360 DEGREES Weblog

 

Created by Axolute, when you flip on this seemingly magic sink “water either magically disappears, or it slips away via patented �Horizontal Integrated Siphon� technology.”

 

Summer is over and we better start thinking about our ski holidays. And while some of the most dangerous skiing slopes are also some of the world’s most glamorous., the glamor that is involved with this high-end sport is underscored by the skills and techniques a skier needs to master. You wouldn’t want to be seen dead with technologically advanced but boring-looking skis and hence Anton Gliders Skis come to your rescue. Anton Gliders Skis have exclusive independent front and rear flex adjusters that come only with the limited edition Carbon Series. These skis provide you total contact suspension in the way of applying consistent pressure on the tip and tail. This will help you handle any slope, even the death slope that every skier talks about! These exclusive limited edition skis are priced at $4,400.

Navigon have announced their latest GPS, the 7200T, with real-time Clear Channel Total Traffic updates (and a lifetime subscription), “Reality View Pro”, which instantly creates on-screen lane and sign information to guide you through intersections, and “Landmark View 3D”, which displays 3D landmarks across the US and Canada. The 7200T also accepts voice entry destination setting, has text-to-speech for reading out street names, and can be used as a Bluetooth hands-free kit with your cellphone. Unfortunately no release date has been set for Europe yet, so they are stuck with their Tom Tom’s

However advanced or digitalized we may claim ourselves to be, none of us can renounce the early practice of working on/with paper. Every office environment utilizes employees for various tasks, be they on the computer or done manually. Some may need to type restlessly at the keyboard, while others may need to go through piles of papers. So in order to provide a common platform for every worker to work without much difficulty, designer Thomas Broen has given shape to the OSOM Table. This versatile workstation’s design is inspired by the “Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind” principle, and is intended to help users work more efficiently.

Realizing that many of its wealthy clients lack the time or patience to deal with their personal finances, Amsterdam-based private bank Insinger de Beaufort launched a new service that takes finances back to the basics: a shoebox.

After sitting down with their private banker to discuss financial planning, Insinger’s clients are sent a big shoebox by courier every month. They drop anything admin-related into the box: bills to be paid, bank statements, receipts, tax returns, speeding tickets, insurance documents, etc. At the end of the month, Insinger sends a courier to pick up the box, and then processes its contents. Clients are sent a complete overview of actions and transactions within three business days, after which the bank takes care of the entire follow-up process, including paying bills, filing tax returns and processing business expenses.

Every quarter, clients are sent a financial report, detailing spending categories, asset growth, etc, and once a year, they meet with their private banker to evaluate new developments and adjust their financial planning as needed. Sensing a gap in the market, Insinger de Beaufort offers its shoebox service to clients at other banks, too. The concept is of course entirely focused on convenience, saving (valuable) clients the time and hassle of dealing with the minutiae of their personal finances. While other banks provide their high-end clients with similar add-on services, the shoebox approach is undeniably elegant in its no-tech simplicity.

Thanks Springwise

 

The completely revamped iPhone Facebook application will allow users “to search for people outside of your friends, make/approve/ignore friend requests, and search your inbox and sent folder.”

Omega may have sealed the deal for James Bond’s watches but what about the villains. Enter Dr. Swatch, otherwise known as Nicolas G. Hayek. Swatch has created a new collection dedicated just to Bond’s antagonists. The new collection will be out next month and will be a tribute to those Bond has sparred with in twenty-two James Bond films, from Dr. No to the forthcoming Quantum Of Solace. Featured villains will include Christopher Walken’s Max Zorin, Gerd Froebe’s Goldfinger, Lotte Lenya’s Rosa Klebb and more. Sounds like fun, I’m just hoping my favorite, Richard Kiel (aka Jaws) has one.

Thanks Luxist

 

Peruse the first decade of Playboy in 21st century style. With Playboy Cover to Cover: The 50’s ($60), you get every issue and every page in one searchable digital archive. The included Bondi Reader software (Mac/PC) lets you easily browse, search, and save the collection, which includes photos of Marilyn Monroe, Bettie Page, and Jayne Mansfield, and words from the likes of Hemingway, Bradbury, and Steinbeck. The set also comes with a 224–page companion coffee table book.

 

Leonardo DiCaprio’s gorgeous Israeli model girlfriend Bar Refaeli appears in the ad campaign for Sean Combs’ modestly-named new fragrance, “I Am King.” The pix (above) portray Puffy (or Diddy or whatever he’s calling himself this week) tooling around in Saint-Tropez and Monaco on helicopters, yachts and so forth with Refaeli (left) and another model in typical mega-mogul fashion. New York magazine reports the new cologne will launch exclusively at Macy’s in December with a global launch set for February, and a women’s fragrance (”I Am Queen”) to follow in 2009; global sales are expected to total $100 million in the first year alone.