Not much of a suspense anymore, here’s what was found inside the giant hourglass at Moscow’s Red Square– the new BMW 7series!  Read more about the car here

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No the suspense is not over yet! This is just the second teaser. The giant exhibit we told you about turned out to be a giant hourglass at Moscow’s Red Square, perhaps the world’s largest. The hourglass is the official countdown to something bigger in the works by BMW.

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Calling all budding designers studying design/arts at any of the UAE universities! Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) takes an active interest not only in hotshot bankers but also the creative talent of the country. The financial hub of Dubai has launched a competition for student designers in UAE to come up with contemporary designs for [...]

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Michael Laude and the Bose Corporate Design Center were selected as the “design team of the year 2008″. Issued annually since 1988, the award honours design teams that set standards through continuous design innovation. Among the former recipients are the teams from BMW, LG Electronics, adidas, Pininfarina, Nokia, Apple, Siemens, and frogdesign. The Bose [...]

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Look who was spotted at Design Miami/Basel yesterday! Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt, is much into design and architecture and ranks Frank Lloyd Wright and Jean Nouvel amongst his favourite architects. He named Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt after the star-architect after all.
Having recently announced plans to build an eco-friendly resort in Dubai, Pitt attended Design Miami/Basel fair [...]

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Twenty-eight Leading International Design Galleries are set to Participate in Design Miami/ Basel 2008
Twenty-one Returning and Seven New Galleries Will Represent the Extraordinary Scope of Historic and Contemporary Design at Design Miami/ Basel - Switzerland / June 2 – 5, 2008.
Design Miami/ Basel, the premier global forum for collecting, exhibiting, discussing and creating limited-edition design, [...]

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Terzani, a leading manufacturer of luxury Italian lighting, partnered with Barlas Baylar of Hudson Furniture, to create Atlantis, a stunning new chandelier. Designed by Baylar and manufactured by Terzani, Atlantis incorporates four miles of delicate nickel chain, looped and draped from three organically shaped metal bands to form a series of shimmering metallic tiers.

“My goal [...]

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Move over Victoria Beckham, Katie Holmes, Beyoncé et al. The unstoppable Mr. Armani has turned his attention from red carpet to football fields and is dressing up the Chelsea boys, but for off-pitch formal wear only.
The team will be kitted out in a single-breasted, two-button navy blue crease-resistant lightweight wool gabardine suit, with flat-front, straight-legged [...]

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Internationally acclaimed Egyptian photographer Youssef Nabil presents a solo exhibition of his photographs at the newly opened The Third Line Gallery in Doha, Qatar. The new gallery that has already firmly entrenched itself in Dubai as an arbiter of contemporary Middle Eastern art scene, opened at the Souk Waqif Arts Centre with the inaugural Youssef [...]

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Dubai’s Lomography chapter, led by shutterbug Hind Mezaina is organising an interesting exhibition called the Incredible Holga and Wonder Diana, which explores the history and use of two of the most popular Lomography cameras- Holga and Diana.
The exhibition will open at The Jam Jar from May 19- June 2, 2008.

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