Retro-futurism is a trend that’s all the rage these days with geeks and connoisseurs alike. And for those who have a thing for sci-fi and steampunk with money to splurge, here’s the best of both worlds – A Shipwrecked Submarine Home Theater. This fascinating submarine home theater is the play room of a Canterbury man, Wayne Eyre, who splurged $100,000 on getting this wrecked submarine featuring “plutonium-leaking” torpedoes inside his Spencerville property. This rarefied submarine home theater is further tricked out with all the best of equipment and furniture including reclining chairs, a three-meter big-screen TV and a top-notch surround-sound system. Custom wood has been sprayed with concrete and painted to resemble rusting steel beams

The American boat company Malibu Boats has designed the new wakeboard tower with an innovative weightless fold-down feature that is strenuous to just the fingertips. Malibu Boats’ Illusion Series tower brings the gas spring assisted design to the wakeboards to make it all possible for a single person to collapse this tower. The all-new wakeboard tower features standard Titan Slide-off Spinner Wakeboard Racks, 3″ stainless steel tube combined with the all-weather coated billet aluminum adding to the strength and style of the tower. Apart from its light weight, the Illusion G3 also features pre-routed wiring to attach optional accessories like two pairs of Titan Alpha II speakers and an extra set of Titan Slide-off Spinner racks. Coming off with the 7 years of experience in advancing the wakeboard designs in many aspects, Malibu Boats has emphasized on more visibility to the driver to play safe on a busy waterway, and to sum it up this design proves why Malibu has become an exemplary American boat company. Need we say anymore?

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It doesn’t take a sommelier to tell you the importance of encasing your prized cognac in designer casing to magnify the celebration. And when it is the prestigious Louis XIII cognac, you’ve got to do it in style, so check out this new Art Deco-inspired coffret for Louis XIII from from Remy Martin. The new coffret features a hand-crafted red imitation leather and dark wood case. It has a multifaceted mirror inside that reflects the spirit and displays the crystal stopper in place. The spirit itself is presented in a baroque crystal decanter with a fleur-de-lys stopper. “Compact, robust and easy to carry, the coffret and its outer carry-case have been designed to be more environmentally friendly” - Remy Cointreau said. Rémy Cointreau Global Travel Retail will launch Louis XIII de Rémy Martin at the TFWA World Exhibition in October for a price of approx. $2,713.

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Kurt Kohlstedt, the Pied Piper of the urban abyss, is the Cool Geek of this Week at Bornrich. Perhaps, you’d be living in a cave if you haven’t come across Weburbnist, the site that makes most conventional blogs look like hot air balloons with its unique and irresistible content. Kurt, trained as architect and urban designer, started WebUrbanist in the middle of 2007 and now also leads Webecoist and Dornob, which acts as Kurt’s personal idea hub.

WebUrbanist and WebEcoist comprise Webist Media, an independent online publishing group that aims to educate and fascinate, providing unique original content to an audience of over a million each and every month.

Barrett-Jackson Auction Company brings the opportunity for the first time in 40 years to own a Shelby roadster, the CSX2568. The Shelby Cobra CSX2568, the car designed in the early 1960s for the macho and the highly affluent also has an unenviable reputation for being the most copied sports car in the history of motoring. However, for a genuine Cobra with only 687 built from 1962-1965, a few will have the privilege to own one of these iconic cars. The CSX2568 will be one of the stars for “The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions(TM),” at its 2nd annual Las Vegas event on Oct. 7-10, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. A rare and beautifully restored, low mileage 1965 289 Shelby Cobra features original style Dunlop racing tires on chrome Borranis wire wheels. All numbers on the chassis, engine, transmission and differential are correct and original and it was never raced, never had any rust and was never bent, according to the consignor. Anybody who grabs the keys to this Cobra is definitely getting more than just “look-at-me” value of this quality car at $525,000.

The world leader in luxury, Louis Vuitton, is synonymous with style and the brand knows it well what it takes to be over-the-top in this highly competitive world-class lifestyle. Louis Vuitton has announced a sponsorship to a new World Series of sailing in association with a professional sailing group called the World Sailing Team Association (WSTA). The event scheduled to kick off in Nice in November is supposed to be second only to the America’s Cup and only professional racing teams will be able to enter the Louis Vuitton World Series. Eight racing teams, including K-Challenge (France), BMW Oracle Racing (USA), Emirates Team (New Zealand), Mascalzone Latino (Italy), Team Artemis (Sweden), Team Synergy (Russia), Joe Fly Italia (Italy) and Team French Spirit (France) will compete for starters, with others expected to sign up shortly. Undoubtedly, the innovation that had long been missing in the sailing camp has finally come to the shores, and we hope to cover a luxurious trophy once the winners are announced.

What do you think is your prized possession in your outdoors – the Porsche Grill, Calspas bathtub or a fireplace? The list is incomplete without a heater. A heater – yes, if it is one from Outtrade-export. The Poseidon from Outtrade-export is a hi-tech heater with multimedia functionality. Its built-in media player gives you the bragging rights for owning an extraordinaire outdoor gear besides taking outdoor entertainment to new heights. The IPX5 weatherproof media player features a weatherproof high resolution LCD display, built-in crystal clear speakers and even a built-in USB port. You can also plug in your MP3 players and iPods using the 3.5 input socket. This stunning contemporary slim line design is high on specs as much as it is on the frills.

The magnetic CLOUD sofa fame David Koo, is back with another fascinating concept in its futuristic collection – the Arc Shower system. The alluring Arc-shaped shower can switch from normal shower mode to an energy-saving mode for less water and electricity consumption. The concept will use a 500W domestic water pump to maintain a constant water circulation and recycle warm shower water. The control panel has access to all the functions with a touch interface. So far, so good, unless you are fine with bathing in your leftover shower water. The Arc shower features a luxury design and anyways for that huge a shower you need to have a spacious bathroom or plush outdoors. But it’s just a concept.

Talking of Las Vegas instantly brings to mind the glittering city streets, non-stop entertainment, luxury shopping centers, restaurants serving only the most elite diners, top-of-the-line hotels and of course, the casinos. The city that never sleeps really needs no introduction. For the high-end travelers or the clientele who have no set bars to splash the cash, Las Vegas has it all. You don’t call it paradise for no reason, Las Vegas has a reputation of turning fantasy into reality. With so many options to choose from, you would still want to be in the middle of everything but choosing the best in Las Vegas can be tricky.
Las Vegas is without a doubt a spectacular sight and while there is more to do than you can possibly fit in one stay, one has to settle for something. For this reason, we will put the available information to the best use to make it a lot easier in deciding which hotel suits your taste and budget.

If you think all the carbon fiber beauties have a masculine feel to them, then Pursime soft-carbon bags are for all those elegant ladies who admire black beauties as much as their male counterparts. Purisme soft-carbon bags combine the deep black snake-skin texture of soft-carbon surfaces with an interior of finest goat velours. Every design in the line is designed to be a prized fashion possession and is perfect for every occasion from business to casual dos. The other carbon trends at Purisme include a carbon bracelet, yoyo, pipe and a carbon letter opener that is also fitted with a RFID-TAG programmed with a message from the designer.

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