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Jaime Hayon for Gaia & Gino: Valencia Collection

Filed under: Decor

Coming this May is the latest from designer Jaime Hayon for Gaia & Gino called the Valencia collection. Featuring a combination of Tealight holders and candlestick holders, all the pieces are meant to fit into each other to be stacked and arranged in any number of creative ways. Handmade and sandblasted by hand, the pieces all use clean lines, varying textures, and angles and clefts to play up the light and make the most of the crystal structure. Varying heights and lopsided arrangements also give off a sense of what I would call "sophisticated whimsy." Priced from $55 - $200 each.

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Gallery: The Valencia Collection

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Tags: candles, crystal, gaia and gino, GaiaAndGino, jaimy hayon, JaimyHayon, valencia

Spanish Racing Team Challenges Ferrari with GTA Spano

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Everybody and their cousin seems to want to make an exotic supercar these days. Many of them are based in the UK, but the latest to hit the scene comes from Spain. Called the GTA Spano, it's the product of a Spanish racing team evidently keen to tap into Ferrari's market from across the Mediterranean, and it just debuted in the coastal city of Valencia. Packing a 780-horsepower V10, the lightweight supercar is made of carbon-fiber, Kevlar and titanium to help it get up to highway speeds from a standstill (0-60) in a blindingly fast 2.9 seconds. It's available with a choice of transmission options, and can even run on ethanol for an added boost. GTA says it will only build 99 examples of its first roadgoing sportscar, which will carry a pricetag in the neighborhood of $670,000.

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Tags: gta, gta spano, GtaSpano, iberian, spain, spanish, spanish supercar, SpanishSupercar, spano, supercar, valencia