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Atelier’s amiable Lamps
Abigail Ahern of Atelier Abigail Ahern has a captivating sense of style. She unveiled her new lamps at this years’ Parisian tradeshow MAISON & OBJET. The lamps are produced in the U.K. and are available for purchase internationally at prices from $190-$440. The dainty little shades hovering like fancy hats are sold separately from $65-$78.
Mosaics at their best
Sybil Sage made one of her mosaic vases for food writer Ruth Reichl. Many of the picture frames, planters, candlestick holders, lamps and vases Sage designs are customized to reflect the person who will display it. For Reichl’s vase, she nipped shards from plates with pictures of vintage food-can labels. For a well-known flutist, she found antique French opera plates, the mosaic style Sage uses is called “pique assiette” which loosely translates as “broken plate.” But Sage’s work is far from traditional.
2011 Bentley Continental GT announced!
The Bentley Continental GT has been updated for 2011 , although the VolksWagen-owned British firm is touting it as an all-new model. The new model features facelifted front and rear ends, a slightly re-done interior, an upgraded V12 and the promise of a new V8 base engine.
New features include sculpted aluminium front wings and boot lid, new headlamps with LED daytime-running lights, a more upright grille and new “double horseshoe’ rear profile as seen on the flagship Bentley Mulsanne.
The interior is finished in premium leather hides, and comes with new “cobra-design’ seats, as well as a new touchscreen, 30GB infotainment system, navigation with dynamic route guidance, and Google Map compatibility in some markets.
The upgraded twin-turbo 6.0-litre V12, or “W12″² as they call it, offers 567 hp and 700 Nm of torque. The 0-100 kph time is 4.6 seconds, 0-160 kph is in 10.2 seconds, and top speed is 318 kph.
A “Speed” model will probably debut much later. A new “high-efficiency” 4.0-litre V8 engine is due for release in late 2011.
The new ZF automatic transmission with “Quickshift’ system cuts shift times by 50% and enables double downshifts. Also, a 40:60 rear-biased torque split for the all-wheel drive system is standard. Big 20-inch wheels are standard, with 21-inch optional.
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