Unlike conventional in-wall and in-ceiling speakers, ARTCOUSTIC loudspeakers hang on the wall like picture frames yet deliver the performance you’d expect from large “box” speakers. They are a perfect match for plasma TVs and other flat-panel TVs. The removable front screens are available in dozens of elegant fabrics, and can be printed with artwork or photography. Designed and engineered in Denmark ARTCOUSTIC employs proprietary technologies to produce superb, full-range sound for music and home theater.

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Acer goes from the brilliant red design of the Acer Ferrari 3000 to a more conservative—but just as sleek—black checkered design. It retains some of the cool-looking red streaks along the side and front edge of the notebook, and yes, the yellow prancing horse emblem still graces the center of the notebook. The cover is made from carbon fiber, which is stronger and lighter than aluminum. (Acer uses it only in its Ferrari line.) The interior of the Ferrari 4000 has a rubberized coating, perhaps emulating the look of Formula One tires. The keyboard has an ergonomic smile contour to it, which is okay for typing but takes a few minutes to get used to. The only real design complaint we have is that the mouse buttons are a bit noisy when pressed.

via pcmag.com

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The unique Premium Touch fridge-freezer, called the “Eye-catcher”, with its gloss black colour and elegant door, features 7,000 hand-embedded crystals from the world famous Swarovski. This black refrigerator – eye-catcher - is a unique appliance, with fewer than 10 being produced. The Gorenje Swarovski fridge-freezers crystallized with Swarovski represent a new generation of cooling appliances, featuring a myriad of advanced functions. The high-tech, 200 cm-high, user-friendly appliance is controlled by a touch screen mounted at eye-level on the fridge door. The touch control panel allows adjustment of the various settings of the appliance, displays the temperatures and warns of any problems. It is also the user interface for the built-in radio, recipe book and voice memo recorder/player. Premium touch appliances are also environment-friendly as they are classified as A+ energy rated.

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Type 119B Gravity racer

Type 119c soapbox

July 1, 2006 The rise in popularity of gravity (aka soapbox) racing has been spectacular in recent years, and one of the most successful teams has been the Lotus team from the famous motorsport constructor and design studio. Now the team is heading for a showdown at the Brooklands Museum Soapbox Derby on 16 July, 2006. The Lotus Type 119c soapbox racer is the reigning Goodwood Festival of Speed Gravity Racing champion and record holder, beating Bentley and B.A.R in the final event held in 2004. Following the omission of the downhill event from the crowded Goodwood Festival of Speed line-up, attention has turned to the Extreme Gravity Racing (XGR) Series in the USA, and the UK-based Brooklands Soapbox Derby which ran for the first time last year, being won by the gravity racer of another famous motorsport group – Lola. Accordingly, two unbeaten cars will face off for the Brooklands title. The closed-cockpit Lotus Type 119c “streamliner” features an aerodynamically-efficient ultra-light carbon-fibre monocoque, remaining true to the “performance through light weight” philosophy of Lotus founder Colin Chapman.

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The Puzzle wine rack design enables Interlocking of units both horizontally and vertically, creating different configuration and color combinations. Designed by Gideon Dagan who is best known for his innovative Perpetual Calendar and Timesphere Clock designed for The Museum of Modern Art. To check out more of Gideon’s work click on the web link below.

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The six-piece set of emoticons designed as different color cushions is good for all children—one-to hundred-year-olds. Ridibundi can be used for cushioning for a great night’s sleep or scattered on the desk, or put on a shelf below the rear window of a car.

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Looking for something stylish, contemporary and well designed to warm you this winter? Try the Riviera fireplace by Dutch designer Jort Mercuur. This innovative piece takes fire right “out of the box” to create a warm and highly contemporary addition to your living space. Designed for use inside the home and out.

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The stands at the Salone del Mobile are always the fruit of the vision of Massimo Morozzi, the firm?s art director. The displays are assembled with products from the collection, with no extraneous elements, and are configured according to a specific palette chosen each year to highlight a trend. The calibrated arrangement of the pieces, emphasised by the theatrical use of white and coloured light, constructs an atmosphere capable of exalting the uniqueness of the products, embracing them in a unitary image to be read as the manifestation of a more general idea of the company.

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