A bewitched velvet ribbon creates a magic sofa. “Velvet” is a spiral shaped sofa upholstered in a sensual and luxurious smooth velvet. Its wooden frame is covered with a thin layer of polyurethane.”Velvet” is the last work by Sand & Birch Luxury Design.

Designers: Andrea Fino and Samanta Snidaro
You are working late in front of computers. You are watching suspenseful and breathtaking movies. You are receiving disheartening emails. Right at these moments you want to grab a cigarette to lift your mood but happen to have no lighter with you. Can you imagine how dismaying this is? Avoid this by grab a usb elighter, just plug the cable, now you can light your cigarette.

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A futuristic espresso machine concept from Adam Zerbib, it is very interesting to combine the pragmatic, futuristic, and the original use of espresso machine. The design combines the cup and the coffee machine into one, safe some space in your cabinet, plus it fits to your modern kitchen interior (look like a white tree with its branches to me). In the morning you can just pick up a cup out of its branch and start making espresso coffee. So, how do you like your coffee in the morning ?

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BWM finally showed off its two-mode hybrid system (the first BMW with two-mode hybrid system) at Frankfurt Motorshow, the idea behind this concept car is “merging the athletic aesthetics of a true sports car with the versatility of an SAV resulted in a new vehicle category that so far has not been realised” as stated on the bmw website. Quoted from Chris Bangle as Chief of Design for BMW Group about bmw concept x6 : “a good concept realizes itself in a short amount of time”. There is no official technical statement from BMW about this BMW X6, but the hybrid system expected to improve fuel efficiency by 20 percent. This car was only a concept till now, I believe this is going to be the basic of the next model bmw car.

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After BMW promoting their iDrive system, Audi introduced us with one of their own, the big knob seems like one device to control them all. Located near the driver, it was mend to make the driver easily control infotainment system without even looking. Its stylist design makes perfect combination with the luxury interior design (some of you might think what’s the point, we don’t see it anyway). So what do you think ?

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