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Bettina Rheims' $1,000 Erotic Odyssey in a Bespoke Briefcase

Filed under: Art, Books

Famed French photographer Bettina Rheims' newest book is much more than that – it's "equal parts erotica, fashion shoot, art monograph, metaphysical mystery, social and cultural archaeology of the French capital, and neo-noir arthouse film", and comes complete in a bespoke briefcase. The limited edition work, Rose, C'est Paris, produced by Rheims and Serge Bramly, is priced at $1,000 and comes in a retro attaché case featuring "souvenirs" of the curious tale within: a rose, a mask, an Eiffel Towel statuette, a booklet, a DVD, and of course the photo book itself. A number of celebrities make cameos including including Naomi Campbell, Michelle Yeoh, Monica Bellucci, Charlotte Rampling, and Azzedine Alaia, in "a Paris of surrealist visions, confused identities, artistic phantoms, unseen manipulation, obsession, fetish, and seething desire." Of course there's quite a lot of nudity.

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Sun Visor Theater

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Gadgets, Luxury Cars & Autos

Technically, the driver of a moving vehicle isn't supposed to be watching anything but the road, but if you already have little LCD screens installed in your SUV, it's hard to resist the temptation when you're sitting in gridlocked traffic. With the Sun Visor Theater, a multimedia center that replaces the passenger's sun visor in the car, the driver can easily see movies from behind the wheel.

Ok, we're only kidding about watching movies when you're sitting in traffic, no matter how tempting it might be. But the idea of such a compact and well-concealed media station in the car is an interesting one -- especially since this one is packed with features. It can play DVDs, CDs and Mp3s and has a TV receiver build in to it. On top of that, there is a USB port for your laptop. The 7" inch LCD gives great picture quality and has touchscreen capability, although there is also a remote control for convenience. Price: $300.

[via gizmodo]

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Sex in the City: The Complete Series

by Anne Metz (RSS feed) —

Most people over the age of 45 can remember where they were and what they were doing when President Kennedy was shot. Most people under the age of 45 can remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard that Kurt Cobain had killed himself.

But if you're female and single, the moment your most likely to latch onto was the first time you ever watched HBO's landmark show Sex and the City.

Me? I was stuck at home in blizzard with two feet of snow outside my door. A friend urged me to rent the series and, despite my initial resistance, I did.

The rest, as they say, is herstory. From that first episode I was hooked on the clothes, the actors, and especially that ridiculous way Carrie Bradshaw managed to include the phrase, "And I had to wonder, blah, blah, blah" in every single episode narration.

The good news is that now you can relive all of the magic with The Complete Sex and the City collection, neatly packaged in a bright pink box -- pink, you know, for girls. Girls who, like me, have an easier time remembering the season in which Miranda got knocked up by Steve (Season Four) than which year President Kennedy was shot.

Was it 1962? Or was it 1963?

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Alu Media Wall

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Decor

Out of wall space? Can't be bothered to call an electrician to hook up your new plasma screen TV? The Alu Media Wall eliminates both of those problems. It is a cast aluminum wall with a brushed silver finish that has all the wiring needed to hook up a plasma TV - and it can support TVs that are up to 47-inches and 185-lbs. The unit has two shelves that extend outward from the wall. The upper shelf, in the brushed aluminum, can double as a coffee table, but the lower glass shelf is best used for holding media equipment, like a TiVo, DVD player or stereo. Price: $1,258.20.