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Louis Vuitton City Guide: 100 World Cities by Ruben Toledo

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Louis Vuitton is honoring Ruben Toledo's twelve years of artistic work for their City Guides with a boxed set of 100 postcards, each featuring a different world city. Illustrated in black and white and accented with vibrant fluorescent colors, each image aims to capture the unique experience of the depicted destination. The collection contains images created by Toledo as far as back as 1998 and about them he says "My aim is to paint a portrait of a city and to draw out its special and eternal essence; to capture the unique tempo and character of each." AU$145

Gallery: 100 World Cities by Ruben Toledo for Louis Vuitton City Guides

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Assouline Launches Spain Destination Guide

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

Chefs often know more than just where to get a good meal, they are connoisseurs of life. So it makes sense that the Luxury Collection Destination Guides from Assouline and the Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts include a passage and recipe from a celebrated chef. The second issue of the destination guide is being released this month. The Spain guide features celebrated chef José Andrés unlocking the secrets of his country. The Spain guide provides tips including where to find the best Spanish bullfighting costume designer or the best Flamenco school. Spain is also the location of four of the Luxury Collection properties.

As we mentioned earlier this year, other chefs in the guide include Mario Batali for Italy, Francis Mallmann for Argentina and Charlie Palmer for the U.S. There are a total of six guides photographed by the Luxury Collection's Global Explorer Andréa Fazzari and packaged in a vintage inspired travel box. In addition to being available in guest rooms worldwide, these Destination Guides will also be offered as a complete set of six in a unique gift box at Assouline Boutiques in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, as well as at www.luxurycollection.com/assouline and other major retail stores for $140.

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