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Wow, finally some glasses with a difference. Serve your guests in a glass as full of pizzazz as the martini you mix. These stylish Bravura Cobalt Martini Glasses feature a contemporary design with clear glass and a curved cobalt blue stem. Includes set of eight 6-3/4 oz. glasses. Dishwasher safe. Set of 8. Made in USA.

Availabe at Amazon.com.

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I don’t have any information about this bike, and I’m not so sure about its looks and functionality; even though it seems to balance an adult and child alright, you wouldn’t like to share the ride with a Japanese Sumo wrestler. And as far as aesthetics are concerned, I guess it’s functionality the designer focused on. As far as tandems go though, it’s nice to sit side to side rather than having to hide behind the possibly sweaty co-rider’s back, feeling like a passenger or somehow else dropped back on the ladder of importance.

I wonder why these guys have their faces hidden behind a question mark - I hope it’s not a statement on the bike …

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A few weeks ago I went to our local HiFi specialist and, in talking to him, I mentioned that I find it amazing that people would fork out 20 grant for a stereo system. He smiled at me and corrected my figure to $250,000 - which I found even harder to believe. Having seen these speakers by KEF today, I do firmly believe him now - their price tag is US$140,000. Just slightly out of my price range …

It’s not only their sound quality which - hopefully - is excellent; for that sort of money you also get sophisticated modern design. KEF, known to music lovers as the British manufacturer of top-quality speakers, made this 7 foot tall, four-way speaker system of high-shine aluminum, vacuum molded into deep curves. MUON was created by modern industrial design icon Ross Lovegrove.

Only 100 pairs of these speakers will be made.

[via Pure Contemporary]

Aswoon™/Susan Woods Studio specialises amongst other things in the design and fabrication of high-end objects of functional art. The two examples here from aptly named ‘New Wave Line’ series look like beautiful yet functional sculptures. The first is called Ribbon Float Lounge - a golden brown poplar bent plywood lounge chair with a satin finish, whose steel underpinning give it a firm grounding. The furniture piece below is called Short Wave Table and seems to be made from the same material. The glass top is perfect, allowing the full appreciation of both form and material. Quite gorgeous …

AU KDDI’s Design Project basically comprises mobile phone designs that you could never imagine and commercialise. Consequently, when AU displayed the INFOBAR2 and some other imaginative concepts earlier this year, people doubted they will ever become real phones. Well, AU is planning to launch INFOBAR2 in Novermber for the winter line-up.

I quite like the funky design by Naoto Fukasawa, which is the only reason I’m mentioning it here. InfoBar2 is manufactured by Sanyo, but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to have G3 plus some of its specs are not catering for Australia. It seems to be made for the Japanese market primarily, so I’m not sure whether it will even be available here.

The phone uses a 2.6? 240×400 OLED screen with improved visibility outdoors. A One-Seg DMB tuner is built in and you can record your shows onto the microSD card; I doubt though that DMB is available in Australia. Apparently the 1.97MP auto-focus camera takes reasonable pictures, and one can listen to music via the stereo speakers (I do wonder about the sound quality though).

The InfoBar2 has AGPS built in, you can browse full HTML sites on the CDMA EV-DO network (no G3!), and buy stuff with the Felica electronic money slash ticket microchip built in. The unit measures 47×138×15.5mm (104g) and will start selling in late November. The official kit would also come with a TV stand and protective pouch.

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