Art was considered something far away from everyday life,  but after years now, we pursue artful life! We love art and want our life to be elegant and beautiful, so we buy artful things to decorate our home so as to show our taste. Loudspeaker’s the last thing I would relate with art, I’ve seen elegant ones, but no artful one ever, but yet life surprises me again! Elac just unveiled its Art-Edition speakers for connoisseurs!

High-end audio is turning into art with now more attention paid to the design and finish of the cabinet besides the specs. Elac, the German audio manufacturer, has launched its Art-Edition loudspeakers at IFA, which are real design pieces with high gloss finish and attractive decorative motifs to complement plush interiors. The art series loudspeakers feature “decoration tattoos,” the foils are tissue-thin, UV-resistant and protect against scratches or water and are very durable. Depending on your personal style, you can select from tone-in-tone solutions, such as white matte motifs on high gloss white surfaces, or if you prefer a high-contrast staging can select for silver or dark gray tattoos on white high gloss or titan shadow speakers. And if the motifs no longer fit into your style, the tattoos can be removed. The highlight of the collection is a limited edition of their successful model FS 247 in the “De Stijl dress” which is inspired from the painter Piet Mondrian ELAC.

These extravagant speakers will appeal to wealthy music lovers and design connoisseurs alike, for whom exclusivity outweighs everything else. Really stunning, they truly will become the light spot in your house and totally show your high taste! Fantastic.

So far as technologies go, we rely on these hi-tech things more and more, and as a result the need of convenience and multi-function become the most important thing we value. I don’t mean it’s wrong, actually I myself do such things too, it’s just kinda sad that we tend to put convenience beyond aesthetic, I think sometimes we really should value the traditional beauty even it’s not so convenient! Clearly I’m not the only one here, the Italian furniture designer SabinoAprile’s with me…

The hi-tech computer tables have slowly made the sophisticated writing desks a thing of past, but the Italian furniture designers SabinoAprile plans to change all that with their high-end office desks. SabinoAprile’s desks lineup features modern designs to complement any interiors, the most alluring of them are the Barcellona luxury and Flip luxury, both crafted in crocodile leather and fine wood with a base in mirror-polished stainless steel to recreate the classic feel. Barcellona luxury (top) can be further customized with a nickel gold frame to accentuate its luxurious looks.

While Flip luxury is the small angle study made and assembled by hand by skilled craftsmen in fine wood and base in polished stainless steel mirror. And, for the computer lovers, there’s the Ribalta Desk, which is specifically designed with the laptop user in mind, with a foldout design to provide ample space for work, and a storage area to slide the laptop away when not in use. And I take that back, who says this is inconvenient?!

Classic, traditional, elegant and with the modern design, these are really gorgeous desks that will truly improve our life standard!  And there’s many choices too, just take your pick to suit your needs from their wide catalog. And in case you ask, my pick would be the first one pictured up there, simple and elegant, totally my type.

We all love cars to some extent, since we can’t buy many cars, toy cars become very popular with both children and adults. They’re quite adorable, and it’s really exciting to have so many cars we like! Among all these nice toy cars out there, this one must be the most exquisite and luxury one, it is actually a gift for Tomic’ 40th anniversary from Ginza Tanaka.

In horner of Tomica’s 40th anniversary, jeweler Ginza Tanaka dedicates itself to offer a one-of-a-kind replica of the toymaker’s die-cast 1970 Nissan Fairlady Z432. Demonstrating its artistic force, Ginza Tanaka with its blinged design sense has faithfully replicated the Z432 in platinum. Featuring the opening doors and the wheels that can spin (very gorgeous), the platinum Z432 is 7cm long and weighs 210 grams.

Well, how’s it look? I think this is the one toy car that will really make me scream like it’s a real one! And if it were to be made available for purchase (which it isn’t), it’s estimated worth is about $80,000. Even though, Japanese Nostalgic Car still jokes in its headline that even at that price, still cheaper than the real thing. As for this platinum gorgeous bauble, it’s being publicly shown at the Hong Kong International Jewelery Show this month.

Watches without doubt is the most elegant thing in the world and the best way to show your taste for life! While some people might consider luxury watches an extravagance, on the contrary, for these rich folks they’re quite necessary! Luxury designer watches are a perfect way to show off their riches, for they usually says a lot about the monetary and social status of its owner. So, if you’d love to spend your hard-earned money on these luxury timepieces, here’re some nice choices.

When it comes to luxury watches, the name Rolex is characteristically the first one to hit my mind, but there are others too that are known for their luxury timepieces. The latest offering by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof is the Zadora Timepieces collection that has made me scratching my head at how luxury timepieces can cost. The Zadora watch pictured left is a snake of oxidized palladium and micro pave bejeweled with black and canary yellow diamonds along with superior pear shaped emerald eyes, with a baroque South Sea pearl positioned in its mouth. Wow…Fabulous!

Believe me, I have gone totally tongue-tied by the mesmerizing lustrous looks of these lavish watches. Nevertheless, they’re fabulous watches, so gorgeous! These artful timepieces are really astonishingly beautiful and very pricey!

You can see the other three versions of Zadora watches dubbed the skull, the bee and the pomegranate festooned with gold and precious stones after the jump. And yes, the price tag does read $150,000 per watch. Good Luck!

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Music is the language of all! We all appreciate some beautiful music occasionally, day by day we found peace and happiness in it. So technically we all have a dream of being a musician, maybe not professional, but always fun to play an instrument. And guitar, is one of the most popular instruments in the world, and relatively quite easy to learn, so good to have a nice guitar for your leisure time!

Here comes the great news for vintage lovers: Gibson Guitar is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of 1960 Les Paul, for which Gibson Guitars has unveiled three different versions to capture three distinct personalities of the transitional 1960 Les Paul Standard. The Gibson 1960 Les Paul guitar has attracted rocker musicians like John Fogerty, Howard Leese, Paul McCartney and many more. Continuing the manufacture of Limited Editions, the Gibson Custom Shop now offers the appealing sunburst finishes, top-hat control knobs, characteristic neck profiles and few minor differences among the three variations on the grabs. Offered by Musician’s Friend, Inc. (the world’s largest direct marketer of musical instruments), these Gibson guitars come with a Custom Shop hardshell case and a 50th Anniversary Certificate of Authenticity. Definitely good gifts for your teenage son or anyone who loves guitar!

As for the price, no word yet, but we shall know won’t be cheap enough for ordinary person like me, cause it’s gold plated and it’s from Gibson Guitar. Yes, it’ll be luxury!

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We’ve talked indeed quite a lot about toilets before, and yet here’s another elegant high-tech toilet! For one thing I had to admit that I’m really interested in nice bathroom appliances, cause I do believe in the theory that the condition of bathroom indicates a man’s living standard! In other words, you can see a man’s lifestyle by look at his bathroom. So, it’s actually quite important to get your bathroom look really nice, and now, let’s check out this elegant toilet.

The Neorest SE is a new high-tech toilet from Toto packed with great features. Being Washlet Bidet function integrated, this is seriously a luxury and innovative toilet addition to the well-known Neorest range. As we all know, nothing is too much for Japan company Toto to take on… from a sensor operated automatically opening and closing lid to an automatic flush. The washlet cleaning functions are, though, what really makes a Toto toilet special. You can pick from different washes such as an oscillating wash or a soft wash, and also select if you wish to use the air-drying feature. Of course, the toilet seat is electrically kept warm for comfort even on chilly mornings. And wouldn’t you already know? The new Neorest toilet is self-cleaning too! Clever CeFiONtect glazing and a Tornado Flush make this self-regulating hygiene possible. And as for it’s external appearance, the Neorest SE is of a classic, contemporary design, which is totally suitable for an elegant modern bathroom! And also there’s a brother product called the “Neorest LE”, which boasts the same features, but sports a more curvier, flowing design suitable for any bathroom.

Convenient, elegant, intelligent, this Toto Neorest SE is really a nice toilet designed for those who desires a healthy upscaled lifestyle! And just to be clear: Toto toilets will seriously actually upgrade your standard of living!

We’ve mentioned this chrome-plated toilet before, and heard a lot about this amazing golden toilet, now finally, here it is!

We have already seen a couple of tech-toilets, including the Toto’s toilet with MP3 and the Kohler C3 toilet seat with remote control, but the ultimate in luxury toilets was showcased recently at the Extravaganza luxury exhibition held in Moscow – a gold plated toilet. It is priced at a staggering 250,000 Euros.

The gold toilet is equipped with advanced plasma mirror and digital control devices. The decoration material used is gilded marble. The gilded toilet has been fascinatingly christened ‘Moscow.’ Other than the gold-plated toilet, there are luxury swimsuits, sofas, and chairs at the luxury exhibition and the pricing for these luxurious things start at US $5,000. The main aim of the Extravaganza luxury exhibition was to gather interesting, unusual and extravagant goods and services under one roof. The three-day program was filled with on-stage entertainment acts, fashion shows and interactive presentations from dawn until dusk.

Luxury have always been astonishing, but really luxury like this is pretty out of imagination, can anyone ever use this toilet as a normal toilet? And if so, what’s the point of this golden thing?!

You might wonder how gorgeous can a toilet ever be now? Well, we have earlier told you about a high tech toilet that is especially designed for women, and now here comes the real luxury one for the bornrich! A Swarovski crystal studded toilet! How does it look? I’ll just say it’s unutterable, and you can check it out from the picture here!

This one comes from the same maker who earlier lured the rich folks with their chrome-plated toilet. But, for those who demand more, there is ‘Isis‘ collection that features blinged-out bathroom fixtures designed by Jemal Wright of Hollywood, Florida. The iced-out toilet featured here comes fully encrusted with swarvoski crystals. The artist even has a matching sink up for grabs and if that is not enough, the artist is also planning to complete an ice-encrusted double slipper tub. The swarovski-decked toilet comes with a stunning price tag of $75,000.

Really really shocking, right? I really doubt anyone could ever use this  thing as a toilet, well, this is after all apparently not for you and me, it is designed just for the bornrich, so now, Let’s just leave the problem of how to use this to them!