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Now We Know Which Watch James Bond Will Wear In 'Skyfall'
Whatever you think of him, James Bond persists as a force in our culture. In honor of this iconic fictional character, Christie’s presents 50 Years of James Bond—The Auction. Since our focus here on...
View ArticleWiggle Side Chair by Frank Gehry for Vitra
Meet the Wiggle Side Chair created by Frank Gehry in 1972. Frank Gehry is well known for his use of unusual materials. With his “Easy Edges” furniture series for Vitra, he succeeded in giving a new...
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The 10 Biggest Gas-Guzzling Cars On The Market
As the average price of a gallon of regular gas varies between $3.50 and $4 nationwide, fuel efficiency remains prized among the new cars most people buy. But some drivers are too rich to care about...
View ArticleSir Richard Branson’s Australian Island
Today’s Pursuitist Daily Dream Home isn’t a home, it’s an island. Sir Richard Branson’s Australian island, to be exact. Branson purchased Makepease Island, on Noosa River, Australia, in 2003. During...
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10 Amazing Wine Resorts Around The World
Late summer and early autumn, when most wine producers begin harvesting the season’s vintage, are some of the most exciting weeks of the year for oenophiles. It is a crucial time—grape ripeness and...
View ArticleRedwoods Treehouse Restaurant in Auckland, New Zealand
Here’s the first look at the newly built Redwoods Treehouse Restaurant on a site 45 minutes north of Auckland, New Zealand. The Redwoods Treehouse Restaurant was designed by architects Peter Eising...
View ArticleFrank Gehry Designs NYC’s Tallest Residential Tower
The 76-story skyscraper is rising a few blocks from Ground Zero, and near important historic structures such as City Hall (1811), the Brooklyn Bridge (1883), and the Woolworth Building (1913). While...
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The 30 Prettiest College Campuses In America
“If you ask freshmen why they chose their colleges, they usually say one of two things,” says Baltimore architect Adam Gross, who’s worked on projects at the University of Virginia and Swarthmore....
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The Most Lavish Hotel Suites Around The World
No matter the destination, and no matter the reason for being there, the allure of a hotel suite knows no bounds. A suite is a hotel’s first-class seat, often the most desired room and the epitome of...
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Here’s What Those Wine Ratings You See Actually Mean
Let’s face it. It’s mostly wine people who stress out over wine ratings. Wine geeks can spend hours discussing why Chateau Whatchamacallit didn’t get the same score as Domaine Whosis. All the while...
View ArticleFastest Mini Cooper Unveiled — Meet the Mini John Cooper Works GP
BMW is headed to the Paris Motor Show to unveil the latest version of the Mini John Cooper Works, a GP model boasting 218 hp. The special edition will be limited to 2,000 models. The new Mini packs in...
View ArticleApple’s Jony Ive buys $17M Dream Home on San Francisco’s ‘Gold Coast’
Apple’s Senior Vice President of Design, Sir Jonathan Ive, has just purchased a 7,274-square-foot dream home on San Francisco’s “Gold Coast”. He paid $17 million for the home on 2808 Broadway Street...
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Here's The Real Reason Why People Are Going Crazy For Steak
Can London handle another 300-cover steak restaurant? The Danish restaurant group Copenhagen Concepts - which will open a branch of its steakhouse MASH in Soho this November - clearly thinks so. The...
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Marc Jacobs Messed With Heads At New York Fashion Week
Marc Jacobs is not your average fashion designer. Other designers want to sell you a dress; Jacobs wants to mess with your head. The Marc Jacobs catwalk show is the gravitational centre of New York...
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Finally, A Book Explains The Difference Between Modern Art And Children's Art
Susie Hodge’s guide tells us that to appreciate modern art you need to understand it. For anyone who has ever demonstrated indefatigable wit in a gallery of modern art by quipping that the canvas with...
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What It's Like To Attend The Best University In The World
If you are considering studying at the best university in the world, you'd better be prepared to work your socks off. The pace of learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been likened...
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London Mansion Hits The Market For An Insane $484 Million
A 45-bedroom mansion overlooking London's Hyde Park has been placed on the market at a record £300m ($483.5 million US). The 60,000 square feet home once belonged to Lebanon's late Prime Minister...
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10 Pointless Luxury Hotel Perks
They want you to sleep with them. And they’ll do almost anything to make sure that you do. They are…hoteliers trying to win your business. It used to be that a hotel could secure travelers’ loyalty by...
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Those Budget Private Islands Everyone Was Buying Were A Horrible Investment
Dr No wannabes are finding that medium-priced islets were no great investment after all. Cave Cay in the Bahamas, complete with beach huts, airstrips and breathtaking views, is going for $110m. Eilean...
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Billionaires Are Getting Richer, While Millionaires Are Getting Poorer
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Many millionaires got poorer in the last year, but billionaires did just fine, using their heavyweight money management teams to ride out market and economic turmoil that hit the...
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