilets in the developing world.
Useful link:
https://au.whogivesacrap.org
Useful link:
https://au.whogivesacrap.org
Dior's Hand-blown Glass Straws
Dior, the French fashion house introduced a £120 box (about $146 at current exchange) of six hand-blown glass straws designed to take the place of the plastic versions found in many restaurants and coffee shops. They’re also a lot more fun to look at than their stainless steel cousins, whose ubiquity among the environmentally conscious is growing. Half of Dior’s set is hand painted in metallic gold, and the other half features a spiral of the paint that extends for the length of the straws. Take a look.
Thursday, August 08, 2019
Jabil’s Manufacturing Leap
I have never heard of Jabil. Have you?. Jabil is the way to the digital future.
Useful links:
https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Jabils-manufacturing-leap?gko=562ec
https://www.jabil.com
Useful links:
https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Jabils-manufacturing-leap?gko=562ec
https://www.jabil.com
How This Entrepreneur Wants To Connect Africa's Economy To The World Using Diamonds
I wish Jeremy Dahan of DiamDEXX good luck.
Useful links:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/334888
https://www.diamdexx.com
Useful links:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/334888
https://www.diamdexx.com
Shame Plane
There is a direct link between air travel and the loss of Arctic sea ice. Alongside developer Dennis Mårtensson, Victor Müller has launched a website, Shame Plane, to help others understand the impact of our air travel.
Enter your departure city and your destination and the website gives you the carbon emissions of your flight, as well as how much Arctic ice it would melt. The site also compares the flight to individual actions that reduce emissions like using LED bulbs, going vegetarian, and giving up driving. Will you?
VIP RPM
The catalogue, dubbed the VIP RPM collection, consists of an impressive 7,000 LPs, 45s and 78s. Thousands are still factory sealed and have never been played, including records from Eric Clapton, Queen, Rush, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Elvis and more. And it’s carefully organized by genre, with tunes from the ’60s to jazz, as well as soundtracks, compilations and comedy.
Old is gold. One of a kind collection.
ReSec Watch
Chronoswiss, the Swiss brand’s latest model, the Flying Grand Regulator Open Gear Retrograde Second (ReSec for short), is bound to make collectors with a penchant for bold color take notice. Take a look.
The Museum Of Weed
The new Museum of Weed in Los Angeles, the 30,000 square-foot space, which opened on August 3 will run through September 29, including interactive exhibits, art installations, historical artifacts, and more that according to organizers aims to shed light on the tie between cannabis prohibition and racially disparate policies in hopes to drive advocacy and reform efforts. It’s also a marketing exercise from cannabis-focused web and mobile platform Weedmaps, created with Vice’s creative agency Virtue.
Embr Labs
Embr Labs is a startup founded by three MIT PhD students who were frustrated by the fact that their lab was always freezing cold during the summer, even when there were only a few people in the building.
Wouldn’t it make sense to provide cooling devices to each individual inside the lab instead of using insane amounts of energy to chill vast spaces? Their solution is a small, $299 device called the Embr Wave that you wear on the inside of your wrist. At the press of a button, a ceramic plate that sits next to your skin gets really cold, providing you a bit of relief by targeting the sensitive thermoreceptor nerves that sit on the inside of your wrist. The company claims that, because Embr would allow people to cool themselves rather than their entire office or home, it could translate to energy savings of between 15% and 35% of a building’s overall cooling costs. Take note.
Wednesday, August 07, 2019
Place Vendôme: Jewellers Change Settings – For Customers And Gemstones
Paris-based jewelry houses opens new ways of making and marketing for good.
Useful link:
https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/suzyjewels-place-vendome-jewellers-change-settings-for-customers-and-gemstones
Useful link:
https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/suzyjewels-place-vendome-jewellers-change-settings-for-customers-and-gemstones
Alastair Humphreys
Get to know Alastair Humphreys, a well-known British adventurer, author, and blogger.
Useful link:
https://www.alastairhumphreys.com
Useful link:
https://www.alastairhumphreys.com
Lucapa Recovers A 64 Carat Diamond At Mothae Mine In Lesotho
Development work at the Mothae mine in Lesotho has paid off for Lucapa Diamond Company, with the discovery of a 64-carat rough, the highest-quality diamond found at the deposit to date.
The miner recovered the D-color, type IIa stone at Mothae’s higher-margin southern pit, it said Tuesday. Lucapa began production in that area in the past month, following the construction of a dam enabling it to remove water. The company intends to continue processing from that portion of the site through the end of the year, it noted.
The recovery of this exceptional 64-carat gem represents a great start to mining campaign in the higher-margin zones in the southern pit at Mothae. The company began commercial production at Mothae at the end of 2018.
Many thanks to Rapaport.
Vladimir Grib Diamond
AGD Diamonds has unearthed three rough stones over 100 carats from its Grib mine in Russia, including one it claims is Europe’s largest.
The company found the 222.09-carat stone on May 4, and named it Vladimir Grib in honor of AGD’s former chief geologist.
The second stone, found on May 3, weighs 127.34 carats. The miner has called it Elisey Verichev, paying tribute to the AGD veteran who discovered the Lomonosov and Grib deposits. On July 18, the company discovered a 212.53-carat rough, which it named Lev Rovnin, after the former minister of geology of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, who oversaw the discovery and development of the diamond deposits at Arkhangelsk.
AGD, which operates the Grib mine, is owned by Otkritie Holding, a Russian company that purchased the business from Lukoil for $1.45 billion in 2017. While 5% of production remains in Russia for sale by the government, the remainder is exported to the group’s Grib Diamonds subsidiary in Antwerp.
All About That Case
The March / April 2019 issue of JCK included a story titled All About That Case in which a series of jewelry displays were beautifully and thoughtfully produced by prop stylist Beverley Hyde.
In it, the use of props—weathered wood and antique collectibles, organic elements like fresh flowers nestled in moss, or upended mushrooms paired with snow-white, rough-edged stones— added a storytelling element. Which, in turn, created a feeling of wonder and discovery, especially if customers were used to shopping for jewelry in more sterile environments.
Take a look at K Crook Design. Everything is a treasure. There are no rules.
Tuesday, August 06, 2019
A Sustainable Version Of Componibili Storage Units
The storage unit is constructed from a bio-plastic made from a agricultural waste. Take a look.
Useful links:
https://robbreport.com/shelter/home-design/kartell-componibili-bioplastic-sustainable-2854405
http://www.kartell.com/gb/storage-furniture_cod58016214pp.html
http://www.bio-on.it
Useful links:
https://robbreport.com/shelter/home-design/kartell-componibili-bioplastic-sustainable-2854405
http://www.kartell.com/gb/storage-furniture_cod58016214pp.html
http://www.bio-on.it
The Future Of Women At Work
Insightful solutions should become available for both women and men. Both are in the same pit, but in different areas.
Useful link:
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/gender-equality/the-future-of-women-at-work-transitions-in-the-age-of-automation
Useful link:
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/gender-equality/the-future-of-women-at-work-transitions-in-the-age-of-automation
Inside The Amrapali Gem Bar At Harrods
Hats off to Sameer Lilani.
Useful links:
https://www.globalblue.com/destinations/uk/london/inside-the-amrapali-gem-bar-at-harrods#slide1
http://www.amrapalijewels.com
Useful links:
https://www.globalblue.com/destinations/uk/london/inside-the-amrapali-gem-bar-at-harrods#slide1
http://www.amrapalijewels.com
Bringing Back The Brooch
A good storytelling jewelry.
Useful links:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bethbernstein/2019/08/05/bringing-back-the-brooch/#9b9770c5278f
http://newyorkantiquejewelryandwatchshow.com
Useful links:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bethbernstein/2019/08/05/bringing-back-the-brooch/#9b9770c5278f
http://newyorkantiquejewelryandwatchshow.com
How Dior’s Victoire de Castellane’s Gem Of An Idea Began On A Post-it
I am a huge fan. Her colored stone designs are always full of surprises.
Useful link:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/3021475/how-diors-victoire-de-castellanes-gem-idea-began-post
Useful link:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/3021475/how-diors-victoire-de-castellanes-gem-idea-began-post
eSports Course
eSports: Ohio State University is preparing students interested in competitive gaming with an interdisciplinary education ranging from business management to coaching to gaming development. Take note.
Cannabis Course
The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy has announced the launch of a master’s degree in medical cannabis science and therapeutics. The two-year program starts in late August, which also is when the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia will offer the first of four courses in a new MBA option for students interested in studying the cannabis industry. And in Canada, which last year became the second country in the world to legalize weed nationwide, McGill University plans to offer a graduate degree in cannabis production starting in 2020.
2019 Drone Awards
Take a look at the winning images from the 2019 Drone Awards competition which will be on display at the "Sky's the Limit" exhibition during the Siena Awards Photo Festival, which begins on October 25.
Félix Vallotton
Swiss-born artist Félix Vallotton's paintings and woodcuts are the subject of a major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art in London. Don't miss.
B.K. Mookim Donates 1401 Carat Aquamarine To The Smithsonian
Jeweler Bhupendra K. Mookim has made a donation to the Mineral and Gem Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, D.C., in the form of a natural, no-heat, 1,401 ct. aquamarine.
The stone, which is estimated to have been cut and polished roughly 100 years ago, is now the largest aquamarine in the Smithsonian’s collection.
Mookim belongs to a family of jewelers, whose history in the business dates back 17 generations, even serving as the jeweler for the royal family of Jaipur.
Today, Mookim strives to be an ethical gem merchant, sourcing materials from conflict-free mines. For more on Mookim’s business, visit spbgems.com.
Monday, August 05, 2019
How Iran Was Swindled Out Of $3.2 Trillion
Why it took so long for the Iranians to figure it out?
Useful link:
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/How-Iran-Was-Swindled-Out-Of-32-Trillion.html
Useful link:
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/How-Iran-Was-Swindled-Out-Of-32-Trillion.html
Why We Keep Playing The Lottery
We are the children of marketing Gods. And so we continue to play.
Useful link:
http://nautil.us/issue/73/play/why-we-keep-playing-the-lottery-rp
Useful link:
http://nautil.us/issue/73/play/why-we-keep-playing-the-lottery-rp
Artificial Intelligence Generates Humans’ Faces Based On Their Voices
What's next? The real world application for Speech2Face will be phenomenal. Stay tuned.
Use link:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artificial-intelligence-generates-humans-faces-based-their-voices-180972402
Use link:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artificial-intelligence-generates-humans-faces-based-their-voices-180972402
Robinson Pelham's New Jewelry Collections
Check out for Robinson Pelham and the unique collection of interchangeable earrings and rings.
Useful link:
https://www.robinsonpelham.com
Useful link:
https://www.robinsonpelham.com
Surround Jewelry Collection
Last year Brazilian designer Fernando Jorge debuted one of his most visually dynamic collections to date (also my favorite of the entire year).
This year, new materials bring new life into the Surround collection, from lapis lazuli’s saturated blue shade to labradorite’s alluring luminescence.
Unveiled at the Couture jewelry trade show this year, chrysoprase, diamond, Paraiba tourmaline and 18-karat yellow gold earrings were a fan favorite.
Their price is available upon request. For more info, log on to Fernando Jorge website.
Many thanks to AD.
How To Become Parisian In One Hour
Get to know Olivier Giraud, a French comedian who has been sharing insights into French culture for over a decade with his one man show, How to become Parisian in One Hour.
How A Padron Is Made
Like many Cuban natives, the late Jose O. Padrón fled Cuba during the 1960s and settled in Miami. With just $600, he started his eponymous cigar company, hiring one employee who rolled cigars by day, which Padrón hawked at Miami’s many Cuban cafeterias at night. Equipped with memories of his family’s own Cuban tobacco farm, he knew what a great cigar should smell and taste like, and that was his benchmark. He began tinkering with tobacco from Brazil, Puerto Rico and elsewhere until he stumbled across habano leaf from Nicaragua, the closest in quality to what his family grew. From there, the business took off.
Sunday, August 04, 2019
Yugodom
Designer Mario Milakovic has turned his passion for vintage into Yugodom, a curated museum collection in the form of a guesthouse, or more simply, a stay-over museum. Yugodom showcases an original Yugoslav mid-century home with furniture, décor and memorabilia from the Yugoslav era and all with the original “Made in Yugoslavia” tag. Must visit.
Mobius
Mobius, a company in the current cohort of the Techstars Sustainability Accelerator is developing plastics that can biodegrade. The pot is the first application of the material. Take a look.
WeChat Is Watching
WeChat is a social ecosystem with endless features. Users are sucked into a technological magnetic field pretty fast. Once in, it's very difficult to get out.
Useful link:
http://nautil.us/issue/73/play/wechat-is-watching
Useful link:
http://nautil.us/issue/73/play/wechat-is-watching
This Performance Art Piece Is Being Served Up With Tasty, Warm Bowls Of Curry
Brilliant idea. I liked it. Get to know Rirkrit Tiravanija.
Useful link:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/performance-art-piece-served-warm-bowls-curry-tasty-180972383
Useful link:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/performance-art-piece-served-warm-bowls-curry-tasty-180972383
The Mosquito: A Human History Of Our Deadliest Predator
Timothy C. Winegard's new book, The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator is a must read.
Hypergiant
Get to know Ben Lamm, the founder of Hypergiant, an AI products and services company that solves the biggest problems of today and tomorrow.
Saturday, August 03, 2019
A Digital Solution For Plastic Waste
Just do it. Hats off to The Bounties Network.
Useful links:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190613-a-simple-online-system-that-could-end-plastic-pollution
https://bounties.network
Useful links:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190613-a-simple-online-system-that-could-end-plastic-pollution
https://bounties.network
China’s Herd Of Unicorns
China will become a global giant in all known domains.
Useful links:
https://www.hurun.net
https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Chinas-herd-of-unicorns?gko=5a81d
Useful links:
https://www.hurun.net
https://www.strategy-business.com/article/Chinas-herd-of-unicorns?gko=5a81d
Lab Grown Diamonds Are Shaking Up The Industry
Yes, to a certain level.
Useful link:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-08-01/lab-grown-diamonds-are-shaking-up-the-industry-video
Useful link:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-08-01/lab-grown-diamonds-are-shaking-up-the-industry-video
Freshwater Bead-Cultured Pearls With Multiple Features Of Interest
Insightful analytical observation.
Useful link:
https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/spring-2019-labnotes-freshwater-bead-cultured-pearls-with-multiple-features-of-interest
Useful link:
https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/spring-2019-labnotes-freshwater-bead-cultured-pearls-with-multiple-features-of-interest
Native Copper Inclusions In Indonesian Purple Chalcedony
One of a kind gem inclusion. Take a look.
Useful link:
https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/spring-2019-microworld-native-copper-inclusions-in-indonesian-purple-chalcedony
Useful link:
https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/spring-2019-microworld-native-copper-inclusions-in-indonesian-purple-chalcedony
Fear Is My Homeboy
Get to know author Judi Holler, trained in improv, a professional speaker and consultant who just wrote a book on managing fear, Fear Is My Homeboy.
Random Thoughts
Find something where people spend on it every single day. These are careers that actually can help you provide for your family forever.
Jaquet Droz's Magic Lotus Automation Wrist Watch
All watches tell the time. But the new Magic Lotus Automaton wristwatch from Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz, a specialist in what the brand calls the art of mechanical astonishment depicts an Eden-like garden replete with budding lotus flowers and frolicking koi fish.
Introduced in May, the extraordinary timepiece required three years of development, which is easy to understand when you see the graceful poetry on its sophisticated dial.
Art Car
Ask any car buff and they’ll tell you that the right car can be a piece of art. While that may sound like hyperbole, it can also be true—literally. Need proof? Check out the 1979 BMW M1 that Andy Warhol painted just before it raced at Le Mans.
The Bavarian automaker has just released a new photoset featuring the artful sports car to celebrate its 40th birthday. Shot by Stephan Bauer, the winner of the company’s “Shootout 2018” contest, the photos make clear why BMW Art Car Number Four is still the most famous entry in the project.
Provoke Insights
Get to know consumer market research firm Provoke Insights to identify a target consumer.
Friday, August 02, 2019
How Do Scientists Date Fossils?
Selecting a suitable dating technique is an important step to obtaining a meaningful and accurate age.
Useful link:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-do-scientists-date-fossils-180972391
Useful link:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-do-scientists-date-fossils-180972391
How Will Cultured Meat And Meat Alternatives Disrupt The Agricultural And Food Industry?
Technology. Innovation. Consumer Acceptance.
Useful link:
https://www.atkearney.com/retail/article/?/a/how-will-cultured-meat-and-meat-alternatives-disrupt-the-agricultural-and-food-industry
Useful link:
https://www.atkearney.com/retail/article/?/a/how-will-cultured-meat-and-meat-alternatives-disrupt-the-agricultural-and-food-industry
Decoding The Personalization Paradox
The USA's National Retail Federation and GfK (Growth from Knowledge) a digital research agency, have produced and published a white paper, entitled "Decoding the Personalization Paradox." The paper is to help retailers and brands apply "personalization at scale" and allows its users to learn more about consumers' needs, desires and concerns about targeting and personalization and how marketers can use this information to guide smarter decision-making as they ramp up one-to-one marketing.The report can be downloaded HERE from the NRF's website.
Among others, the report has found that:
90 percent of Americans report at least one major source of stress in their lives as suggesting a need for time-saving, personalized solutions;
50 percent of U.S. consumers report the brands they buy are an expression of themselves;
63 percent of Millennials like when a website keeps track of their activities and makes recommendations to them;
58 percent of all consumers are increasingly skeptical about trusting technology.
Insightful report.
The Helm
Enter the Helm, a venture capital fund founded by long-time activist Lindsey Taylor Wood. Wood, whose activism career spans everything from the Brooklyn Museum to Rashida Jones, had a simple vision for the Helm: to give female-founded products and companies a platform and means by which to connect with the consumer. The results are nearly $1.5 million of seed capital invested in 11 companies across the country. The next step, then, was an e-commerce arm to match.
Harmony Collection
In July, during Haute Couture fashion week in Paris, jewelry designer Ana Khouri presented her latest haute joaillerie collection, Harmony, at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, just as she did last year.
She opted once again to showcase the jewels on models clad in white, an effective platform for demonstrating the grandeur of the pieces and how they elegantly, and fluidly, highlight the contours of the body.
Thursday, August 01, 2019
Telecube
An enclosure of just 1.2 square meters (13 sq. feet), the soundproof Telecube will have a seat, desk and power outlets. Mitsubishi Estate Co., together with office furniture maker Okamura Corp. video-conferencing software vendor V-Cube Inc., and Telecube Inc. plan to install 1,000 of the boxes by 2023.
I liked it.
The Next Big Phones Could Bring A Billion People Online
Let's hope for the best. Today greater internet access correlates with everything in life.
Useful link:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-06-07/the-next-big-phones-could-bring-a-billion-people-online?srnd=businessweek-v2
Useful link:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-06-07/the-next-big-phones-could-bring-a-billion-people-online?srnd=businessweek-v2
Sea Time
Get to know Aaron Sigmond and Mark Bernado.
Useful link:
https://robbreport.com/style/watch-collector/sea-time-the-new-rizzoli-book-about-watches-made-for-the-ocean-2853745
Useful link:
https://robbreport.com/style/watch-collector/sea-time-the-new-rizzoli-book-about-watches-made-for-the-ocean-2853745
The Race To Become The Beyond Meat Of Fish
Get to know AquaBounty Technologies.
Useful links:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-12/there-s-already-a-race-to-become-the-beyond-meat-of-fish?srnd=premium-asia
https://aquabounty.com
Useful links:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-12/there-s-already-a-race-to-become-the-beyond-meat-of-fish?srnd=premium-asia
https://aquabounty.com
Random Thoughts
The quest for new forms of money hasn’t gone away. In June of this year, Facebook unveiled Libra, global currency that draws on the architecture of Bitcoin. The idea is that the value of the new money is derived not from the imprimatur of any state but from a combination of mathematics, global connectedness, and the trust that resides in the world’s biggest social network. That’s the plan, anyway. How safe is it? How do we know what libras or bitcoins are worth, or whether they’re worth anything? Satoshi Nakamoto’s acolytes would immediately turn those questions around and ask, How do you know what the cash in your pocket is worth?
Watch Art Grand Exhibition
Patek Philippe has officially announced its fifth Watch Art Grand Exhibition will take place in Singapore from September 28th through October 13th. The last time the watchmaker held a Grand Exhibition was two years ago in New York City and the event has reached such a cult-like status among those who attended that people are still talking about it. Patek Philippe has also hosted exhibitions in London (2015), Munich (2013), and Dubai (2012). The Singapore edition, however, is not to be missed for serious Patek Philippe collectors and enthusiasts—this show will be the watchmaker’s largest exhibition yet.
Life At Home
Ikea has been on a mission to better understand people’s relationships with their homes by doing in-depth sociological studies of its consumers. The company publishes its finding in its annual Life at Home report, which began in 2014. Last year’s report involved visiting the houses and apartments of 22,000 people across 22 countries to better understand what everyday living looks like in today’s world.
What Ikea found was that our fundamental notions of home and family are experiencing a transformation. Plenty of demographic research suggests that major changes in where and how we live could be afoot: For instance, people who marry later may spend more years living with roommates. If couples delay having children—or choose to remain child-free—they may choose to live longer in smaller apartments. As people live longer, we might find more multigenerational homes, as parents, children, and grandchildren all cohabit under one roof.
Insightful report.
Jet Set Candy
Nicole Parker King, is the founder and chief executive officer of emerging fine and demi-fine jewelry brand Jet Set Candy. The brand opened its first-ever retail store within the bustling, increasingly high-end retail walkways of the iconic train station on July 25. It sits in a great spot—right next to upscale luggage store Tumi and across from bougie candle and perfume purveyor Diptyque.
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